Editing Vodka (section)

{{short description|Clear distilled alcoholic beverage}}
{{redirect|Wodka|other uses|Wódka (disambiguation){{!}}wódka|and|vodka (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox beverage
| name             = Vodka
| image            = Smirnoff Red Label 8213.jpg
| image_size       = 200px
| caption          = [[Smirnoff]] Red Label vodka
| alternate_name   = 
| origin           = [[Poland]], [[Russia]], [[Sweden]]<ref name="auto1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LGWEDwAAQBAJ&dq=sweden+russia+poland+vodka+15th+century&pg=PA82|isbn=9781631595554|title=The Art of Distilling, Revised and Expanded: An Enthusiast's Guide to the Artisan Distilling of Whiskey, Vodka, Gin and other Potent Potables|date=January 2019|publisher=Quarry Books}}</ref>
| region           = Central, Northern and Eastern Europe
| type             = [[Distilled beverage|Distilled alcoholic beverage]]
| abv              = 35–40%
| proof            = 70–80°
| color            = clear
| ingredients      = [[Water]], [[grains]]
| related          = Flavored vodka, [[nalewka]]
}}
'''Vodka''' ({{langx|pl|wódka}} {{IPA|pl|ˈvutka|}}; {{langx|ru|водка}} {{IPA|ru|ˈvotkə|}}; {{langx|sv|vodka}} {{IPA|sv|vɔdkɑː|}}) is a clear [[distilled beverage|distilled alcoholic beverage]]. Different varieties originated in [[Poland]], [[Russia]], and [[Sweden]].<ref name="auto1"/> Vodka is composed mainly of water and [[ethanol]] but sometimes with traces of impurities and flavourings.<ref name="Vodka: A Global History" >{{cite book |last1=Herlihy |first1=Patricia |title=Vodka: A Global History |date=2012 |publisher=Reaktion Books |isbn=9781861899293|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=362bfAtl3g8C&pg=PA12|page=12 }}</ref> Traditionally, it is made by distilling liquid from [[Fermentation in food processing|fermented]] [[cereal|cereal grains]] and [[potato]]es since the latter was introduced in Europe in the 18th century. Some modern brands use [[maize]], [[Sugarcane|sugar cane]], [[fruits|fruit]], [[honey]], and [[Maple syrup|maple sap]] as the base.

Since the 1890s, standard vodkas have been 40% [[alcohol by volume]] (ABV) (80 [[U.S. proof]]).<ref name=Evseev2011>{{cite web|last=Evseev|first=Anton|title=Dmitry Mendeleev and 40 degrees of Russian vodka|work=Science|publisher=English Pravda.Ru|location=Moscow|date=21 November 2011|url=http://english.pravda.ru/science/mysteries/21-11-2011/119683-dmitry_mendeleev_vodka-0/|access-date=6 July 2014}}</ref> The [[European Union]] has established a minimum alcohol content of 37.5% for vodka.<ref name="ginvodka1">{{cite web | access-date=20 January 2007 | archive-date=22 January 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122091206/http://www.ginvodka.org/history/vodkaproduction.html | url=http://www.ginvodka.org/history/vodkaproduction.html | title=The Production of Vodka | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=europarl/> Vodka in the United States must have a minimum alcohol content of 40%.<ref name="cfra1">{{cite web |url=http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr;sid=a405a5761091de13308884c6cc36ee89;rgn=div6;view=text;node=27%3A1.0.1.1.3.3;idno=27;cc=ecfr |title=United States Code of Federal Regulations Title 27, Section 5.22(a)(1) |publisher=United States Government Printing Office |access-date=31 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123093631/http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr;sid=a405a5761091de13308884c6cc36ee89;rgn=div6;view=text;node=27%3A1.0.1.1.3.3;idno=27;cc=ecfr |archive-date=23 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Vodka is traditionally drunk "[[Bartending terminology|neat]]" (not mixed with water, ice, or other [[Mixer drink|mixers]]), and it is often served freezer chilled in the [[Alcohol belts of Europe#Vodka belt|vodka belt]] of Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine.<ref name="Vodka: A Global History"/> It is also used in [[cocktail|cocktails and mixed drink]]s, such as the [[vodka martini]], [[Cosmopolitan (cocktail)|Cosmopolitan]], [[vodka tonic]], [[Screwdriver (cocktail)|screwdriver]], [[Greyhound (cocktail)|greyhound]], [[Black Russian|Black]] or [[White Russian (cocktail)|White Russian]], [[Moscow mule]], [[Bloody Mary (cocktail)|Bloody Mary]], [[Caesar (cocktail)|Caesar]] and [[Vodka Red Bull|Red Bull Vodka]].