It's Bacon

I have heard of infusing vodka with fruits, mint, and vanilla...but BACON, that was a new one for me. This past weekend I ventured out to Greenpoint, Brooklyn for Sunday Funday with some friends. We started off at a place called 68. They had been infusing vodka with bacon as an expirement for the past few weeks. The day we arrived happend to be the day they were testing it out. We tried bacon martinis and bacon bloody marys. I think the vodka worked better in the bloody mary because it wasn't too overpowering. It just had a hint of bacon flavor; where the bacon martini was extreemly potent. I am not sure if my palet could stomach more than one bacon infused beverage.

How to Infuse Vodka:

http://www.infused-vodka.com/vodkainfusionstep-by-step.aspx

Toasty Tip: Put green olives stuffed with bacon and blue cheese into your martinis and pickeled snap peas into your bloody marys. They did it and I loved it!

Bottles are for Babies

Before you judge me on blogging about boxed wine...put a cork in!

My ex roommate Emily introduced me to this boxed beverage. Three Thieves has created lightweight, portable, eco-smart cartons of wine and sangria called Bandit. The money they save on glass and cork they put towards making a better quality wine. The wine comes from various regions in California and each small 500ml carton (equivalent to 2/3 bottle of wine) runs about $7. You should be able to find them at most local wine stores. Plus, they're perfect to bring to the park for a picnic.

Bandit was recently featured on O Magazine!