The site will be quiet these next two months as I continue to research, report, and write Vodka: An Illustrated History. Stay cool. Have a vodka-club soda. (The photo on the left was taken during my visit to the Nolet Distillery in Schiedam, Holland. We were comparing Ketel and two other brands, both in regular and flavored categories. And then we took a sandwich break. I can’t tell you how grueling this has been.)