Bacon gone too far?

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue May 26, 2009 3:18 pm

The Pacific Northwest is known for, among other things, thinking outside the box. But, has this way of thinking led us to things we really shouldn't have?

Call it breakfast in a booze bottle. Bacon-flavored vodka is the all the rage in Seattle and sales are sizzling. At about $30 a bottle it's selling like hotcakes … with a side of bacon-flavored vodka.

“My first reaction was ewww,” says Brittney Levang, who sampled a bacon-bloody Mary at Von’s Roast House in downtown Seattle. “But then I tried it. It’s pretty good.”

Seattle-based Black Rock Spirits cooked up the concept of Bakon Vodka. It’s inspiring bartenders across the Oregon and Washington to concoct cocktails that reflect peoples’ passion for pork.

“There is a real fanatical following for bacon products and bacon in general. People love bacon,” says Black Rock Spirits sales director Stefan Schachtell.

Recipes include a bacon-bloody Mary, and a bacon-chocolate martini. (So, in case you’re wondering, bacon vodka apparently isn’t just for breakfast.)

Since the recent relaxation of liquor regulations in Washington, the state’s Liquor Control Board has approved licenses for five new distilleries over the past year, and up to13 more are brewing. Add those to the 17 already in Oregon and competition is getting fierce. The vodka market is overflowing with fruity infusions from watermelon to pomegranate. But Bakon Vodka appears to have cornered the meat market.

“I mean, who doesn't like bacon?” said one server at Von’s. “And vodka. It's a good mix. Why not?”

Bakon Vodka is available in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana.

http://www.kgw.com/business/stories/kgw ... 3da0f.html

Whazzup · Post by **Whazzup** » Tue May 26, 2009 10:33 pm

Where's SusiSlicker when we need her? She'd love reading about this.

Anybody heard from her lately??

darph nader · Post by **darph nader** » Tue May 26, 2009 10:52 pm

Sorry,I like sausage for breakfast.Hell,I can't stand lime flavored beer. (I know,sad huh?)

turkeyham · Post by **turkeyham** » Tue May 26, 2009 11:29 pm

I can see them trying to make turkey vodka.

DisneyMom · Post by **DisneyMom** » Tue May 26, 2009 11:45 pm

Susi had gone on a cruise last time I heard from her.......I will email her to give us a TRIP REPORT hopefully containing a few witnessed SGTs...... ;)

Ms. Matterhorn · Post by **Ms. Matterhorn** » Wed May 27, 2009 6:49 pm

DisneyMom wrote:Susi had gone on a cruise last time I heard from her.......I will email her to give us a TRIP REPORT hopefully containing a few witnessed SGTs...... ;)

Yeah, Susi hasn't posted in months! I miss her and wondered where she was!

drcorey · Post by **drcorey** » Wed May 27, 2009 7:52 pm

darph nader wrote:Sorry,I like sausage for breakfast.Hell,I can't stand lime flavored beer. (I know,sad huh?)

I once had some chili beer, nothing like hot and cold beer....

Main Streeter · Post by **Main Streeter** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:05 pm

darph nader wrote:I can't stand lime flavored beer.

NOT! You'd drink any beer if it was free.

Disneyguy85 · Post by **Disneyguy85** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:14 pm

This kind of makes one wonder what they'll think of next.

hobie16 · Post by **hobie16** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:22 pm

Maybe beer flavored lime?

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