"blake murphy" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:46:55 -0400, James Silverton wrote:
>
>> On 7/9/2011 10:36 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>
>>> My DH brought home a bottle of their Acai berry flavored vodka by
>>> mistake. It is awful tasting.
>>
>> I've mentioned it before but the aim in a good vodka is to have as
>> neutral a spirit as possible. I happen to like vodka flavored with hot
>> peppers, which I keep in the freezer for when I need a slug once in a
>> while. I don't like Absolut Peppar since that seems to be flavored with
>> green sweet peppers and pepper vodka can be made by steeping hot peppers
>> in the cheapest available vodka for a day or two.
>
> so how many peppers do you use in how much vodka? what's your procedure?
>
> your pal,
> blake

My all time favorite Vodka was Peppar Stoly I haven't been able to find it
anymore. Absolut Pepper is nasty, I never noticed the green sweet pepper
taste, It had more of a dirty black pepper taste to me . The best flavor
comes from a ripe pepper buy a couple of pints and try various hot
peppers to get a idea. 1 hot ripe pepper is enough for flavor ( I liked
using lemon drop peppers) a week or 2 is enough to get the flavor going.
Crushed red pepper works fine, but a ripe pepper would taste so much better