OYSTER MAGAZINE INTERVIEW.

Be Genki turns 2

Babicka helped celebrate Be Genki's 2nd Birthday at Becker Minty in Potts Point, Sydney.

V-Style Episode 6 - Babicka feature

Click on the below image to be taken to the V-Style website, Projekta and V-style have a produced a small Video on Babicka.
The Babicka article is in the last 30 seconds of the video.

Hong Kong 香港 Fragrant Harbour.

Babicka is now available exclusively at:
Annex
Balalaika Central
Cafe Deco
Home
Langham Hotel
Linq
Madison's
Palate
The Pawn
W Hotel

BABICKA IS DISTRIBUTED BY NORTHEAST WINES & SPIRITS.
Thanks to Lillian and her team for all their great work.

Halloween Cocktails.

Czech yourself before you wreck yourself
40ml Babicka
10ml Port (tawny)
40ml White peach puree
10ml Thyme and cardamom syrup
15ml Citrus juice
2 dashes Peach bitters
Garnish: Orange zest
Shake all ingredients together and fine strain into cocktail saucer.

Babicka Blossom
40ml babicka
1 bsp Roast pumpkin puree
50ml apricot nectar
10ml orange blossom syrup
20ml lemon juice
3 dashes peach bitters
Garnish: pumpkin skin slice
Shake all ingredients together and fine strain into cocktail glass.

FOUND ORGANIC SUPER JUICES

Our friends at Found launched with one single flavour, Organic pomegranate juice, and has expanded distribution of the product nationally toward the cafe and health retail industries, marketing the product toward the core nutritional benefits of the superfood.
In September 2008, Found is set to release a range of organic flavours that are all extremely healthy choices compared to the current options available to consumers.




All Found Organic products are made entirely from cold pressed fruit. Each batch is unique in colour and texture due entirely to the climate during the harvest.
They are certified organic by USDA / OU certifications and are Kosher.
The juice is 100% natural - there are no additives, no preservatives, no artificial flavours and the juice is NOT from concentrate like most others on the market.

BABICKA FEATURED IN WALLPAPER MAGAZINE.

DEUS EX MACHINA NEW STORE LAUNCH

PARTY PICS - LA SALA APERITIVO

APERITIVO AT LA SALA

Festa di Apertura (*Opening Celebration)
Wednesday 17 September 5.30pm until 8.30pm at Bar La Sala
Join us for divine antipasti and bellinis by La Sala, and spectacular
cocktails by Babicka Original Wormwood Vodka.
Ground Floor 23 Foster Street,
Surry Hills. NSW 2010. T: 9281 9034.
RSVP Ali Hainsworth - ali@showandtellpr.com
or tel. 02 9281 5736

ST&ARD LAUNCH PARTY

Found Organic Super Juices & Babicka sponsored the Launch of St&ard Denim, A new denim brand that is sold exclusively through General Pants. St&ard uses the highest quality japanese Selvege Denim on the planet. This is not just another denim brand, The collaborative design team behind St&ard has over 25 years Experience in Denim, This would have to be best denim to ever come out of Australia. They will not fall apart like other Australian Denim brands.

Found and Babicka Created a Pomegranate, Babicka, soda & lime concoction for the event.

The launch party was held at a St&ard pop store on Oxford St, Sydney. Australia. The pop store was there for 4 days only.

MEDICINAL BENEFITS OF WORMWOOD.

In folk medicine, wormwood has also been used for poor digestion and preventing sickness after meals, lack of intestinal muscle tone, inflammation of the digestive tract, stomach-ache, liver disorders, anaemia, menstrual problems, occasional fevers, colds, rheumatism, jaundice, diabetes, arthritis and flatulence. Externally it has been used to aid wound healing and as a remedy for insect bites and skin ulcers and blotches.
Wormwood has also been used to improve blood circulation, as a cardiac stimulant, as a pain reliever for women during labour and as an agent against tumours and cancers.
http://www.cancersalves.com/botanical_approaches/individual_herbs/wormwood.html

An old love charm.
On st. lukes day, take marigold flowers, a sprig of marjoram, thyme, and a little wormwood; dry them before a fire, rub them to powder; then sift through a fine piece of lawn, and a simmer it over a slow fire, adding a small quantity of virgin honey, and vinegar. Anoint yourself with this when you go to bed, saying the following lines three times, and you will dream of your partner
“that is to be”:

“St Luke, st Luke, be kind to me,
In dreams let me my true-love see”.

LUXURY MARTINI.

Dash sugar syrup.
30mls Babicka Vodka
10mls Absinth
10mls Chambord
Dash Lemon Juice
60mls Cranberry Juice
Muddle cranberries & sugar, add remaining ingredients.
Shake & strain into chilled Martini glass.
Garnish w 3 speared cranberries.

60% WATER.

As all vodkas are 60% water the following information is a very important factor in the quality of Babicka.
The basis of vodka is water and the character of this water creates an imprint, which determines the quality and taste of the final product.

The city of prostejov lies in an old geologically stable area, which forms a plateau known for thousands of years as HANA, with a low mountain range beginning a few kilometres from city. Prostejov lies on the remains of the land fissures laid down by sea currents from ancient geological times. Rivers and waterways flowing from these mountains have levelled of the area while also creating drifts of gravels and base. The natural cleansing action of sand is well documented.
The water used is from deep wells in this area, which reach down to the deepest springs. Further water is obtained by drilling into very deep reservoirs. Hydrologists age this water at 10,000 years old. The result of these two supplies of water is extremely hard water containing ca, mg, mn and other elements, which together create specific sensuous characteristics. This unique formulation and taste enables us to produce products our competitions cannot match.

CZECH COOLER.

A wicked fusion of Babicka Vodka and fresh blueberries. Spiked with strawberry/rhubarb tea and crowned with absinth-served long over crushed ice.
6-8 Blueberries
5ml Creme de Mure
45ml Babicka Vodka
45ml Cranberry juice
1 table spoon strawberry/rhubarb tea
Float 10mls Absinth
garnish with a fresh wormwood sprig.

WORMWOOD.

Wormwood (artemisia absinthium) is a bitter herb that is grown in the Czech Republic and is widely known for its many medicinal purposes. Thujone, is extracted from the wormwood plant, it is frequently used as a tonic credited with enhancing sensual well being and creative processes. The wormwood plant is dried and broken up to access the resin on the inner surfaces of the plant.

Wormwood is the Basis for a Cancer-fighting Pill, please read the article on this website:
http://www.cancersalves.com/botanical_approaches/individual_herbs/wormwood.html

BABICKA WINS ANOTHER MEDAL.

Babicka has won a bronze medal at the 2008 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
This is the third medal for Babicka which is still in its first year of business. The two previous awards are a Gold Medal / Best Alcoholic Beverage at the 2007 Australian Food Challenge Awards and a Silver Medal at the 2007 International Wine & Spirits Competition.

www.babickavodka.com

Vodka, Broccoli & Cheddar Soup

I know not everyone loves broccoli as much as I do. But give this hearty soup a try one cold evening with a crusty loaf of bread and these much maligned little cancer-fighting buds might surprise you. Of course, a little vodka makes everything (and everyone) more attractive.

1/2 pound (.25 kilograms) broccoli, trimmed and tough stems peeled
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup chopped bacon
1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
2 tablespoons flour
2 1/2 cups Vodka Chicken Broth (p.XX)
1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup Lemon Peel Vodka (from The Vodka Cookbook) or lemon-flavored vodka
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup aged sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
salt & white pepper to taste

Reserve 10-12 small florets from the broccoli; coarsely chop the rest.
Cook the bacon in a large saucepan over a high heat until well-browned – about 3-4 minutes; remove the bacon and set aside. Reduce heat to moderate and add the butter and onion and sauté until brown – about 4-5 minutes. Sprinkle in the flour and stir – cook for about a minute more. Slowly whisk in the broth (gently loosening the food bits stuck to the bottom of the pan).
Return the bacon to the pan; add the chopped broccoli, thyme and lemon juice and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until broccoli is tender – about 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, bring a small saucepan filled with lightly salted water to a boil. Add the reserved florets and simmer until just tender – about 2-4 minutes.
Purée the soup in a food processor or blender; return the soup to the pan, stir in the vodka and milk and bring to a simmer over a low heat.
Sprinkle about 3/4 of the cheese into the soup and stir until cheese melts and is completely incorporated. Season to taste with salt & white pepper.
Serve garnished with broccoli florets and a few shreds of cheese.
SERVES 2
You can also serve in small hollowed loaves of bread.
(by John Rose, author of The Vodka Cookbook)

via: http://cookingwithvodka.blogs.com/

Another Wormwood Story.

Philip Philips , of St. Gregory’s, was indicted for stealing a Silver Spoon, and 12 Shillings in Money, from the Person of Elizabeth Booth , on the 28th of Feb. last.
The Prosecutor depos’d, That the Prisoner and another Person came to her House on the Day aforesaid, and drank a considerable Quantity of Gin and Wormwood, which raising the Prisoner to a more than ordinary Elevation, he offered Rudeness to her, and perswading her over the Way to his own House, would there have been more familiar than her Modesty would admit of; after this he came home to her House. again, and continued his Rudeness, insomuch that the Prosecutor lost her Pocket and the Money mentioned in the Indictment: But it appearing to the Court that his Design was only on her Charity, and not on her Property, the Jury acquitted him

Old Bailey 5th July, 1727

George Deportal , was indicted for stealing on the 17th of Oct. 1 cask fill’d with spirituous liquors called wormwood cordial, value 10 s. 1 cask of plague water, val. 10 s. 1 of brandy, val. 8 s. 1 of rum, val. 8 s. the goods of Noah Bernard . Acquitted
Old Bailey 9th December, 1747.

In the archive there is also the very sad tale of one Catherine Townsend who died August 26th 1718. The court heard how previously she had “teach’d her self a Pint of All-fours (i.e. Carraways, Wormwood, Angelico and Anniseed Water) which she drank, and afterwards let down he Stairs”

via: http://czechabsinthe.wordpress.com/category/wormwood/

VALENTINES DAY COCKTAIL.

BABICKA BELLINI.

10mls Babicka Vodka.
2 Kaffir Lime Leaves.
2-3 fresh lychees.
1-2 pieces of ginger.
Dash of Apple juice.
Muddle all ingredients and shake and strain into a luxury Champagne glass – float Champagne.
Garnish with 2 Kaffir lime leaves.