Vodka Tasting

August 18, 2011

If the day had not been good enough already, the day finished with a Vodka tasting. It started with the old folks tasting six Ukrainian Vodkas and it ended everyone singing Russian songs, which none of us understood.  For the record, I wasn’t singing.

What was the best Vodka?  I couldn’t make up my mind!

There is the Nemiroff Family – Nemrioff, Nemiroff with Red Pepper and Honey and Nemiroff with Black Current, then there is the Nemiroff Lex.

Nemiroff Lex

Nemiroff

Nemiroff Red Pepper

Nemiroff Lex

Then there is Hetman (pictured twice so you can see the face in the middle of the bottle) and Chortitsa

Hetman

Hetman

Chortitsa

And my favorite bartenders on the ship – Irina and Irina. (The costumes are for Pirate Night)

http://youtu.be/IVC8R3GKOKA

Here in the Ukraine, you have to have the right accouterments. Pickled Cucumber, Pickled Herring, tomatoes, onions, parsley and jerky.