First off, before I dive into Stoli Doli pineapple vodka goodness, I want to announce that our newly designed website is up and running! Please please please check it out and tell us what you think! Along with the new site comes new email addresses... send any comments or questions to info@madfishgrill.com. If you receive our daily specials, they will now come from specials@madfishgrill.com. If you would like to receive our daily specials, let us know! Thanks so much to Webtivity Designs in Bradenton for making our website spectacular!Okay, on to the alcohol. It is yummy. You would never think that it is straight vodka. That being said, we have a 2 drink limit on it. Kind of like the Bahi Hut's Mai Tais, except for we don't have some secret ingredient. It's just vodka and pineapple, baby.
Ben came up with the idea of making our own infused vodka, and this is how we did it...
We started with 4 Dole pineapples and 5 bottles of vodka. We used Stoli so we could call it Stoli Doli (get it??), but you can really use any vodka you'd like.
First, slice off the rind.
Then, cut 2 or 3 pineapples into thin slices. We cheated and used a meat slicer.
Once you have the pineapples sliced, stick them to the insides of your container, all the way up the sides. They have to be sliced pretty thinly for them to bend and stick. We used about 2.5 pineapples for this part. We sliced the remaining fruit more thickly by hand and threw them in. You want your container pretty chock full o'pineapple.
We threw the top of a pineapple in for good measure and good looks, then we filled 'er up.
Our finished product, in its proud new home behind the bar. Come on in to try it! $7.99 a glass, on the rocks or up. It really is tasty and flavorful... beats vodka and pineapple juice hands down!
If you make this at home... it will last a good couple of weeks. It is alcohol after all. We do recommend keeping it in the fridge though, when not in use.
Stay tuned for our next flavor - we'll make a new one when this pineapple vodka runs out! Any suggestions???
I had my two glass limit with lunch, that stuff is really incredible. For the first time I actually enjoyed the rest of my work day. Thanks Madfish!
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Does the infusion process lower the alcohol level of the vodka??
ReplyDeleteThe infusion process does not lower the alcohol level of the vodka, hence the 2 drink limit!
ReplyDeleteDid you all invent this or was it Capital Grill?
ReplyDeleteWe did not invent it... we read about it somewhere and decided to give it a try!
ReplyDeleteHow long until the vodka is ready?
ReplyDeleteWe only soaked ours for a few hours before first serving it, but it had a much better flavor after soaking it overnight.
ReplyDeleteI know you said refrigerate it when not using it, but do you leave it out for the first 24 hours, or do you put it right in the fridge?
ReplyDeleteWe left it out for the first 10-12 hours and then put it in the fridge.
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