{"id":951,"date":"2015-09-20T11:54:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-20T18:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=951"},"modified":"2015-09-20T11:54:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-20T18:54:13","slug":"vodka-clown-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=951","title":{"rendered":"Vodka Clown Show?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not much of a Vodka drinker, and certainly never in Martinis.\u00a0 None-the-less one cannot have helped but notice the recent trend in flavored Vodkas.\u00a0 I’ve observed this with great amusement and occasional bewilderment.\u00a0 I mean Bacon Vodka?\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 If I want bacon I’ll have bacon.\u00a0 No need to blemish bacon with vodka.<\/p>\n

I bring this up because I recently read a blog commenting that perhaps this trend is happily coming to an end.\u00a0 Rather than repeat the whole article I’m just going to refer you to the source:\u00a0 Good Libations<\/a>.\u00a0 Enjoy.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/phodgins.wordpress.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m not much of a Vodka drinker, and certainly never in Martinis.\u00a0 None-the-less one cannot have helped but notice the recent trend in flavored Vodkas.\u00a0 I’ve observed this with great amusement and occasional bewilderment.\u00a0 I mean Bacon Vodka?\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 If … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[35],"tags":[28],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2408,"url":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=2408","url_meta":{"origin":951,"position":0},"title":"Homemade Gin; Round 4.5, a check on the Juniper","author":"wlmoon58","date":"September 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Looking back at my past Gin making efforts I can honestly say I've learned a lot.\u00a0 But I can also say that I've got a long way to go before I'll be competing against Bombay, Tanqueray, and Hendrick's.\u00a0 Of course the big boys are (mostly) making their gin using\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Amusement"","block_context":{"text":"General Amusement","link":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shakennotstirred.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/juniper-berry-2-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1234,"url":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=1234","url_meta":{"origin":951,"position":1},"title":"What is a Martini?","author":"wlmoon58","date":"December 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"After my recent post on Eggnog Martini (Egg Nog Martini??? Really?) in which I generally described my amusement, if not disdain, of various cocktails described as \"Martinis\"... or more typically, 'somthing'tini a person very close to me asked \"OK, what makes a Martini a Martini\". To answer that I'll ask,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "How To"","block_context":{"text":"How To","link":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?cat=17"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39,"url":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=39","url_meta":{"origin":951,"position":2},"title":"The Martini, Part One","author":"wlmoon58","date":"January 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The concept of a \u201cPerfect\u201d Martini is often discussed and rarely achieved. What is it? How is it made? Before we can discuss the \u201cPerfect\u201d Martini, we must define a Martini. 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