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May 21, 2008
No Need to Drink Flat Cocktails Anymore
As the head bartender at the famed New York restaurant One if by Land, Two if by Sea, Mike Lombardozzi knows a thing or two about martinis. But even he was surprised when he replaced the premium vodka in his specially created Pomegranate martini with O2 Sparkling Vodka, the first of its kind.
Martini Alert - Inventor's O2 SPARKLING VODKA Comes to U.S. from England
"Everyone says that it is the best martini they have ever had," says Lombardozzi, who has christened the drink the CosmO2.
O2 is the creation of Philip Maitland, a British entrepreneur and inventor, who spent two years researching and developing a process to create a sparkling spirit.
"Many thought it would be impossible," says Maitland, "but I persevered and was awarded a patent in 2003."
O2 is made from a blend of wheat, malted barley and charcoal-filtered English spring water. It is batch-distilled in 100-year-old copper pot stills and infused with tiny bubbles. Available in Premium 80 proof, three times distilled, and Super Premium 945, 94 proof and five times distilled, in crystal glass bottles with twist caps.
"Drinking other vodkas is like drinking a flat soda. The taste is heavy and dull while O2 electrifies cocktails adding a new dimension of taste, texture and flavor," Maitland says.
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The same excitement even extends to drinking O2 with food. O2 offers on its Web site recipes for Tapastinis -- a combination of a drink and a tasty snack -- that solves the tricky problem at cocktail parties of how to balance a plate of food and hold a drink at the same time.
For the Sushitini, all you need is a martini glass filled with chilled O2. Add a cocktail stick with fresh pieces of fish, alternating with pieces of ginger. Then garnish with a lemon twist. Different? Yes. Does it work? Most definitely.
"Not only can you eat and drink without effort, but also experience how the vodka actually enhances the food flavors," Maitland says.
O2 is currently rolling out across the U.S. and is available at restaurants and nightclubs as well as wine and spirit retailers.
About O2 Sparkling Vodka:
An English vodka has reinvented Vodka and infused it with bubbles like champagne to make it a “21st Spirit. O2 Vodka is the world’s first Sparkling Vodka and produced by a special patented process. Philip Maitland, an English inventor with a number of patents is the man behind the creation of O2.” Champagne is the number one toasting drink, Vodka the second. Being more of a Vodka drinker than a Champagne drinker I wanted to combine the best of both and have a Sparkling Vodka “ Maitland’s great great grandfather left Russia to seek his fortune in England and his lasting legacy to his great grandson was that he inherited an appreciation of great Vodka and the love of invention.
O2 Vodka is British, and whilst people think of other countries being more associated with Vodka than Britain, British Gin, and Scottish Whisky (starts life as a pure spirit before aging in barrels) are world famous. Britain produces some of the finest Vodka in the world which is soon to be recognised in its own right.
It took two years of research and development to create Sparkling Vodka. The world’s first and Only sparkling vodka.
The process combines 21st century technology and traditional craftsmanship. Batch produced in 100 year old copper stills, the best English wheat and barley, and pure spring water which is all filtered for perfect purity. . Each batch is inspected and tested for taste and quality before being approved for bottling. The resulting Vodka is of exceptional quality and smoothness that gently sparkles on the tongue, lightens your mood and stirs the senses. Its sexy, sophisticated and creates a sense of fun, celebration and occasion.
The bottles are of the finest heavy crystal glass to insure that nothing interacts with the special taste and quality of the Vodka O2 comes in two strengths. 80 proof and O2 Vodka 945 Super Premium Vodka 94 Proof . Exceptional smoothness. Philip Maitland formed International English Distillers Ltd to produce the Vodka and have added a new chapter to the history of Vodka, making all other Vodkas seeming a little lacking. Imported by Admiral Imports, Cedar Grove, NJ.
LONDON, May 21, 2008
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