If regular Belvedere isn't quite strong enough for you you can soon test your mettle with
Belvedere Intense, a new luxury 100 proof vodka. Belvedere Intense will sold at international airports including London Heathrow Terminal 5, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Warsaw Frederic Chopin, Hong Kong International, Singapore Changi, Sydney, New York JFK and Buenos Aires Ezeiza and sells for 45 euros. It's described as having notes more often associated with whisky such or cognac such as "crème caramel, dark savoury spice, and rich bitter chocolate." It is double filtered through charcoal which gives it the increased alchohol content and it comes in black bottle with silver trees that looks like a negative of the original bottle.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
caviarist Sep 21st 2008 2:11PM
the new belvedere vodka looks great. as a caviar purist i ask myself, does the complex taste match with premium caviar quality? or will the notes of caramel and bitter chocolate undermine the nutty side of, lets say nutty oscietra? well, as I will stride through the buenos aires airport next month i will find out for myself. thx for this tip!
NaOH Sep 22nd 2008 3:14AM
Ummm. Since when does charcoal filtering increase alcohol content?
Apparently your writers are complete retards.
Alcohol is produced by yeast and yeast alone.
Vodka is distilled from a simple sugar mash and collected as a neutral spirit at ~95% (190 proof) and is then diluted to achieve its commercial proof - typically 40% (80 proof).
Charcoal filtering improves flavor by absorbing fusil oils and other cogners. That's it.
If charcoal filtering increased alcohol content, then you could run beer through a brita and make whiskey.
Can you do that? No?
Then maybe Deirdre should quit sucking down Belvedere vodka and log-off for long enough to do just a wee bit of research before she posts inane bullshit on your blog.
Monika Sep 26th 2008 11:52PM
Naoh is correct. Deidre has produced bullshit.