Finlandia Vodka
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Finlandia is a Finnish vodka produced from six-row barley. Of all Finnish products, it is the brand name that most foreigners associate with the country. Despite this it is almost exclusively directed at the export market. Finlandia was launched in Scandinavia in 1970 and in the United States in 1971. It is exactly the same alcohol as Koskenkorva. However, it has a slightly higher proof, 80, and lacks the small amount of sugar as in Koskenkorva. Even these minor modifications to the recipe result in a markedly dryer taste.
Today the Finlandia vodka brand is wholly owned by Brown-Forman Corporation, an American company. The contract between Altia and Brown-Forman determines that Altia remains the sole producer of Finlandia until at least 2017, and Altia produces the alcohol at the Koskenkorva distillery.
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- In the 2002 James Bond film Die Another Day Agent 007 switched from Smirnoff to Finlandia, only to switch back to Smirnoff for the 2006 film, Casino Royale.
- In a 2006 interview Finnish band Impaled Nazarene noted that their latest album, Pro Patria Finlandia, was named after the vodka. interview
- Patrick Bateman, the protagonist of American Psycho, was a keen Finlandia drinker in the novel.
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