Zubrowka Vodka

Zubrovka (in Russian Зубровка), also known as Żubrówka (Polish, pronounced: zhoob-ROOF-kah), Grasovka (German) or Bison vodka (English), is a brand of dry herb-flavored vodka distilled from rye grain, 80 proof. It has been manufactured in Poland since the 17th century and is now also produced in Russia, Belarus, the Czech Republic and other Eastern European countries. Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 275 KB)Vodka Zubrowka File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 275 KB)Vodka Zubrowka File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Dry may refer to a state lacking moisture (see also drought), a high liquor content in alcoholic beverages, a low amount of unfermented sugar in wine, and is the name of a music album (below). ... A herb (pronounced urb in American English and hurb in British English) is a plant grown for culinary or medicinal value. ... Flavouring (or flavoring) is a product which is added to food in order to change or augment its taste. ... Having originated in Poland or Russia, vodka is now drunk around the world. ... Alcoholic proof is a measure of how much ethanol, or grain alcohol, is in an alcoholic beverage. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Eastern Europe is, by convention, that part of Europe from the Ural and Caucasus mountains in the East to an arbitrarily chosen boundary in the West. ...

It owes its specific taste and aroma, and its yellowish color to one of its ingredients, namely Hierochloe odorata or bison grass, said to be the wisent's favorite. A blade of this grass can be found in every original bottle of Żubrówka. Its name comes from zubr or żubr, the Slavic word for wisent. Bison grass (Hierochloe odorata) is an aromatic herb which grows in northern Eurasia and North America. ... Binomial name Bison bonasus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Wisent (pronounced vE-zent) is the European bison, species Bison bonasus. ... The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages), a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia. ...

Zubrovka is usually served either pure and chilled, mixed with apple juice or over vanilla ice. Apple juice is the juice from the apple fruit. ... Vanilla is a flavouring, in its pure form known as vanillin, derived from orchids in the genus Vanilla. ...