While others have tried to imitate Russian vodka production techniques, they have never totally succeeded. There are three key elements that separate Stoli from its imitators. First, Stoli is distilled from winter wheat, which is the best tasting wheat, not from corn or other grains. Produced in Russia's oldest distillery, its is considered the classic Russian vodka. Second, virtually all domestic vodka producers use processed water to reduce the product to its proper proof, while the makers of Stoli use the purest, softest glacial waters. Last Stoli is carefully filtered through both quartz and activated charcoal, then through quartz again.

Stoli Moscow Mule
2 parts Stoli® 80
3 dashes bitters
1 part lime juice
3 parts ginger beer
Build over ice in a highball glass and stir. Garnish with lime and a mint sprig.

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Stolichnaya Genuine Russian vodka is made the traditional Russian way: slowly double distilled for maximum freshness and flavor. Then it is quadruple filtered through quartz, Siberian Birch charcoal, quartz a second time, and finally with a tightly woven cloth.

Stoli Blood Orange Martini
2 parts Stoli® 100
2 parts blood orange liqueur
1 part fresh lemon juice
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a half slice of blood orange. (If blood oranges are not in season, use a regular orange.)

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Stolichnaya debuts the latest flavor, Stoli Blakberi to their flavor portfolio.

“We are especially excited about Stoli Blakberi, as the natural flavors impart an unparalleled taste and aroma, making it ideal for cocktails,” says Craig Johnson, Brand Director for Stolichnaya® at Pernod Ricard USA. “Stolichnaya® is known for continuing to develop interesting flavors that consistently receive high ratings, thus offering a variety of great tasting choices to fit any drinking occasion.”

B&B ( Blakberi & Basil)
1 part Stoli Blakberi
Top off with Italian sparkling lemonade
Basil to taste
Simply muddle basil with Stoli Blakberi?. Serve on rocks and top off with Italian sparkling lemonade. Garnish with additional basil leaves. A great option for warm-weather pitcher drinks.

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Keeping true to Stolichnaya’s unparalleled traditional heritage and reputation for using only the highest quality of ingredients, Stoli Blueberi is the authentic natural blueberry-flavored Russian vodka, distilled from Russian grain and clear natural water. Unique to most flavored vodkas, Stoli adds natural fruit juices prior to filtration to produce its award-winning taste. The vodka is immersed in the aromatic essence of freshly picked blueberries to achieve the distinctive Blueberi taste before being quadruple filtered. Stoli Blueberi is best served ice cold and is smooth enough to drink all by itself.

Blueberi Creamsicle
Glass Ware: Martini
Ingredients: 2 parts Stoli Blueberi
1 part Stoli Vanilla
Splash of Licor 43
Splash of Blue curaco (just enough for color)
Fill with ¼ - ½ oz heavy cream
Instructions: Combine all items in shaker. Shake, shake, shake... strain and pour. Voila, a tasty treat is born!
Garnish: Fresh blueberries

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Stoli Cranberi has intense ripe berry fruit on the nose, boiled sweets and red jelly with cherry stones. The palate opens with a rich, full-bodied candied glace & black cherries with a long, dry red currant finish.

Stoli Cranberi Caipiroska
2 parts Stoli Cranberi®
4 lime wedges
1/10 part sugar
Crush sugar into the lime wedges with a spoon. Place the lime wedges in the bottom of highball glass. Cover with crushed ice, add vodka and stir. Garnish with 3 fresh cranberries.

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Stolichnaya, the most prestigious vodka brand in the world reveals it's prized possession, Elit.

Discover a remarkable combination of elegance and mystique. Nobility and purity. Prestige and pleasure.

Elit's unmistakable purity is the result of the highest quality ingredients, centuries-old traditions and above all, a unique and revolutionary 'freezing' filtration process, specially developed and patented by the SPI Group.

This expensive, labour and time consuming procedure filters the spirit at sub-zero temeratures reaching -18 C, so that the liquid's density increases causing all impurities to freeze aagainst the walls of the filtration tanks. These unwanted crystalline substances are then discarded from the distillate, allowing the selection of nothing but the purist of spirits for their select formaula of Elit.

The result is a vodka like no other. A rare spirit that ranks among the finest and smoothest in the world, Elit.
Tasting vodka is different from tasting other alcoholic drinks (including wine) because we are looking for an absence of flavour in vodka. Vodka is alcohol in it's purest form and the less flavour the better. Cheaper vodkas can have a pronounced burn on the back of the throat (the finish) due to a faster and cheaper filtration.

Nose: Mellow, enigmatic, fresh aniseed and sherbet with a rounder, grainy arnish.
Palate: Evolves from light to medium-bodied with a distinguished creamy aniseed character, garnished with savoury, lightly luscious spiciness and balancing dryness.
Finish: Subtle, spicy aniseed.

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Never overly piquant or sour like so many green apple spirits, and never artificial-tasting or candy-sweet, Gala Applik begins with a nose of red apple and hints of zesty fresh citrus for an overall clean, bright and enticing bouquet. Upon tasting, one is immediately taken by the natural sweetness which suggests orchard fruits with drops of pear before a refined and balanced finish completes the flavor experience.

Stoli Angel Elixir
1 oz Stoli Gala Applik
3 strawberries
Sprinkles of vanilla sugar
Rosé Sparkling Dessert Wine

Vanilla Gala
1½ oz Stoli Gala Applik
1½ oz Stoli Vanilla
1 oz Sparkling apple cider
sliced apple garnish
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Stoli Ohranj has a light and floral aroma of orange zest and essential oils, the more toppy scents of orange blossom balanced by richer elements of orange liqueur and marmalade. Ohranj has orange cream on its palate, hints of dark chocolate & more varied flavors of tangerine, mandarin & kumquat, and a lingering fresh zesty note of lemon.

Stoli O Main Squeeze
4 part Stoli® Ohranj™
1 part triple sec
4 parts fresh squeezed orange juice
Club Soda
Build first three ingredients in an ice-filled tall glass. Fill with club soda and stir. Garnish with an orange slice.

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Stoli Peachik possesses wonderful delicate aromas of ripe peach and dusky peach skin. It has subtle notes on the palate, nothing sickly or sweet, just light clean fruit and quality grain alcohol.

Stoli Peach Tree Smash
1 1/2 parts Stoli Peachik
1 part lemon juice
1 part simple syrup (or use 2 parts sour mix in place of the lemon juice and simple syrup)
2 parts peach iced tea
Dash of grenadine
4 mint leaves
Shake and pour into an ice-filled rocks glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Stoli Peach Diva
4 parts Stoli Peachik
1 part red sweet vermouth
1 part maraschino liqueur
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a fresh slice of peach.

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Stoli Razberi opens with an intense nose of raspberry jam, boiled sweets and hot berry fruit infusions. The palate has raspberry ripple creaminess, balanced by the sweet spice of rye and wheat grain vodka, and lifted by crisp citrus notes. Stoli Razberi is finished with hints of pepper and wild raspberry cane.

Stoli Razpiroska
4 parts Stoli Razberi®
1 part simple syrup
Splash of club soda
6 raspberries
Muddle raspberries with simple syrup in the bottom of a rocks or Collins glass. Fill with ice and top with club soda. Garnish with fresh raspberries.

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Stoli Strasberi starts with an intense nose of strawberry jam, with cream, nuts and floral notes in the background. The palate is full and round with soft fresh berry, subtly sweet but never cloying. It hints at strawberry leaves and a light pepper on the finish.

Stoli Strasberi White Lie
1 1/2 parts Stoli Strasberi®
4 parts grapefruit soda
1 lemon wedge
1 lime wedge
Build first two ingredients over ice in a highball glass. Squeeze lemon and lime wedges into glass, drop in and stir. Garnish with a fresh strawberry.

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Stoli Vanil offers elegant aromas of vanilla pod, crème anglaise, and chocolate, with undertones of toasted buttery grain, but without the heavy cloying sweetness of some vanilla vodkas. Vanil’s palate brings a creamy sweetness to the fore, but it is light and balanced, with cocoa powder, white pepper and sweet spicy notes.

Stoli Va-Va Vanil
2 parts Stoli Vanil®
1 part pineapple juice
2 mint leaves
Shake with ice and strain into a shot glass.

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White pomegranate is the sweetest, most succulent and desirable varietal. The fruit’s deep, earthy aroma entwines with a bright hint of cherry and red berries. As for the taste, white pomegranate presents boldly, mellows with notes of cedar – and then finishes dry as herbal tones coyly linger on.

Stoli White Pom Mojito
1 ½ parts Stoli White Pomegranik
¾ part fresh lime juice
¾ part simple syrup
6 mint leaves
Shake and strain into an ice-filled tall glass. Garnish with a mint sprig and a spoonful of pomegranate seeds.

Stoli White Pom Pearadise
1 ½ parts Stoli White Pomegranik
¾ part agave nectar
½ part fresh lemon juice
3 pieces of pear
1 part apple juice
Splash of ginger ale
Muddle first five ingredients. Shake and strain into an ice-filled tall glass. Top with a splash of ginger ale. Garnish with a thyme sprig and a pear slice.

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