Absolut(e)ly

This is the first in a two-part series on Boston-specific items that came my way this season.

Last week I received a limited-edition bottle of Absolut Boston. I don't know if you can tell from the photo, but the bottle is made to look like our own Green Monster. According to the website, "In a city rich with monuments commemorating a nation, the one monument that stands above all others is a dented green wall, 37 feet tall, 240 feet long, and some 310 feet from home plate down the left-field line."

According to the neck-tag: "A revolutionary blend of black tea and elderflower, it's a contemporary flavor that evokes the Boston Tea Party and the city's historic past." It tastes ... kind of weird in an herbal sort of way. They suggest a few combinations that don't appeal to me at all (Absolut Boston & Ginger, Absolut Boston & Tonic, and Absolut Boston & Cola), and this drink called the Absolut Homerun:

1 part Absolut Boston
2 parts white grape juice
top with ginger ale

I don't know ... I can't really get excited about it. But I like this: "As with every edition in the Absolut city series, a portion of profits from Absolut Boston will go to a local nonprofit to help give back to the city it honors."

Apparently Boston is the third city to be honored by Absolut, but I searched far and wide on their website and couldn't find out which two cities have already been Absolut-ified. The neck-tag also said I'd be able to vote for the next Absolut city, but I couldn't find that either. Anyone have any ideas?

Meanwhile, this I know: I miss baseball season.

Comments

[DesignHER Momma]

but it's kinda cool - in a drinky drink sort of way...

[Jeananne]

Ahhh, baseball. Just around the corner, Karen. Just around the corner. (Love the concept, too. The other cities are New Orleans and LA - here's an about.com piece that mentions them however, there's no info on voting for the next city: http://cocktails.about.com/od/vodkadrinkrecipes/gr/absolut_boston.htm)

[Jeananne]

Apparently there are more than three. Add Vancouver to the list:

http://packaging.drinks-business-review.com/news/absolut_vodka_launches_canadian_cityinspired_bottle_091110

I'm really not a web geek, I just enjoy vodka every once in a while.

[Drmomentum]

I don't know how I feel about this. Kinda cool, but kinda gimicky. If you told me it was yummy it would make it easier for me to get behind a product like this.

I think I'm going to have to go thumbs-down. So many worthy libations out there that we don't need a spirit specifically aimed at the back wall of our beloved ball field.

Plus, I'm more of a Stolichnaya man.