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Different Vodka Ingredients

The Ocean Organic vodka bottle is angled to emulate the Earth’s axis like a globe. © Hawaii Sea Spirits Organic Farm & Distillery

•Vodka made from corn: Tito’s, Crystal Head, Rain Organic, Pur, Deep Eddy, Prairie Organic and Iceberg.

•Vodka made from sugarcane: Firefly, Finlandia Raspberry, Ocean Organic, Cerén Organic, San Francisco Organic Beach, and Amazon Rainforest.

•Vodka made from wheat: Absolut, Grey Goose, Effen, Ketel One, Smirnoff, Reyka, Vox, Stoli, and Death’s Door.

•Vodka made from grapes: Ciroc, Hangar One, Glass, Roth, and DiVine.

•Vodka made from potatoes: Chopin, Zodiac, Koenig Idaho, Prince Edward, Famous, and Chuckanut Bay.

•Vodka made from honey: Comb, 3 Bees, and Truuli Peak Alaskan.

•Vodka made from apples: Ironworks, Tree, and Untamed Irish.

•Vodka made from barley: Finlandia, Sipsmith, East Van, Maximus, and Valt Single Malt Scottish.

•Vodka made from rye: Belvedere, Shakers, King Peter, and Sobieski.

Fun Vodka Facts

›The vodka 250,000 Scovilles Naga Chilli is the hottest vodka in the world. It has been infused with Naga Jolokia chillies, then packaged in a heavy glass bottle with industrial-grade sealing wire and a lead security seal, so you will need wire cutters to open it. Their website even suggests that you should not purchase it.

›In 1953, Ian Fleming created a fictional cocktail for James Bond in Casino Royale called a Vesper. It was the first cocktail to have both vodka and gin in its recipe.

›Vodka is lighter than water.

›Billionaire vodka is the most expensive vodka in the world. It costs $3.75 million for one bottle. It is filtered through diamonds, and the bottle is adorned with 3,000 diamonds.

›Broadway dancers have been known to soak their socks in vodka, then dry them overnight. The next day, the vodka-soaked socks fight foot fungi.

›In 2005, the New York Times did a blind taste test with twenty-one high-end vodkas and for fun threw in Smirnoff vodka. Smirnoff won.