A brilliant military leader and diplomat with a phenomenal capacity for action and a unique intellect, Napoleon gained unlimited power over France, conquering country after country on the European continent, until within just two years he lost all his former political clout, ending up on the island of Saint Helena, hidden by the vast Atlantic Ocean. Undertaking numerous political reforms,
There is a long history of accounts of Napoleon’s soldiers’ taste for Russian vodka, as the emperor himself used it not only as a medicine, but in cocktails prepared for them by Mademoiselle Avrillion (1774 – 1853).It is also said that Napoleon was a fast eater, not very fond of gastronomy like his predecessors. Napoleon Vodka is distilled only from
Cocktails tend and are recommended to be consumed chilled, as they are most often shaken or stirred with ice, or the ingredients were refrigerated before use. But spirits are most often drunk at or near room temperature, neat or on the rocks, and the spirit is cooled a bit by the dilution of the ice. Most of these factors have
The history of vodka explains that the word “vodka” was written for the first time in 1405 in the documents Akta Grodzkie recorder of deeds, in the court documents from the Palatinate of Sandomierz in Poland during the ruling of king Ladislas II Jagiello. The context referred to medicines and cosmetic products. The first Russian vodka recipe was created by Isadore
It was in the tenth century writings of an Arabian alchemist named Albukassen that the first written account of distillation was found. Distillation was also said mentioned among the writings of the thirteenth century Majorcan mystic Ramon Llull (1232 – ca. 1315). Distillation is a heating and condensing process that drives gas or vapor from liquids or solids to form