The Informed Drinker: In the Beginning, There Was Vodka

Courtesy Austinist  Fri, 10/30/2009 - 1:50pm

Tito Beveridge and dog, Stella

The Informed Drinker is Austinist's new cocktail column.

Each week, the city's bartenders tell us what to drink when . This week, a local vodka expert weighs in.

In the spirit realm—and here, delicate readers, we are referring to alcoholic spirits—vodka is the workhorse of the bunch.

Just think of the cocktails you know that begin with the word “vodka.” Vodka tonic. Vodka sour.

Vodka gimlet. Indeed, when having...


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