28 May,2009 08:29 AM IST | | Agencies
Call it breakfast in a booze bottle. Bacon-flavored vodka is the all the rage in Seattle and sales are sizzling. At about $30 (Rs 1,427) a bottle, it's selling like hotcakes with a side of bacon-flavoured vodka.
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"My first reaction was ewww," says Brittney Levang, who sampled a bacon-bloody Mary. "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 city 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.
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?"
