Koskenkorva Viina

Koskenkorva Viina (short Koskenkorva ) is a Finnish brand of spirits. It has been produced since 1953 in Koskenkorva, in the municipality of Ilmajoki, the Group Altia. In Finland, the most widely known simply as Kossu drink enjoys an almost legendary reputation.

Production

Koskenkorva Viina contains 38 % vol. Alcohol and distilled from grain. Originally used to potatoes, barley today serves as a raw material. The mash is first distilled in over 200 processes to sechsundneunzigprozentigem alcohol and then diluted with water to the desired alcohol content, and mixed with 3 grams of sugar per liter. Although often referred to as one that is strictly speaking no Koskenkorva vodka, because the distillate is not filtered with activated carbon.

Products

Originally Koskenkorva Viina was only sold in 0.5 liter glass bottles. Since the 1990s, other bottle sizes are commercially available. In addition, there are now next to the traditional 38 percent Koskenkorva Viina other products such as a 32 percent "light" version or the baked from rye Koskenkorva Viina Ruis. For sales outside the Koskenkorva Vodka brand is produced, differing only by the higher alcohol content of 40, 60 or 80% vol. differs. Although the export brand Finlandia Vodka is now one of the American company Brown - Forman Corporation, but is still produced until 2017 by Altia distillery in the same and differs only by the absence of added sugar.

Salmiakki Koskenkorva

Since the early 1990s, enjoys great popularity in Finland Salmiakki Koskenkorva. It is a mixed drink from Koskenkorva and Turkish pepper. In early 1993 came Salmiakki Koskenkorva as (at that time only available ) finished bottled blend on the market. The drink had the same alcohol content as Koskenkorva Viina, but was classified as a liqueur in a lower tax bracket and thus cheaper. Just two months later had the Finnish state alcohol alcohol trade at the instigation of the policy that was worried about the popularity of Salmiakki Koskenkorva the Finnish youth, take the product back from the range. In 1995, the distribution of Salmiakki Koskenkorva was resumed, this time with a lower alcohol content and higher prices.