As promised, here are our gifts picks for women this season. From stocking stuffers to serious splurges, we've curated an...
  • December 15, 2011

    The Kanon Vodka-Approved Holiday Gift Guide: Part 2, For Women

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    As promised, here are our gifts picks for women this season. From stocking stuffers to serious splurges, we've curated an unbeatable wish list featuring goodies from some of our favorite FOKs as well as a few items that we just think are pretty cool. So go ahead and treat that awesome woman in your life. She deserves it.

    Sunny Cocktail Glass: For those looking to wish someone a merry Christmas from the bottom of their hearts, look no further than these bad boys. Recycled glass martini glasses made in Mexico make it easy to forget the miserable weather outside and enjoy a Feliz Navidad, especially when they're brimming with delicious Kanon organic cocktails. Sunny Cocktail Glass, $8.95, available at Crate & Barrel  

    Mr Dannijo iPhone Case: Here at Kanon we're major advocates of using protection, especially when it comes to your iPhone. This season why not keep your phone safe in Manrepelling style with this FOK-approved mustachio'd case from Dannijo? MUS iPhone 4 Case, $98, available at Dannijo

    Pamela Love Cuff: Pardon the obvious pun, but we're basically in love with anything this woman produces, and this cuff is no exception. The silver cross is a subtle nod to the season, but the overall design is more Kathryn Merteuil than Annette Hargrove. Pamela Love Silver Cross, $565, available at Barneys  

    CONTINUE READING THE KANON VODKA-APPROVED HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: PART 2, FOR WOMEN.

  • January 3, 2011

    5 Ways to be Green in the New Year

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    Everyone you know has probably already promised to resolve to do ordinary, boring things like lose weight, call mom more, run a marathon, etc. etc. etc. Looking for something different? We recommend doing it the Kanon way and trying to make 2011 just a bit more green. Fun and informative and perhaps a little bit cheeky, these are just a few of our favorite ways to lower our negative impact on the environment.

    1. Carpooling. Or as we like to call it: Party Bus-ing. Or you know, you could just stuff as many people into a car as possible. Traveling with friends is way more fun than riding solo, anyways.

    2. Recyclable plastic cups: they're not just for beer pong anymore. We know, we know, we like to keep it classy from time to time with a martini glass too, but if you don't have enough glassware to go 'round, make sure you're serving with the recyclable stuff.

    3. Sleepovers. We've always found body heat to be extremely useful when trying to reduce your gas consumption.

    4. Buying local always helps to reduce your carbon footprint. And if your local liquor store doesn't carry Kanon, here's where you can change that.

    5. Wasting too much energy on the weekends? Try this for a change. Invite your crush over, turn off the lights and drink Kanon.

  • December 24, 2010

    Happy Holidays from Kanon!

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    Like everything else about us and our vodka, here's a message that's got nothing but heart. Happy Holidays from all of us at Kanon!

  • June 25, 2010

    History of Kanon (Happy Midsummer)

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    Back in 2004, when the world was a bit different and Americans had to travel around the world apologizing profusely with our tail between our legs like a puppy that just made a poo-poo, it suddenly became cool to say, “If things don’t change I’m moving to Sweden.” And aside from no one actually following through with it, it made sense. Look at Swedes, for god's sake, they’re all gorgeous and work at creative ad agencies or design organic denim lines made from papier maché that make an 80% profit while proceeds clothe African malaria victims. They smoke cool cigarettes and drink constantly but don’t get too drunk and think casual sex should be government subsidized. It’s all enough to make us forget that the sun doesn’t exist there for half the year. Oh, or that Swedes used to be the biggest dicks on the planet.
     
    Vikings were fucking brutal. They literally raped and pillaged and the British Isles were totally their bitch. But let us not judge too harshly, they explored and colonized and gave us modern day Icelandic chicks. After a couple hundred years or so of feeling superior over the forebears of polite Brits, King Karl XI of Sweden founded Akers Iron Foundry. And, being the genius that he was, he said, “Dude, let’s drink vodka and build giant cannons and shit!” Thus, the origins of what would become the Gripsholm Distillery.
     
    A few centuries later and the Gripsholm Distillery sits on these same royal grounds, where mist blows through from Stockholm’s archipelago, majestic moose meander the deep forests, and a bunch of other shit that New Yorkers like me have no idea about and would likely die after 24 hours let alone there... But it goes back to why all those pseudo-hippies wanted to move to Sweden in the first place. Gripsholm uses the grain and potatoes that their neighbors grow organically and water from the natural springs that carve their way through the forest to produce local spirits in the tradition that’s about ten centuries older than America. What’s your vodka got? A fancy bottle? Well, good luck with all of that.
  • June 17, 2010

    Heads, Tails, Hearts (We're All Heart)

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    Our Gripsholm Distillery in Sweden

    There’s an old saying that suggests if you repeat a lie enough it will become the truth. Well, it’s still a lie. In our case, the grandest Vodka myth of all: multiple distillation = quality, luxury or better taste. This is a lie other vodkas have been toting for some time now. See, the process of making vodka is a lot like us; the end result has a head, heart, and tail. After the final distillation, a flow of pure spirit is produced that is then divided into three segments (you guessed it - head, heart, and tail). The head is very high proof ethanol (too high for human consumption in fact) and the end of the batch is the tail, a low proof bottom that sifts impurities from the top (again, let’s not drink that). As you’ve probably assumed by now, the heart is the 'filet' of the distillation process. It’s the most balanced portion of the run, full of lovely aromatics and the soft, smooth flavor of Kanon’s base ingredient, Organic Winter Wheat. And that’s it. No sugar, no additives of any kind, just spirit and our private source of well water. Our heart right to yours, ready to drink.

    Other brands keep distilling their heads and tails, milking as much heart as they can which actually strips away sweet flavors and creates ethanol and the burn so many have come to expect from vodka. We don't favor profit over quality. We only bottle our first run and our heart is all we will ever put into our bottle or expect you to drink. What happens to those heads and tails then, you ask? We donate our heads and tails to automotive biogas companies for use as eco bio fuels. Sometimes you gotta think with your heart.

We're all Heart

Other brands keep distilling their heads and tails, milking as much heart as they can which actually strips away sweet flavours and creates ethanol and the burn so many have come to expect from vodka. We don't favour profit over quality. Learn More

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