Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Press COverage: Banned In Hollywood



Turn Cheap Alcohol Into Top Shelf Alcohol!

February 19, 2008


So you are anxious to start drinking, you go to the store, and the only thing your sorry ass can afford is bottom shelf vodka. You tell your friends that they put the more expensive alcohol in plastic bottles so that if you drop it, it won’t break. And you would be right, they do. It’s a fact. But let’s just say you want to filter your cheap vodka to make it taste (and feel as painless) as the top shelf stuff, you need a little magical contraption that was created by elves in the shire, called the Gray Kangaroo.

Much like Brita filters water, the Gray Kangaroo filters alcohol, and it works. It tastes much better and I’ve noticed a huge improvement on post drinking morning nausea vomitation syndrome, so check it out and get yours at Grey Kangaroo!

They have a 30 day money back guarantee, so what do you have to lose? After all, you’ll get drunk either way.

Gray Kangaroo!

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Thursday, July 3, 2008

HAppy 4th o July!


This is what makes this country great!
Hoochie Mama!

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

GK Press Coverage: Boozemonger








Among their 12,000 drink recipes, you'll find this cool write up.


The Gray Kangaroo Personal Liquor Filter
- Posted:

Square One Organic VodkaThe Gray KangarooTM is a unique device - it is the world’s first and only personal liquor filterTM. It filters inexpensive liquor and gives it qualities of more expensive liquor by removing the impurities which cause bad taste and hangovers.

The Gray KangarooTM is a foot-long carbon filter that works like the elementary school science project where you attached a pair of bottles together with a plastic piece to create a “tornado”. The Gray Kangaroo replaces the plastic piece between the two bottles and contains a replaceable carbon filter. The filtering action removes unwanted organic particles left over from the distilling process which cause the off-taste, headaches and hangovers associated with inexpensive liquor. Originally invented in 2001, the latest version (GK4) works with all hard liquors and is particularly effective for vodka which can be repeatedly filtered up to four times for optimum taste and quality. One GK4 will filter up to 50 liters of liquor and costs $29.95 at Gray Kangaroo. A life time supply of carbon filter refills costs $19.95.

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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Best Father's Day Advice Ever!

Here's a great example of parental behavior from friend-of-the-kangaroo Tommy Pistol and his very pregnant wife Gia Paloma.

















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Thursday, June 5, 2008

Friend of the Kangaroo Jesse Lee shows off her smarts on the Howard Stern Show!


Congratulations to sexy man beater, star f-er and apparent genius Jesse Lee for appearing on the Howard Stern Show and smashing the whack pack in a trivia contest.

Jesse used her female smartyness to spell tomorrow and informed us all what year Columbus found America!

And she got to meet Bigfoot it is!

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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Daily Candy takes a bite out of the Gray Kangaroo!!!!


Holly Cosmopolitans Miranda!

Daily Candy: the coolest website for hot chicks with cool tudes gave us a big shout out! and then they ran a picture of a wallet. Sorry Jack I guess you're not in this season. But the GK is cause it saves you big money!

Here is the bit from their Father's day newsletter:

zip it up!

Fingers Crossed
He’s a penny pincher. Thankfully, your guests will never know it if he has a Gray Kangaroo, a genius contraption that filters out particulate matter and harmful toxins in cheap booze, leaving delicious, filtered vodka, whiskey, rum, and tequila that tastes like the spenny stuff. Let him at least pinch in style with a Comme des Garçons wallet. If he’s a baseball fanatic, let his fingers do the talking with a pen made from salvaged wooden stadium seats from his favorite team’s ballpark.

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Monday, June 2, 2008

It's all true! 100% Real Testimonials!


It's a shame that we have to say this but OUR TESTIMONIALS ARE %100 REAL!!!!
Unfortunately we live in a world of sneaky sock-puppets and free online pamphlets on how to
market your product virally by pretending to be some hillbilly from Connecticut or a math teacher from Georgia who loves to rave about products on message boards. Well we don't have time for that bullshit here!

All of our testimonials are %100 real, sure there's some stock photography on the testimonials page (we all wish we felt as happy as these goddam people look) but
the testimonials are real. Maybe we cleaned up spelling or grammar but shit pal this is the real dope. Because the Gray Kangaroo is awesome.

It's a shame we have to but just to illustrate that there's not one inch of deceit or wormy internet gorilla marketing behind the testimonials page we make you this pledge. If you doubt a testimonial we will prove it's authenticity to you or we will eat your fuckin' hat!!!!!

And while we're on the subject lets highlight some genius edgy ground-breaking wild marketing stolen directly from US! http://www.tastethetruth.com/ The people behind this campaign came up with the wild idea to showcase the quality of vodka by having people spit out the bad vodka in disgust.... from us!
We've been spitting vodka for years! We had so much vodka spitting on our site that we took a bunch of it off because it was gross. imagine how much the ad agency got paid by Pradva to rip off GK marketing. I guarantee that it's more than GK has ever put into marketing! We came up with vodka spitting for free! OMG what a shock the campaign is based in Philla, our home base?!!!? Whoda thunk!

Buy a Gk and drink some cheap vodka without spittin!


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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Yelp Elite try the GK! Chat Ensues!


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Originally uploaded by travelroo2007
Here are pictures from last night's Yelp Elite Event in Philadelphia at Sonam.




Check out the feedback here!

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Monday, May 5, 2008

Drink-A-Que with the Phenomenauts, AKAs and Maldroid


GK sponsored a Drink-A-Que for the guys before their show at the 941 Theater and premiered our new Vodka Diet Drink which we would call "Leprechaun Piss" but there's already a drink called that, so we had another name, but forgot it. Do you remember it?

Anyway the drink is great the recipe is:

Filtered Vodka
Fresh Squeezed Grapefruit
Blended Mint

When we served it it was on the back porch out of a big plastic jug so we used regular grapefruit juice in addition to the fresh squeezed stuff and loads more vodka to make larger servings, but in a bar or at home it would be served as a martini. It's a very nice drink, like a vodka Mojito with no sugar!

Check out the pics on our Flickr

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Taste Tests at the 941 Theater!

941presents
Behind the scenes at the 941 Theater with Tornado Jack

Jack was hanging out backstage at the Big Art Show and he gave some cool people some taste tests! Check it out here!
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Monday, April 14, 2008

Backseat Film Festival Galleries!

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Tornado attends the Philly Film Festival with Porn Stars!


Tornado Jack attended the Philadelphia Film Festival Screening of the Spank Rock Video "Get Loose", Jack was at the filming of this video and provided the sweet sweet filtered liquor that kept the video awesome!

Check out the photos from the screening and the afterparty here!

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Monday, April 7, 2008

Obama Girl Filters Vodka!


Before she was the Obama Girl Amber was a friend of and spokes woman for the Gray Kangaroo Personal Liquor Filter!

Here's what she said about the GK:
"I'm honored to be the spokesmodel of GK because it is such an amazing product. My favorite drink is a vodka pineapple, but not everyone can afford to buy top shelf vodka. Now you dont have to, this product works like magic. When I first tried it I was astonished by the results. You gotta try it!!"

Buy one now and see what all the buzz is about!!!

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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Weak Dollar = High Booze Prices!

I've just come back from an international trip and checked out the duty free prices. In the airport where I was top shelf liquor previously went for $12 a liter. Now, a year later, the prices have jumped to $14.50. This significant increase is clearly due to the weakening dollar.

This is just another example why you should buy the Gray Kangaroo and save yourself big bucks on liquor while drinking liquor that tastes as good as the expensive stuff!

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

New Cool Banner!



Here's a cool new banner that we just put up on the Boozecash Site!
If you're not a boozecash member and you have a myspace you're just loosing money!
Sign up now!

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Monday, March 24, 2008

RFL F.A.Q.

From http://graykangaroo.com/liquorfilter/rfl.php


Q: What is the RFL Program?
A: Refill For Life is a program from Gray Kangaroo Personal Liquor Filters where we will refurbish your replaceable cartridges for your life

Q: How much does the Unlimited Refill Forever service cost?
A: The service is $19.95 and includes a replacement cartridge.

Q: How long does it take to get a filter back?
A: It can take as long as four weeks from when you ship your filter to us, but we always try to get orders out as quickly as possible.

Q: How do you know that I have an authorized RFL filter?
A: Authorized filters will have gray end caps or an infinity brand on the filter. For very early adopters, your unit may not have markings. If this is the case contact us and we'll help you out.

Q: How once I’m signed up, how do I use the program.
A: You mail your used filter to us, when we receive it we’ll send you a like-new refurbished filter.

Q: Do I have to pay for shipping?
A: Yes, you always have to pay to ship it to us (about 3 bucks via postal service) and you have to pay for shipping from us to you (about five bucks) you can pay on the website or we’ll bill you via paypal when we receive the filter.

Q: What is a like “like-new refurbished filter”?
A: We take a used filter and remove the cap and the used carbon. We wash the shell, put a new sticker on it and fill it with brand new carbon and a new cap. It has the exact functionality of a new filter.

Q: Is this a green program?
A: Yes, we are recycling everything except the cap we remove. Even the carbon we remove from your used filter is sent back to the manufacturer for their own recycling use.

Click here to order your RFL exchange.

Click here to join the RFL Program.

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Gray Kangaroo Flipping Tips



Some people are confused by flipping the Gray Kangaroo so here are some tips:

When you flip the Gray Kangaroo grab it at the bottom of the bottles (not the middle) and flip it in one smooth motion.


A Gray kangaroo can easily fall when filtering but with some practise it's pretty easy to keep it from falling. There's nothing worse than hearing that smash followed by someone yelling "Kangaroo Down!"

The Gray Kangaroo is most unstable right after a flip when all of the liquor is in the top bottle. Make sure to sit with it a minute to be sure that it is not swaying, that the surface it is on is level and that the bottom bottle is not dented.

Often people will rest the filtering kangaroo against the handles in a cabinet or in a corner.

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Episode 34 - Gray Kangaroo vs Clan MacGregor scotch

Our friends at shouldIdrinkthat.com have done another taste test video Featuring the Gray Kangaroo, if only we were so prolific!


Should I Drink That - EP 34 - Gray Kangaroo vs Clan MacGregor scotch from Should I Drink That on Vimeo.

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Monday, March 17, 2008

Our SuperBowl Commercial!

OUr SuperBowl Commercial!

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Saturday, March 15, 2008

VodkaDiet Kit For Sale!

Everything is in stock! Buy the VodkaDiet Kit Here!

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Friday, March 7, 2008

The Gray Kangaroo Defeats Cancer


GK was proud to support the breast cancer benefit in NYC last weekend where a GK Superpack was auctioned off to defeat cancer once and for all!


All benefits went to the Callen-Lorde Community Center! Fuck You Cancer!

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Thursday, March 6, 2008

Gray Kangaroo Sponsors the Backseat Film Festival!

For the 6th year in a row Gray Kangaroo is proud to sponsor the Backseat Film Festival, The drinking man's film fest! The Festival runs from March 12-16 in Philadelphia . Get all the info at the website!

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Friday, February 29, 2008

Press Release: Refills For Life

-For Immediate Release

--Gray Kangaroo Offers Refills For Life

Gray Kangaroo Personal Liquor Filters the inventors and pioneers of personal liquor filtration technology have begun the “Refill For Life Program”, now users of the product will receive free replacement cartridges in perpetuity.

The cartridge on a Gray Kangaroo lasts for 50 liters. It’s an impressive product life that is made more exciting by the fact that the product pays for itself after filtering just three bottles of liquor.

This revolutionary program is projected save the average GK owner $40 in refills every two years and marks a definitive milestone in the company history of Gray Kangaroo.

“Once the GK4 came out and was perfect, we set our sights towards other ways we could improve our business model,” says Tornado Jack the avuncular kangaroo-spokesman. “Our best marketing is through word of mouth. Our most engaged customers buy an average of two filters per year. We decided that it was a better business model to cultivate even more enthusiasm in our consumer base.”

“Rather than look at an owner as a revenue stream we recognize that a satisfied customer is the best promotion that you can get. We decided to increase the value of the product. The Gray Kangaroo is already unbelievable, we wanted it to be overwhelming unbelievable, and now it is! By giving our customers an excellent experience we save money on marketing and can pass on the savings, it’s a boozy circle!”

“The Gray Kangaroo was intended to be a stand alone item” explains Nick Esposito, co-inventor of the Gray Kangaroo. “When we originally designed the Gray Kangaroo it was low cost, super powerful alternative to a water pitcher. Outside of the troublesome logistics of filtering liquor with a water pitcher, if you filter a lot of liquor, the pitcher will quickly fail. Their filters suck cause they want to sell as many replacement cartridges as possible. So when we first created the Gray Kangaroo the idea was, you don’t have to replace this, it’s much more powerful, when it’s done, just throw it out, it will last 10-20 times longer than a water pitcher for liquor”

That was the plan but the Gray Kangaroo team soon found out that consumers were conditioned to want a replaceable cartridge in a filter, no matter the cost. “The number one comment we got with the GK2 was ‘how do I change the filter?’. People said they wouldn’t buy a filter without a replaceable cartridge, it didn’t matter to them if a replaceable cartridge unit cost significantly more, that’s what people wanted. They were trained by the water pitcher companies, who rip everybody off.”

So Gray Kangaroo designed and marketed their first “replaceable cartridge unit”, the GK3, but they didn’t raise the price. “We felt that $29.95 was a good price point for our product and though we lost some money in the margin we didn’t want to raise the price because it’s supposed to be an accessible product. The problem was that we were now in the business of selling replaceable cartridges, just like the water pitcher companies who we hate, the whole process was just so wasteful. We realized that with some careful machining that we can reuse the plastic shell and send the carbon back to the manufacturer for recycling. It closes the loop and keeps us in touch with the user. Like Jack says ‘it’s a boozy circle’”

With some major changes to the business model and upgrades to the assembly line; Gray Kangaroo was able to offer Refills For Life, but not without their detractors. Nick explains: “We’ve had investors who think that Gray Kangaroo should concentrate on the refill market and we’re like ‘that’s so twentieth century’ we’re not here to rip people off, the whole point of the Gray Kangaroo is to save people lots of money and make their lives better.”

Tornado Jack warmly explains from his fuzzy headpiece, “We’re in the better position [than the water pitcher companies] of having a large untapped market; we don’t have to rip people off like they do. If every happy customer gets us two more customers, we’re in great shape.” Gray Kangaroo takes advantage of the consumer enthusiasm with their affiliate program (amusingly called Boozecash) which pays GK owners for sales leads they generate. “The reason this works is that there are no unhappy Gray Kangaroo owners! It’s a great product!”

http://graykangaroo.com http://liquorfilter.com http://boozecash.com Phone- 215-235-5603 cs@graykangaroo.com

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Thursday, February 28, 2008

New Video Banners

We have these nice new BoozeCash banners that look like youtube videos.

Sign up for Boozecash, stick a few on your Myspace page and watch the BoozeCa$h Roll in!


See them all here

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Saturday, February 23, 2008

Vodka Diet Cocktail: The Crazy Vegan

The Crazy Vegan
A healthy alternative to Red Bull and vodka, with a major kick!

Ingredients:
Green Tea - 1 bag
Giger - 4-7 slivers
Hot Water - 2-3 Ounces
Ice - 3 cubes
Gray Kangaroo Filtered Vodka - 2-3 Ounces

Preparation:
Put the teabag and the ginger slices in a glass and add 2-3 ounces of hot water. Let sit for 30 sec then stir for 30 sec. Remove the teabag from the concentrate and add the ice, stir briskly until the mixture is cold. Add the vodka and stir.

Description:
This drink is a cheap and highly stimulating alternative to sugar laced Red Bull, the caffeine in the tea infused with the powerful ginger make the vodka rush come quickly and powerfully. Do not drink before bed!

The simple, cheap ingredients.

Add 2-3 oz. of hot water and let it sit for 30 sec and then stir it for another 30 sec.

The concentrate is ready, take out the tea bag and add 2 ice cubes.

Stir the concentrate with the ice to quickly cool the concentrate.










Add vodka and another ice cube and stir.









Enjoy!

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Introducing: Free Refills for Life!

Hello People of Legal Drinking Age!

Gray Kangaroo: the global innovator of Personal Liquor Filtration technology is proud to announce the most exciting program that we've ever offered: Refills For Life!

Now you can take the oath "I shall never suffer the pain of cheap unfiltered booze as long as I live!"

No matter what else happens in your life, you’ll always have a GK Refill cartridge to improve the quality of your liquor. Even if you wander destitute, eating out of garbage cans and sleeping in burnt out cars, you’ll still have free refills, and that’s really something!

Here's how the program works:

The program is easy: there's no subscriptions or extra costs involved. Next time you buy a refill you're in, that's it! The next refill you buy will be the last one you ever pay for!

If you're new to the Gray Kangaroo you can try it our by buying our base model and then, once you're convinced, you can buy into the RFL program with your next refill purchase!

After you've joined the RFL Program you can mail us your used refill whenever you want and we'll send you a fresh refurbished one. You pay only shipping and .99 cents for labor: the carbon and parts are free!

You’ll also get a certificate to display with pride!

You can buy your Refill and join the RFL Program by clicking here.

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Monday, February 11, 2008

Make $5 in 3 minutes! Here's how! Video Tutorial

Gray Kangaroo's Affiliate Program is called Boozeca$h. We pay %17 per sale you generate. All you have to do is put the banner or button on your MySpace and when someone clicks on it and buys a GK you get a payment.

It takes 3 minutes to sign up for Boozeca$h AND put a link on your MySpace! You can figure in the course of your life somebody will click on that beautiful looking button and buy a GK!

WHammo, you just made $5 in 3 minutes!

Click here for a video that explains how to do it all in less than 3 minutes!

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New Long Banners Available!

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Saturday, February 2, 2008

Vodka Diet Superbowl Commercial Rejected!

Our new commercial which we made at incredible expense has been rejected by FOX!

It seems the corporate fat/tight-asses at FOX don't want the world to know about the most exciting crash diet of 2008!

Never-the-less we will be releasing the commercial on our website during the superbowl!

Stay tuned! And remember: Don't think thin, Drink Thin!

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Monday, January 28, 2008

Vodka Diet Diary Part 2

This is the second week on the vodka diet. One thing that I’ve learned is that I really need to stock up on vodka! I’ve actually “cheated” on my diet twice cause I ran out of vodka in the middle of the night and had to switch to saki which was all I had to drink. I also accidentally drank wine during a toast. But other than that I’ve been good.

I feel good and thinking about not being fat has definitely made me feel skinnier. Another thing benefit that I’ve noticed is that my gums aren’t really bleeding as much! Maybe the antiseptic qualities of the vodka have somehow healed my gums? If the Vodka diet was created by a doctor I guess I’d ask him…


This is my true story,

Patient 101

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New T-Shirts are here!

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Effects Of Alcohol


The goal of the vodka diet is to stay in the Euphoric Zone without crossing into lethargy. To do this we have a simple formula (don't worry it's the only formula in the whole diet). The formula is: hours awake x 2 oz of Vodka = Optimal Daily Vodka Consumption.

So if you're awake for 16 hours a day then your ODVC would be 32 oz. of Vodka. It is important to space your doses of Vodka out by the hour so your blood alcohol stays in the Euphoric Zone.

Here are the effects of alcohol as outlined in Wikkipedia:

* Euphoria (BAC = 0.03 to 0.12%).

o Subject may experience an overall improvement in mood and possible euphoria.

o They may become more self-confident or daring.

o Their attention span shortens. They may look flushed.

o Their judgment is not as good — they may express the first thought that comes

to mind, rather than an appropriate comment for the given situation.

o They have trouble with fine movements, such as writing or signing their name.

* Lethargy (BAC = 0.09 to 0.25%)

o Subject may become sleepy.

o They have trouble understanding or remembering things, even recent events.

They do not react to situations as quickly.

o Their body movements are uncoordinated; they begin to lose their balance

easily, stumbling; walking is not stable.

o Their vision becomes blurry. They may have trouble sensing things (hearing,

tasting, feeling, etc.).

* Confusion (BAC = 0.18 to 0.30%)

o Profound confusion — uncertain where they are or what they are doing.

Dizziness and staggering occur.

o Heightened emotional state — aggressive, withdrawn, or overly affectionate.

Vision, speech, and awareness are impaired.

o Poor coordination and pain response. Nausea and vomiting sometimes occurs.

* Stupor (BAC = 0.25 to 0.40%)

o Movement severely impaired; lapses in and out of consciousness.

o Subjects can slip into a coma; will become completely unaware of

surroundings, time passage, and actions.

o Risk of death is very high due to alcohol poisoning and/or pulmonary

aspiration of vomit while unconscious.

* Coma (BAC = 0.35 to 0.50%)

o Unconsciousness sets in.

o Reflexes are depressed (i.e., pupils do not respond appropriately to changes

in light).

o Breathing is slower and more shallow. Heart rate drops. Death usually occurs

at levels in this range.

* Death (BAC more than 0.50%)

o Can cause central nervous system to fail, resulting in death.

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Vodka Diet Diary Part 1

I've been on the Vodka diet for a week now. I decided to go on the vodka diet when I weighed my self and I was at 190 lbs. That same day I saw a report on the news about Eminem having a breakdown cause he got "totally fat" and weighed 212 lbs. I knew that was fat but was it really breakdown fat? I convinced myself that Eminem is short so that was why it was so bad for him. But I knew that 190 pounds was too fat and though I’ll never be as skinny and feminine as Ryan Seacrest, I have to keep my weight in control or I’ll die fat and friendless.

So I thought about it, exercise is out, I've tried exercise before and though it seemed helpful in the short term I just wasn't able to maintain a routine. So I needed a diet that complimented my sedimentary lifestyle. So far it's been a week on the Vodka Diet and I feel great, I'm definitely not fatter and drinking no more beer has made me feel less bloated. Honestly I do feel thinner and it's much cheaper to drink filtered vodka than beer. Even the cheap beer I drank was a worse deal than filtered vodka.

This is my true story,

Patient 101

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Monday, January 14, 2008

People think expensive booze tastes better! But it don't, unless you filter it!

Higher wine prices boost drinking pleasure: study
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By Clare Baldwin

STANFORD, California (Reuters) - The more wine costs, the more people enjoy it, regardless of how it tastes, a study by California researchers has found.

Researchers at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the California Institute of Technology found that because people expect wines that cost more to be of higher quality, they trick themselves into believing the wines provide a more pleasurable experience than less expensive ones.

Their study, published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, says that expectations of quality trigger activity in the medial orbitofrontal cortex, the part of the brain that registers pleasure. This happens even though the part of our brain that interprets taste is not affected.

While many studies have looked at how marketing affects behavior, this is the first to show that it has a direct effect on the brain.
So what do we learn from this?
Filter cheap booze and put it into the expensive bottles. It'll taste twice as better!

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DO-IT-YOURSELF INFUSING TIPS

New breed of infused spirits instills natural flavors with optimal effects
By Joe Gray, Chicago Tribune
FOOD NEWS

You can follow the example of artisanal vodkamakers by infusing your own spirits, which offers the advantage of flavors limited only by your imagination. And a new book can help.

In "Infused: 100+ Recipes for Infused Liqueurs and Cocktails" (Chronicle Books, $19.95), Susan Elia MacNeal captures the infusion trend, urging readers to make their own.

"Mass-produced and overpriced, flavored vodkas have proliferated, and drinks using them have become so widespread ... that it's easy to forget that flavored vodkas, as well as brandies, rums, tequilas and gins, have a long and distinguished history," she reminds us.

Stating her case for the simplicity of making infused spirits, MacNeal sets out a standard procedure that can be applied to about any fresh ingredient: Put the spirit in a clean glass container; add fresh fruit (or other flavoring agents); steep (usually at least a month); strain, discarding solids; add sweetener (such as simple syrup), if you wish.

The recipes are variations on that theme, but MacNeal also offers some great hints:
-Vodka, rum, tequila (especially blanco or silver) and brandy are the best choices; Cognac and Bourbon also are suggested.
-Use good-quality spirits but premium is not necessary. "Middle-of-the-road brands are more neutral tasting" and will carry flavors better, she writes.
-However, do use the best infusing ingredients you can find: in-season, organically and locally grown produce; freshest, best-quality spices and cocoas.
-Choose a glass container that leaves little air inside, because oxygen can cause fermentation (a bad word in infusing).
-Get creative when choosing sweeteners (again, if you decide to sweeten). A sweetener such as lavender honey or dark brown sugar would "add another note of complexity."

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Studies show Vodka is more relaxing than wine!

Reach for the vodka, not the red wine
By Dorothy Bonn

After a stressful day, a swig of vodka may calm your nerves more effectively than a glass of red wine, claim UK researchers.

The team from two London hospitals gave non-migrainous medical students 5 mL/kg body weight of chianti—equivalent to about half a bottle—or an equal volume of vodka diluted to the same alcohol content and measured the effects of the two types of drink on arousal and stress by asking the students to complete a self-rating questionnaire before starting to drink and 1,2, and 3 hours later. Neurologist Richard Peatfield and his colleagues measured the students' plasma cortisol and prolactin concentrations and body temperature at the same time points. Neither group of students showed any change in any variable except stress, which was significantly reduced in those allocated vodka.

Alcohol is a known anxiolytic, so the reduction in stress in the vodka group was not surprising, but why an equivalent amount of alcohol taken as red wine was less effective is puzzling. The authors suggest that red wine contains an un-identified substance that counteracts the stress-reducing effect of alcohol. Peatfield et al, who presented their findings in a poster at the Migraine Trust's annual symposium held in London, UK, on Sept 9-12, speculate that red wine's propensity for triggering migraine attacks might be related, at least in part, to its relatively poor ability to reduce stress, since stress itself is a trigger for migraine.

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Tuesday, January 8, 2008

The Amazing Vodka Diet

The answer to your weight loss seesaw nightmare is here!!!

By tapping into the extensive knowledge and anecdotal hyperbole of Russian Strippers, Hollywood Starlets and those taut, tanned homeless we are proud to introduce the Gray Kangaroo Vodka Diet. We ought to guarantee you that you will lose pounds, sweat inches and shed sizes on our diet but since we think that you'll lose so much weight on our diet we just can't guarantee how much you'll lose! But you could stand to lose a lot of weight.

The secret is in the drinking! With a normal diet you drink dozens of different types of beverages, from root beer to actual beer to milkshakes to White Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino, but each of these drinks is loaded with calories and carbs. With the Outrageous Gray Kangaroo Vodka Diet you'll drink only vodka, ice and coffee! No more sugary-sweet orange juice or toxifying diet cola, imagine the simplicity that you will add to your life by cutting these "clutter beverages" out of your life.

The core of the Vodka Diet is Thin. By drinking Vodka you thin your blood and thin blood = a thin you!

Of course the main thing that has stood in the way of adopting the Vodka Diet as a lifestyle was cost, it has always been too expensive to subsist exclusively on Vodka for anyone except the well-heeled glitterati and heiresses: UNTIL NOW! That's right with the revolutionary Liquor Filtering Technology of the Gray Kangaroo Personal Liquor Filter you too can drink the drinks and have the body of the rich and famous!

Now a doctor might not recommend this diet but shit pal I'm no doctor!

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