1.   Although vodka is usually made from grain, the notion persists that it is made from potatoes, probably because potatoes were occasionally substituted when grain was scarce.

2.   Armenian Christians are legally allowed to make vodka.

3.   Bootleggers cut costs by making vodka from cheap ethyl alcohol smuggled into the country or illegally produced after-hours at government distilleries, a rampant practice.

4.   If there was a difference, I used to think, it was just advertising, or that some vodkas are made from potatoes.

5.   Most Russian vodkas are made from wheat, most Polish vodkas from rye mash.

6.   Premium vodkas are made in batches in pot stills, like good Cognac, Armagnac and Scotch.

7.   The fruit vodkas are made at a facility in Ukiah, beginning with high-proof vodka, custom-distilled for Charbay in the Midwest.

8.   A nuclear plant now makes vodka.

9.   Fake vodka often is made from low-quality alcohol or spirit meant to be used for technical purposes and unfit for human consumption.