ice carving secrets: Sïku Vodka; Sïku means ice!
As I’ve written before, without Sïku Vodka, I don’t get to go to the Ice Art Championships this year. And if you like any of what I’ve written about my Alaska experiences this year, if Sïku Vodka doesn’t sponsor our team, you miss out as well. While I reconfigure my ice sculpture business on the Gulf Coast, there isn’t much extra left for competition expenditures, so I felt fortunate indeed that Earl Covington invited me to be on the Sïku team! (I’d also like to thank Buddy Rasmussen for recommending me!)
I have to confess that I’ve only had Sïku Glacier ice vodka on one occasion, which was while I was in Fairbanks. However, I can honestly say that I found it to be perhaps the best vodka that I’ve ever tasted and I’m eagerly looking forward to getting a bottle or two into my freezer at home. If you’re old enough to drink, then check out www.sikuvodka.com to see if there’s a distributor in your area. There are cool drink recipes too! If you’re not old enough to drink, well then Sïku is definitely something to look forward to!
Sïku Vodka; Sïku means ice!
3/20/08
Sïku Glacier ice vodka; made with actual Greenland glacier ice!
We froze this bottle into Alaskan ice and put it at the front of our carving site. Perhaps thanks to the security provided by the 24 hour webcams, we were able to keep this bottle and enjoy it after the competition
I offer my sincere thanks to Sïku for sponsoring our team. I’d never worked with Earl, David Fong, and Al Fiel before, but it didn’t take long before we felt like a real team, with each member making valuable contributions to our sculpture and keeping each other going, even though the conditions for carving ice were less than ideal. I hope to have another chance to return to Fairbanks next year with the same team and experience again what is without a doubt the most extreme ice sculpture competition in the world while the Northern Lights dance high above our heads!
***4/2/08: The comment below was addressed in the blog entry for 4/2/08***
The following comment was on the original blog entry. After some technical difficulties, the blog had to be reconstructed, and this was the only way to keep the original comments.
Anonymous
Was Sïku disipointed that they spent all that money for a display that turned out like it did? Most companies want their product to be associated with quality.
Saturday, March 29, 2008 - 09:14 AM
When I was checking out Sïku on the web, I happened upon this video that featured Sïku, an ice bar, AND our Sïku team leader: Earl Covington
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