Vodka

 Is a distilled beverage. It is composed primarily of water and ethanol with traces of impurities and flavorings.

Vodka is made by distillation of fermented substances such as grains, potatoes, ormolasses.

Traditionally prepared vodkas had an alcoholic content of 38% by volume. Today, the standard Publish, Russian and Lithuanian vodkas are 40% , although many non-export Russian brands are sold at 38%. The European Union has established a minimum of 37.5% alcohol by volume content for any European vodkato be named as such. Products sold as vodka in the United States must have an alcoholic content of 40% or more. Homemade vodka, referred to as "samogonka" in Russia and Ukraine, sometimes has an ABV as high as 62%.

Vodka is traditionally drunk neat in the vodka belt countries of Eastern Europe and around the Baltic Sea. It is also commonly used in cocktails and mixed drinks, such as the Bloody Mary, the Screwdriver, the  Sex on the Beach, the White Russian, the Black Russian, the vodka tonic, and the vodka martini.