Closing Bell: The Photoshopped Block
Either there is a single person out there to destroy the myth of Absolut’s brownstone block, or Brooklyn itself it turning their back on Spike Lee’s apple and ginger flavored vodka. We found this commentary on an advertisement waiting for the Smith Street F as opposed to a similar ad that Miss Heather found in…
Either there is a single person out there to destroy the myth of Absolut’s brownstone block, or Brooklyn itself it turning their back on Spike Lee’s apple and ginger flavored vodka. We found this commentary on an advertisement waiting for the Smith Street F as opposed to a similar ad that Miss Heather found in Greenpoint. She also spoke with someone painting the advertisement onto Bedford Ave., who informed her the block is supposed to be Crown Heights. She alerted him of the address discrepancy, which, lo and behold, he changed.
It was pretty obvious the block was faked even without looking at the street numbers. The houses look sort of cut out and pasted together.
“ABSOLUT® tapped one of Brooklyn’s biggest champions–filmmaker Spike Lee–to help them design the limited-edition bottle, which features a stoop numbered 165, the Cobble Hill brownstone where he grew up. The classic Lars Olsson Smith visage on the seal has also been given a hip-hop makeover with Lee’s trademark baseball hat and chunky glasses.”
(from Tasting Table, Thursday, July 8)
“it’s very sweet. i haven’t found anything it mixes well with, but it’s no more offensive than other flavored vodkas”
which can only mean one thing….that it mixes w club soda.
“so anyone actually tried the vodka yet? any good? ”
it’s very sweet. i haven’t found anything it mixes well with, but it’s no more offensive than other flavored vodkas.
geez sorry i asked. :-/
who the F cares? anyway
plus absolute is one of the lowest ranking vodkas in blind tastings….
How many mentions is this of this vodka have been on this site already? Or do I just seem to catch every one…ZZZZZ.
Do we really need to give more publicity to this?
so anyone actually tried the vodka yet? any good?