Iceberg Vodka


We’ve already had snow in the mountain passes; the lows last night were in the 20s; more snow is expected on the Hood Canal in the next few days - and that is basically at sea level! Old Man Winter is blowin’ in!

A company in Canada has taken the feel of winter to a whole new place with their Iceberg Vodka. Canadian Iceberg Vodka Corp. actually harvests the water they use in their vodka from icebergs. They claim this is the purest water in the world and that the 12,000 year old icebergs are so pure pesticides, herbicides and other organic pollutants can’t be detected even when measured by parts per billion.

My brain wants to fight this claim a little as even if they were pure 12,000 years ago you’d think pollutants in the air would have eventually had an impact on them but I guess that’s just my skeptical side coming through.

In July of 1995 the first Icebergs, called growlers (small icebergs broken off from large icebergs), were harvested using barges and tugboats as the growlers drifted south from Canada’s Arctic, through the North Atlantic, down the east coast of Newfoundland.

Once the icebergs are captured, they are brought back into the facility where they are melted. The resulting water is combined with triple distilled grain alcohol made from Peaches and Cream corn from Ontario.

In addition to vodka, the company produces an Iceberg Gin and Iceberg Bottled Water. The products are available in many locations around the world. Check their website for a corporate video including footage on harvesting the icebergs and a Thirsty Traveler episode profiling this company.

Here are two cocktail recipes from their site that invoke that iceberg feeling!

Berry Berry Iceberg
  • 1 ½ oz. ICEBERG VODKA
  • Handful of fresh berries
  • Ice and/or juice

Blend at high speed until ice is crush. Served immediately.

Ice Breaker Shooter
  • 1 ½ oz. ICEBERG VODKA ,right out of the freezer
  • Lemon slice
  • Teaspoon of sugar

Bite the lemon, lick the sugar, then drink the shooter of ICEBERG VODKA!



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Rebecca Hosley
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November 3, 2006 at 1:46 pm

Hmm, interesting concept. It seems like there a lot of gimmicky vodkas coming out these days. I actually work with a company called Cold River Vodka. Have you heard of them? They are based in Maine and make vodka out of potatoes, which is not all that common these days. So far it is only available in New England and South Carolina, but hopefully they will make it out to the west coast soon.

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Brenda Pederson
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November 4, 2006 at 4:20 pm

Hi Rebecca!
Yes, everyday seems to bring a new twist to the vodka story. It is true that the purer the water the better the final product, so this one may have something to it. On the other hand I’m pretty sure there are lots of other pure water sources.

I have not heard of Cold River but there are so many out there that it’s not surprising! I kind of like the idea of regional specialties though - it adds to the experience of visiting those places!
~ B

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Frank Bond
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September 11, 2007 at 6:23 am

I swear by Iceberg as one of my vodkas of choice. Never tried their gin, since I’m always buying Tanqueray or Broker’s, but the vodka is superb. In my cycle of vodka buying I go from Iceberg (Canadian, sweet corn) to Luksusowa (Polish, potato) to Stolichnaya (Russian, wheat). Living in Ontario, I’m glad that our peaches and cream corn is not merely good with salt and butter, but with sprite and cranberry juice too!

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sveta
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September 16, 2007 at 11:34 pm

You can also see True Russian Ikon Vodka being made on the Thirsty Traveller episode 210 and no icebergs were harmed in the production of a smooth vodka which is quadruple distilled and filtered, since 1862. I would suggest you leave the rocks of ice for the drink glass. But I am biased being both Russian and part of Ikon True Russian Vodka. So cheers to all and all theri vodka choices!