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Happy Times
06-19-07, 12:43 PM
The European Parliament has voted down a bid by MEPs from Poland, Finland, the Baltic states, Sweden and Denmark to tighten the legal definition of vodka.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6767193.stm


:nope: :nope: :nope: :nope: :nope: :nope: :nope: goes "vodka belt"
The Avon Lady
06-19-07, 12:45 PM
Loose vodka sinks ships.

Well, I had to think of something appropriate for SubSim.
Happy Times
06-19-07, 12:53 PM
The leader of the British Conservative MEPs, Timothy Kirkhope, also welcomed the vote, saying "people are free today to drink the vodka they want - the British vodka drinker is saved from protectionists in Poland and Finland".

I bet Timmy hasnt ever even tasted vodka.:roll:
Letum
06-19-07, 12:56 PM
It's a shame.
I import my Vodka from Poland or get it from a few Polish season workers I know.

English Vodka is kack!
XabbaRus
06-19-07, 02:01 PM
I can't believe this.

Kind of crazy that certain things like Wensleydale and Parma Ham are protected but Vodka isn't.

I remember Asda getting into trouble because they bought their Parma ham in Italky and then had it packed in the UK and they couldn't call it Parma ham or something like that.
joea
06-19-07, 02:18 PM
The leader of the British Conservative MEPs, Timothy Kirkhope, also welcomed the vote, saying "people are free today to drink the vodka they want - the British vodka drinker is saved from protectionists in Poland and Finland".

I bet Timmy hasnt ever even tasted vodka.:roll:

Indeed I guess some people like paint thinner, I'll stick with the good stuff from the vodka belt. Well I rarely drink vodka actually. :oops: More of a beer and wine guy.

But if it's hard stuff, it better be good. :up:
AntEater
06-19-07, 03:12 PM
I suppose that is Smirnoff lobbyism at work...
Real Vodka comes from Russia (or better ex USSR), Poland or Finland anyway.
Everything else is just not the real thing
Letum
06-19-07, 03:42 PM
We need more EU interference and regulations in the market!

No...really....we do! False vodka stinks!
Tchocky
06-19-07, 03:45 PM
It only stinks if you choose to buy it, man :)

(where's STEED)
The Avon Lady
06-19-07, 04:10 PM
(where's STEED)
Playing SH4. :yep:
Letum
06-19-07, 04:37 PM
It only stinks if you choose to buy it, man :)

(where's STEED)


Ahh, but if it says "Vodka" put doesn't contain Vodka then I am being cheated in to buying it.

Same goes for absinthe, which is usually a mix of alcoholic oils and not absinthe.

If it says "vodka" than it should be vodka and not some hideous mix of oils and alcohol.
Happy Times
06-19-07, 05:49 PM
I never thought id say this but if Russia was in EU they would have not dared.:rotfl:
3Jane
06-19-07, 06:07 PM
To hell with Vodka, it's just flavoured petrol. This is the only drink worth buying:

http://www.laphroaig.com/home.asp
Reaves
06-19-07, 06:50 PM
http://adweek.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/stellaartois.jpg



The only thing you need to drink.
Letum
06-19-07, 07:12 PM
http://www.blacksheepbrewery.com/images/Beers/cask/blk_shp_ale_cask.jpg

^ the good stuff
Reaves
06-19-07, 07:18 PM
Can't say i've heard of Black SHeep ale.
3Jane
06-20-07, 09:35 PM
Here:
http://www.blacksheepbrewery.com/

But I must still insist:
http://www.laphroaig.com/home.asp :|\\
Tchocky
06-21-07, 02:06 AM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Absinthe-glass.jpg
Letum
06-21-07, 04:12 AM
[Pic]

How Legal is that in Germany?


In the UK it is only legal with reduced wormwood content. Most of the Absinthe bought over the bar is just cheep oils and not distilled.

I have a bottle of clear white Absinthe with full wormwood content in the drinks cabinet waiting for a special occasion.
robbo180265
06-21-07, 05:49 AM
To hell with Vodka, it's just flavoured petrol. This is the only drink worth buying:

http://www.laphroaig.com/home.asp

I'm with you on that one:up:


@Letum - just seen your new sig:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Tchocky
06-21-07, 05:51 AM
[Pic]
How Legal is that in Germany? *shrug*

No idea. It's freely available (the good stuff) in Spain.


In the UK it is only legal with reduced wormwood content. Most of the Absinthe bought over the bar is just cheep oils and not distilled. Similiar situation in ireland, the strongest you can get is 70-odd-%, but it's nasty.

I have a bottle of clear white Absinthe with full wormwood content in the drinks cabinet waiting for a special occasion.Ah, I remember the last night of a run, the cast party, with a bottle of 95. Insane :)
joea
06-21-07, 07:15 AM
Absinthe has been made, ahem, illegally in Switzerland until the law was changed in 2005 and is now made in the Val-de-Travers region where it is said to have originated. Never tried it myself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val-de-Travers_%28district%29
Skybird
06-21-07, 08:40 AM
To hell with Vodka, it's just flavoured petrol. This is the only drink worth buying:

http://www.laphroaig.com/home.asp
Oh my God, I once had it! I use the rest as a iodine replacement and wound disinfectant, to dissolves varnishes and glues, and to clean the gaps between the tiles in my bathroom. :lol:

Dalwhinnie is Scottish and Jameston 1780 is Irish enough for me...
Heibges
06-21-07, 02:21 PM
I suppose that is Smirnoff lobbyism at work...
Real Vodka comes from Russia (or better ex USSR), Poland or Finland anyway.
Everything else is just not the real thing

Eta pravda!
Rhodes
06-21-07, 06:24 PM
Most of the Absinthe bought over the bar is just cheep oils and not distilled.

Same here, the distilled is forbiden. But I didn't mind seeing kylie minogue aka "la feé verte" from time to time. :D