These Ice Glasses Are Ready

by Lucinda Walter

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These Ice Glasses Are Ready

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Lucinda Walter

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Photograph - Photography, Digital Art, Fine Art

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Photographed at the Icebar by the Icehotel in Stockholm, Sweden. These ice "glasses" are ready for our sample treat of some fine Absolut Vodka.

All images are copyright ￿ Lucinda Walter. The materials contained may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or downloaded in any way, shape or form. All rights are reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the Artist is strictly prohibited.

Absolut Vodka is a brand of vodka, produced near ￿us, Sk￿, in southern Sweden. Absolut is owned by French group Pernod Ricard; they bought Absolut for ￿5.63 billion in 2008 from the Swedish state.
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Absolut is the third largest brand of alcoholic spirits in the world after Bacardi and Smirnoff, and is sold in 126 countries.
Absolut was established in 1879 by Lars Olsson Smith and is produced in ￿us, Sweden. Smith introduced fractional distillation that produces liquor without fusel alcohol in Sweden in 1877, under the name "Tiodubbelt Renadt Br￿vin" (Tenfold Purified Vodka). Br￿vin literally means "burn-wine" and is analogous to the German "Branntwein". The term is also used in Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic.[citation needed] ("Vodka" was not used for Swedish liquor until 1958, with the potato-based Explorer Vodka.) The name was changed to "Absolut Rent Br￿vin" (Absolutely Pure Vodka) by Smith to market his much improved product.
Smith challenged the city of Stockholm's liquor marketing monopoly with his vodka. It was sold at a lower price than the monopoly's product, just outside the city border. Smith even offered free boat rides to the distillery and "Rent Br￿vin" made Smith a fortune.
In 1917, the alcohol industry in Sweden was monopolized by the Swedish government. Vodka was then sold nationwide under the name "Absolut Rent Br￿vin". The name changed with intervals, Renat Br￿vin or Absolut Rent Br￿vin. In 1979, the old name Absolut was picked up when the upper-price range ABSOLUT VODKA was introduced. Renat is still a euphemism for spirits in Sweden, and the name of another vodka product by Vin & Sprit.
Absolut Vodka was introduced to the global market in 1979. Since its launch, Absolut has grown from 90,000 liters to 96.6 million liters in 2008. It has become the largest international spirit and is available in 126 countries. The vodka is made from winter wheat. Approximately 80,000 metric tons (2,900,000 bushels) of wheat are used annually to produce Absolut Vodka. Over one kilogram of grain is used in every one-liter bottle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolut_Vodka

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