Bacon Flavored Vodka!

[Special K]

So the bacon craze continues, at least in Seattle:

http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:zh123...n&ct=clnk&gl=us

What do you think? Would you try it? Would you make it yourself or buy it?

[kitchensqueen]

I love all things bacon, so I'd give it a try. Bacon certainly does seem to be the flavor du jour... I find that quite refreshing actually.

[Teppy]

Here's a cocktail that I made recently, the "Meat Lover's Martini":

Rim a martini glass with powdered beef bullion, fill with cold bacon vodka and garnish with a strip of buffalo jerky.

Most people at the party hated it, but a few loved it.

[kitchensqueen]

hm, the beef buillion might be a bit much - it always just tastes like msg to me - but teppy, i think you're onto something good with the bacon vodka garnished with jerky.

[slkinsey]

This is, needless to say, not a new idea, and in fact there is a thread here on hot dog-infused vodka going back to 2006. I don't think my thoughts on bacon-infused vodka have changed all that much since I wrote this a little over a year ago:

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To me, there's something a little amusing but not all that interesting about the typical "duuuuude! have some relish-flavored vermouth with that hotdog-flavored vodka" scenarios.  It's nothing that I'd really want to drink other than as a temporary amusement. . . . Part of the trick, of course, is picking the right spirit into which the fat will be infused.  Vodka is not particularly interesting, in my opinion, and will typically yield a product that doesn't have much potential for serious mixology.

So far there has been one interesting iteration of bacon-infused booze: Don's Benton's Old Fashioned, made with bourbon fat-washed with Benton's bacon fat. Edited May 27, 2009 by slkinsey (log)

[KatieLoeb]

For future reference I'm working on a BLT oyster shooter. Benton's bacon fat washed vodka, tomato water, lettuce gel and an oyster. I'll report back when that's perfected...

[lindag]

No, really!  I saw this at my local liquor store and had to give it a try.

I used some in my Clam Digger at cocktail hour.  It's good, but a bit strong flavored.  For me it works better when it's diluted with regular vodka, about 1/3 bacon flavored.

 

http://www.bakonvodka.com/recipes

 

[Shelby]

Oh yeah, we like this stuff.  It's great in a Bloody Mary.