Still Waters Posted August 8, 2019 #1 Share Posted August 8, 2019 "It's the only bottle in existence - I tremble when I pick it up," says Prof Jim Smith, gingerly lifting a bottle of Atomik grain spirit. The "artisan vodka", made with grain and water from the Chernobyl exclusion zone, is the first consumer product to come from the abandoned area around the damaged nuclear power plant. The team started the vodka project by growing crops on a farm in the zone. "Our idea then was [to use that rye grain] to make a spirit," they say. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49251471 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaldon Posted August 8, 2019 #2 Share Posted August 8, 2019 That's funny. It's written "самогон" on the bottle, which means "moonshine". Anyways it's a hard drug for addicts. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwynbleidd Posted August 9, 2019 #3 Share Posted August 9, 2019 I cannot believe they're going to try to sell it. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted August 9, 2019 #4 Share Posted August 9, 2019 It’s probably perfectly safe to drink, but there is no way I’m gonna try it 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted August 9, 2019 #5 Share Posted August 9, 2019 4 hours ago, OverSword said: It’s probably perfectly safe to drink, but there is no way I’m gonna try it I'd try it. One shot and you'll be glowing. What's not to like about looking radiant! 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted August 9, 2019 #6 Share Posted August 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Eldorado said: I'd try it. One shot and you'll be glowing. What's not to like about looking radiant! It’s Ukraine. The claw is what you don’t want to go close to... Have you seen it? What they used to disassemble the reactors and housing? A lovely massive solid mechanical metal claw! It’s sat in the forest, and still apparently the most radioactive thing you can get to. Just sat in a non-descript location in the forest. I don’t think the location of the claw is easy to find, or publicly available (pls let me know if is, I haven’t pushed for it). But I would love to tour the buildings and the exclusion zone. Such an amazing and surreal place. The wildlife has bounced back and now it’s basically like a pristine national park. I’m sure the vodka would be fine! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Walt' E. Kurtz Posted August 9, 2019 #7 Share Posted August 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Eldorado said: I'd try it. One shot and you'll be glowing. What's not to like about looking radiant! And you probably grow an extra arm or two could be handy 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Falukorv Posted August 9, 2019 #8 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Cheers 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DanL Posted August 9, 2019 #9 Share Posted August 9, 2019 (edited) The only problem that I would have with drinking it is that it is VODKA. YUUUK! I wonder if they could make some atomic Tequila? Edited August 9, 2019 by DanL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdesert50 Posted August 10, 2019 #10 Share Posted August 10, 2019 There were thousands of people who wanted to drink the putrid water of an Egyptian sarcophagus. We have the Darwin awards. A Guinness record looms. Just think of this as chlorinating the gene pool. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted May 8, 2021 Author #11 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Latest: Chernobyl alcohol drink seized by authorities The first bottles of an "artisanal spirit" made using apples grown near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have been seized by Ukrainian authorities. The Chernobyl Spirit Company said 1,500 bottles of Atomik alcoholic drink were confiscated on 19 March and taken to the Kyiv Prosecutor's office. Officers took the shipment from a truck at a distillery in the Carpathians. The spirit, its producers say, is Chernobyl's first consumer product since the 1986 nuclear disaster. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57011695 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonman Posted May 8, 2021 #12 Share Posted May 8, 2021 If it isn't radioactive it's probably fine. Did they check it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Reaper 6 Posted May 8, 2021 #13 Share Posted May 8, 2021 10 hours ago, Still Waters said: Latest: Chernobyl alcohol drink seized by authorities The first bottles of an "artisanal spirit" made using apples grown near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have been seized by Ukrainian authorities. The Chernobyl Spirit Company said 1,500 bottles of Atomik alcoholic drink were confiscated on 19 March and taken to the Kyiv Prosecutor's office. Officers took the shipment from a truck at a distillery in the Carpathians. The spirit, its producers say, is Chernobyl's first consumer product since the 1986 nuclear disaster. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57011695 That's pretty cool, you can order a Vodka on the Rock that Glows in the Dark!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poncho_Peanatus Posted May 14, 2021 #14 Share Posted May 14, 2021 somehow this make think of Fallout nuka cola....now nuka vodka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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