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Smirnoff vodka on European shelves is made in the US (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by khannie@lemmy.world to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
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I never buy vodka but went to today and just out of curiosity checked where it's made. Well, it turns out it's made in the US in my (Irish) supermarket at least so yours may be the same.

I bought Finlandia instead.

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[โ€“] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I mean even if it was still being made in Russia, you should be boycotting it for that reason.

[โ€“] khannie@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That's actually why I looked :D I thought Russia was unlikely (the sanctions are taken seriously here but I wanted to be certain). Never would have thought it was made in the US tbh.

[โ€“] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 days ago

The brand is originally founded by an russian (1920ish) who fled to Poland after revolution and the brand is currently UK owned. So the current bottles you get doesn't have anything else from Russia than the 100 year old brand name.

But Ukraine makes some damn good vodka too.

[โ€“] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hardly any alc is made in Russia when you can buy it in supermarkets.

[โ€“] rbn@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 days ago

I think Parliament is made in Russia. No clue if it's still sold though.