Alaska distiller makes salmon vodka

WASILLA, Alaska, June 30 (UPI) -- An Alaska distiller said it took him about 50 tries to perfect the recipe for its smoked salmon flavored vodka.

Toby Foster of Wasilla said the salmon vodka, now available at Alaskan bars and restaurants and some locations in the lower 48 states, is the costliest product his 2-year-old company, the Alaska Distillery, creates, the Anchorage Daily News reported Wednesday.

"The first three or four times, it was gag city," he said of perfecting the recipe, which took dozens of tries.

Foster said he sees the salmon vodka as a way to quickly get his distillery to the attention of drinkers nationwide.

"I would like to be national," Foster said of his business.

The distillery said it is currently marketing the beverage strictly as an ingredient for Bloody Marys as opposed to something people would drink straight.