James Silverton > wrote:

> A quick slug of pepper vodka from a bottle kept in the freezer is an
> excellent pick me up. I believe Russians make it with black pepper but I
> use dried hot peppers to make my own.

Commercial pertsovka is made with chile and cubeb peppers; home made
ones are made with whatever is available, of course.

> I don't go for Absolut Peppar
> vodka that tastes to me as if it is made with green sweet peppers.

Yes, and it seems perfumed. It is good in a Blood Mary, though, opening
up and revealing a nice peppery taste of another kind. A good
commercial pepper vodka is Georgievskaya Pepper. Another one is Russian
Garant with peperoni and garlic, which is very, *very* spicy.

Victor