Reuniting the Curds and Whey – Black Cow Vodka and Vintage Cheddar:
Did you know that you can make vodka from all kinds of things? I was fascinated to hear about Black Cow, the world’s first pure milk vodka, made in Dorset from the milk of grass grazed cows.
A premium vodka is something rather special – but the precedent for milk vodka comes from countries like Mongolia, where Arkhi (a kind of milk vodka with an alcohol level of around 15-20%) is made by every nomadic family with their own still using fermented cow milk yoghurt. This kind of vodka can be made using the milk from yaks and horses too.
Jason Barber though sticks to dairy cows milk from his farm in Dorset. He started adding value to his milk production by making cheese and was looking for something to do with the whey, a by-product of cheese production. He discovered that by fermenting the whey, he could create a kind of alcohol which could be distilled. Triple distillation results in the fine and pure vodka made from grass-fed Dorset cows. A unique product, especially when paired with the cheese he also produces.
The result is a light, vodka with floral and vanilla notes, creamy and sweet on the palate. Perfect for drinking neat on ice with a little cheese.
I was sent a gift pack to try for myself – it’s a great experience and perfect for this time of year when summer is just starting. And, I’ve got two more packs to give out to a couple of lucky London-Unattached readers. Worth £15 each, the winner will get this beautiful gift pack including 50ml of Black Cow Vodka and an 80g Black Cow Vintage Cheddar Truckle.
If like me, you are quite fascinated by the concept, you can now take a distillery tour and enjoy a vodka tasting, cocktail class and lunch in the new Black Cow bar and kitchen. It’s a very special experience, where you’ll enjoy a lunch menu of locally sourced ingredients created by Mark Hix in addition to learning all about Black Cow Vodka. All in the charming setting of Childhay Manor Farm, in West Dorset near Beaminster.
For more information, check the Black Cow website.
Meanwhile, if you’d like a chance of winning one of the gift packs, just follow the rafflecopter through.
Very cold and with great pleasure.
With cherry Pepsi max plus lots of ice
I haven’t had vodka in years, but used to have it with orange
With ice and diet coke, always keep it in the freezer too
I’d serve it as a Seabreeze – lovely and refreshing in the hot weather and not too sweet.
Mixed with chilled diet coke and ice!
Neat on Ice
on ice with coke
with ice and coke
A littlecrushed ice and a splash of lime
With lemonade
With loads of ice i
With tonic, ice and a slice of lemon.
with coke & lime mmmmmmm
On ice, with tonic water.
With ice and coke
With ice and maybe coke
I would turn it into some kind of cocktail, probably some kind of alcoholic milkshake yum
With fresh orange juice, ice and a slice! 🙂
Just with ice but maybe some tonic depending on my mood.
With some ice and diet coke
Elderflower pressie over ice…with fresh lemon.fab
I serve it with diet cola
id serve it with diet cola and ice
With lime
Cold and with ice!
With lemonade and ice
PROBABLY WITH ICE AND A SPLASH OF LIME
we like vodka and coke, but must admit at times I enjoy it neat
with ice
with fresh orange juice and lots of ice
I would serve it as a long drink with ice and lime
Ice and diet coke
Stirred into a sorbet and served as a dessert.
ice cold and neat
with lime and ice
with tonic and ice these look lovely and would make a fab gift xx
I usually keep it in the freezer and make cocktails for a fun night ( particularly sex on the beach )
With ice, tonic water and a slice of lime.
Cold, very cold
Ice cold, might try it in a a cocktail as well
I’d invent a cocktail
NEAT, SIPPED SLOWLY
With cola, ice and a lime wedge, or in cocktails.
with ice and orange juice
Ice cold, neat.
Straight from the bottle? 😉
With ice and cranberry juice with a slice of lime
With diet coke
With lemonade and ice in a tall glass. x
I’d serve mine with lemonade for a lovely long summery drink!
chilled over ice
With lots of ice and fresh orange juice 🙂
Ice and Diet Coke.
Cranberry juice and a slice of lime
Coke, ice and a slice plus a straw, a curly one lol
Ice and Cranberry juice
straight up with ice!
Neat, with some creamy cheese, like a brie perhaps, and strawberries 🙂
with pineapple juice 🙂
With coke and ice.
With ice and lemon
it would be with coke and ice mmm
in a cocktail! probably with pineapple and cranberry juice, grenadine and ice!
With cold ice and a warm smile 🙂
Cold with lemonade
with ice and coke
with ice and pineapple juice
With lemonade 🙂
With lime and soda
coke slice of lemon and ice !!
I’d have it with orangeade and ice 🙂
With ice, just ice
Orange juice and ice
Bloody Mary with all the gubbins: ice, tomato juice, celery salt, Tabasco, a veggie substitute for Worcestershire, and a float of dry sherry.
with a dash of lemon and lime mix
Ice and coke
Cherry juice and ice
With cranberry juice. Perfect!
With tonic water, lemon and ice.
Very cold, and with lot of ice!
with coke on the rocks
Over ice lemon lime and a splash of lemonade
With Orange juice and ice
With one of the new tonics e.g. feverfew
Over ice…
I would have it with cranberry juice and ice
chilled with some fresh orange juice
With ice and diet coke
neat and cold!
with fresh orange juice and plenty ice.
ice and coke! mmm
With a shot of Lime
With Diet coke and ice
With coke and ice x
With lemonade and morello cherry cordial
With ice, lemon and mixed with lemonade
With Pepsi Max and a bit of ice
Very cold (straight out the freezer) with plenty of ice. I’d love to know how it tastes on its own before I start throwing mixers at it. 🙂
Ice & a splash of coke
id serve it as a long summer cocktail with lots of ice pineapple juice and grenadine
With orange juice and ice.
I would make some sort of chocolatey/vodkary cocktail!
With tonic and ice
I’d serve it with Fevertree tonic and lots of ice and lemon, pure & simple
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I would create a romantic spread and enjoy a pleasant evening of good flavor and relaxation.
With ice or in a cocktail
with coke x
Neat on Ice
With lemonade and ice
Full fat coke and ice
In an espresso vodka martini
With orange juice!
Usually with coke but I would love to try it neat wih cheese as mentioned
I’d try it on ice and decide which fruit to purée with it.. possibly? I don’t know but I’d love to try it!
With lemonade and ice!
With tonic or in a cocktail.
Cold and with ice! 🙂
With Ice
diet coke and ice
with fresh pineapple juice and crushed ice
Just some ice and I few lime slices! My favourite.
Diet coke, lemon and ice!
With some fresh orange juice and a little ice
With Orange juice and ice
from the freezer in a glass with a slice
On ice or with lemonade
with ice and a dash of lemonade
Straight from the freezer
With a piece of ice and maybe a splash of peppermint.
Just chilled
On the rocks with a splash of lemon
With tonic & lemon alongside a lovely cheese ploughmans
coke and ice
Love it with ice and lemon
With vodka of that quality it deserves to be enjoyed neat and very cold. Perfect Friday after work drink to sip in the sunny garden. Yum.
With ice, lemon
With coke and lots of ice
Lemonade & lots of ice!
Poured over crushed ice and a tad of lemonade
With ice and diet coke
With tonic, ice and a slice of lemon 🙂
With lots of ice and lemon x
Long Island Iced Tea
With ice, lemon and lemonade
Over ice
ice cold with diet coke and lots of ice
With Coke
With ice ad diet coke
With limeade and a slice of lemon
Chilled with orange or cranberry juice
With tonic, lemon and ice.
with cranberry juice
Tonic, lemon and ice (preferably on a rooftop)
With tonic, ice and lemon
With Tia Maria: White Russian without adding extra milk!
With orange juice and plenty of ice
With plenty of ice
With Tonic & Ice
tonic, ice and a slice
With Diet Coke but no ice xx
Ice Cold in a shot glass
In two different glasses one neat with Ice other with a splash of lemon
Chilled with Diet Coke and ice, maybe a touch of lemon juice, served in the garden on a warm evening.
with lemonade and lime on ice. I really want one (or five) now!
I love a vodka shot with a tad of blackcurrant juice and a sprinkle of tobasco sauce
With fresh orange and ice
I would have it with cream soda, and a scoop of vanilla ice cream! yum!
This sounds amazing!! I’d try it in a fruit smoothie xxx
As a Vodka Sling
In a frosted glass from the freezer
Over ice in a chunky glass
Over crushed ice. With a side plate of cheese and crackers 😋
The only way vodka should be served; neat, straight from the freezer, over ice
with Ice and grapefruit juice
Just with ice
With elderflower cordial with lots of ice.
Orange and ice
with ice and mint leaves
With coke and ice.
with cranberry juice
with fresh orange x
Ice cold with either dark chocolate or strong or smelly cheese
I would serve it with crushed ice and a dash of cranberry!
I will serve mine with orange juice and ice.
diet coke and ice
Ice, coke & Lemon! 😀
WITH ICE AND LEMON
I’d make a black russian!
I would have it super cold with cranberry juice,lemondade and freah crushed berries mmmmm yummy
Straight from the freezer
with orange juice and ice
I’d use it to make some summer cocktails
With tonic & a slices of lemon & lime
With tonic & a slices of lemon & lime x
Long – with ice and bitter lemon
WIth lots of ice and lots of lime.
With elderflower cordial, soda water, a slice of lime & ice
With diet coke and ice!
Sounds like it would be perfect in a Harvey Wallbanger cocktail!
I like it cold with raspberry lemonade although I know that’s not very fashionable hehe.
I would serve it as a vodka martini
With coke and ice.
with coke and ice
With some lemonade and ice! 🙂
In a cosmo cocktail!
with coke but no ice as i suffer sensitive teeth. with a lime slice
with lots of ice and orange juice
Over crushed ice
With cranberry juice and ice
Over ICE 🙂
on the rocks
Neat!
lots of ice and freshly squeezed orange juice
Chilled in a shot glass, vodka should be savoured neat
Ice and a. Slice
Just with ice
Long with ice and cola
With lemonade and plenty of ice
on the rocks with a slice of lemon
Coke & ice
With ice and cranberry juice
Chilled and over ice!
In a beautifully made Long Island ice tea
Neat and ice cold!
I would serve in an Espresso Martini
With lime and lemonade
over ice with a twist of lime
Straight up, with a twist of citrus
Chilled with coke
With Diet Coke and lots of ice.
i love vodka as you can make so many cocktails with it!…. I would make vodka woo woo’s with cranberry juice, lemonade and vodka 🙂
Cold with some creme de cassis
I would serve neat over ice
I would give the vodka to my son don’t know what he would drink it with, I would keep the cheese
I’d have it with cranberry and ice
with soda, lime and ice. Makes for a lovely refreshing drink in summer
love it with plenty of ice and diet coke
with a splash of orange and ice cubes
with a dash of lime,over crushed ice cubes lovely
With Tia Maria and coke
With cranberry juice over ice.
Lots of ice and a dash of cola
cranberry juice and ice
I love vodka with cranberry juice usually but for this I might just try it neat over ice with some cheese and crackers x
Fanta fruit twist and ice
cold with ice and lime
Tonic, lime and ice
With Vanilla Coke and ice!
Neat over ice every time <3
With tonic and a slice of lemon
Ice cold with orange juice and cranberry juice
with diet coke and ice
Just over ice!
Never tried it so first glass would be neat over ice
with pineapple juice
I would serve with lots of ice and fresh orange juice. Yum.
neat over ice
with a touch of lime over ice
Straight
With fresh orange juice and ice
SERVED CHILLED WITH CRANBERRY, ORANGE LIQUEUR AND LIME
I would serve mine with Cherry Coke.
with lots of ice, fresh lime and soda
ice and cherry max
With cloudy lemonade and ice.
With cold cold lemonade in the Sun 🙂
with diet coke and ice
With diet coke and a slice of lemon
It depends how people like it, myself it would be with coke and ice
Cranberry Juice and Ice
I’d serve it neat.
Ice and coke
cranberry juice
Cold over ice I think x
I would serve it with some ice and a bit of coke too
I’m intrigued to see what it actually tastes like so I’d serve straight up shots with the obligatory cheese and crackers accompaniment.
with lemonade!
Served chilled with Diet Coke and bit of lemon! Sweet.
With diet cola or elderflower presse
With nothing other than a smile on for my man – he likes it neat with enough ice to keep Olaf happy
I’d serve it with diet cola and a splash of tonic water.
With original Pepsi Cola
I’d serve it straight from the freezer with a bit of ice.
On the rocks
Neat with ice 👍
I love blackcurrant cordial with mine and crushed ice. Also love cranberry vodka and grapefruit juice equal measures over crushed ice.
Over ice with cherry pepsi
With very cold Dandelion & Burdock
With ice and pepsi max
I like to sip it, ice cold and neat
Blended with ice cream!
Vodka either with ice and coke or as part of a Caipiroska cocktail with lots and lots of lime
With ice and cranberry juice
Ice cold tonic
Neat over ice or mixed with Elderflower presse! A beautiful summer drink!
Fantastic post, not heard of milk vodka before!
Over ice
Tomato juice garnished with basil and a slice of lemon
Dandelion & burdock with ice & a slice of lemon
I’d make some jelly shots + drink some with diet coke and ice
With lime
In a cocktail
with coke and ice 🙂
Just simple with fresh orange juice
on ice with coke
With coke
With cherry coke
I think the question should be how wouldn’t you serve it? It’s the ideal base for any mixer, even ice!!
Over ice with tonic and lemon
On the rocks perfect or from the freezer straight up. Not shot but sipped and savoured x
With tonic water and ice!
Peach schnapps pure orange juice and cranberry juice
I love to serve mine with Cherry Coke and lots of ice 😊
with tonic and ice
Neat over ice 🙂
with lemon and lime and ice xx
On the rocks with a beaming smile on my face! 🙂 x
coke ice and a slice
In a White Russian cocktail, yum!
Poured over ice.
With ice and diet lemonade
I’d put it in the freezer for a couple of hours, then serve with coke & a slice of lime!
with lemonade and ice, def ice cold on a day like today
With some orange juice. Classic vodka orange
with baileys and ice-cream
with coke and ice!
I would try their Summer Cocktail with blueberry sorbet – just the thing for this heatwave
on the rocks with a dash of lime
Mixed with chilled diet coke
Pomegranate juice and lots of crushed ice
Either tonic or lemonade
Coke
With lots of ice and coke
With crushed ice and some orange juice
Neat with ice
With coke and some ice
In a fruity cocktail or with diet coke!
There are plenty of vodka cocktails that I love. I’m particularly partial to a Manhattan which combines vodka with orange liqueur. fresh lime juice & cranberry juice
Ice and cherry Sourz
Neat over ice
With ice and a slice combined with tonic water.
With ice and tonic water.
With coke and ice .
With fresh orange juice
With Vimto and lots of ice! Thanks for the chance to win 🙂
Coke with ice
Either with orange juice or Coke. And ice. 😊
with ice and a dash of fresh OJ
with ice and coke
with irn bru
With cranberry and crushed ice.
Tonic water and ice
Vodka and Tonic with plenty of ice
Straight out of the freezer neat
I will wait until winter when me and my clan retire to our mountain hall to wait out the snow. Here, by the roaring fire, we shall drink Black Cow and sing songs of our great summer victories against the armies of boredom and the denizens of tedium!
Or with cranberry.
With lemonade some times with oj too mmm x
Vodka is lovely with ice, a slice of lemon and some fresh juice – orange, apple, pineapple – anything really. Great giveaway.
Ice, spring water and lime
with a splash of ice cold orange
With lots of ice
I keep it in the freezer and serve with a little cranberry juice, delicious!
I would serve it with freshly squeezed orange juice and lots of ice
A splash of tonic and ice
On my cereal 🙂
With ice and diet coke x
Either just on the rocks or with a splash of bitter lemon. Yum!
With diet coke xx
chilled with a few cubes of ice
With coke and lots of Ice
i would mix it with lemonade and ice
With cranberry juice!
Cold with lemonade and lime 💏
cold and on ice
I’d have to try it neat first 🙂
Easy over ice
with orange juice and ice
I would serve it with some coke cola and some ice
With coke or with orange – both chilled and with ice!
in a glass with 2 ice cubes nothing more nothing less
With pineapple juice
With ice & a wedge of lemon!
Over ice with lime!
With ice and coke
Pepsi Max ginger and ice 🙂
With ice and blackcurrant.
ooh sounds so good served with crushed ice and pineapple juice
with lime cordial and a dash of water
I’d serve it with lemonade and lots of ice!
Ice, lime and diet coke
a touch of lemonade
Chilled with ice cubes
With cloudy lemonade and ice!
With pineapple juice xxx