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The latest battle of the bottles features one container shaped like a glass bong and another brandishing an intricate illustration of a buxom beauty swirling in a sea of snow dust. The bong comes from Holland, naturally, and the queen hails from Kazakhstan, of all places.
You don't have to be wasted to spill the Bong vodka; the bottle's shape virtually guarantees you'll make a mess during your first few pours. But the stuff's not bad. Number crunchers will be interested to hear that the grain-based spirit is distilled six times and filtered four times. You may feel like you've been transported back to your dorm room at the mere sight of it, but the flavor is crisp, clean, slightly licorice-like and very pleasant.
Snow Queen, a name that evokes either the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale or "cocaine slut" depending on where you're from, makes use of wheat and water from the snow-capped mountains of the Ala Tau mountain range. It is distilled five times, has a sweeter, more floral nose and a smooth, wet finish.
Though neither spirit represents a breakthrough in booze-making, both take the art of the bottle -- vodka as party accessory -- to new heights.
-- James Oliver Cury
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for Bong Spirit vodka
for Snow Queen vodka