Post #501935 by MrBaliHai on Sat, Jan 2, 2010 1:40 PM

I got a bottle of Crystal Head Vodka for Christmas this year. It's made in Canada at a distillery owned by Dan Ackroyd, and claims to be triple-filtered through "diamonds", whatever the hell difference that makes. Exceedingly cool decanter, looks great in the bar, but like every Vodka I've ever had, it tastes like grain alcohol to me. Read a couple of online reviews that claim it's got "vanilla and candy notes", but I think they're just hallucinating, under the influence of the evil Aztec skull...:)

In any case, I looked over some Vodka cocktail recipes in the Bum's books this afternoon, and decided to make the Hawaiian Sunset from Sippin' Safari. Pretty darn tasty, although I really need to start making my own Orgeat. The Torani syrup I'm using tastes like pure cotton candy with a hint of almond extract.