Smirnoff is a brand of vodka owned and produced by the British company Diageo. The Smirnoff brand began with a vodka distillery founded in Moscow by Pyotr Arsenievich Smirnov. All Smirnoff Ice flavors include Apple, strawberry, Screwdriver, Watermelon, and more.

Smirnoff traces its origins to the distillery established by P.A. Smirnov in Moscow in 1864.

Smirnoff is the most awarded name in vodka, with countless years of heritage and unmatched quality sold in over 130 countries. It is triple distilled from a blend of different grains and filtered ten times through seven columns of environmentally sustainable charcoal for an exceptionally pure-tasting, smooth spirit.

1999 Smirnoff Ice was around for a decade before Ice-ing took off. The vodka brand introduced Ice in 1999. As the label reads, it's a "malt beverage," meaning it's brewed like a beer and doesn't have any vodka in it.

While Smirnoff vodkas score a solid 40% ABV (80 proof), Smirnoff Ice Original is actually a flavored malt beverage (or FMB), so its ABV is more akin to a beer than hard liquor. A bottle of Smirnoff Ice has an alcohol content of 4.5%, placing it alongside pale ales and other lower ABV brews.

Smirnoff Ice does not contain any vodka. Despite the fact that the beverage is produced by a vodka giant, no spirits are used in any flavor of Smirnoff Ice. In fact, like any malt beverage, Smirnoff Ice is made using a process that's more similar to beer brewing than it is to the distillation of spirits.

A Russian name doesn't mean a vodka is Russian-made. Smirnoff is named after Vladimir Smirnoff who fled from Russia during the country's revolution, but it's owned by British company Diageo (ticker: DEO) and is made in the U.S., Canada, and many other countries - but not Russia.

Today, Smirnoff is made from grain neutral spirit which is rectified using continuous distillation in a process that takes 24 hours, then blended with demineralised water to reduce it from 95% alc./vol. to 57% alc./vol..

Smirnoff Ice Ingredients:

• Carbonated water.
• Sugar.
• Vodka.
• Sodium citrate.
• Natural and artificial flavors.
• Sodium benzoate.
• Acacia gum.
• Potassium sorbate.

The gag was simple: Hide a Smirnoff Ice for your friend to find, and once they discover it, they have to get down on one knee and chug it. The only way to counter an Icing is to have an Ice on your person at that moment, in which case you can reverse the prank on the instigator.

2010 Icing is a drinking game and Internet meme that gained prominence in 2010 in which one person conceals a bottle of Smirnoff Ice in a place in which another person will find it.

Smirnoff Ice does not contain any vodka. Despite the fact that the beverage is produced by a vodka giant, no spirits are used in any flavor of Smirnoff Ice. In fact, like any malt beverage, Smirnoff Ice is made using a process that's more similar to beer brewing than it is to the distillation of spirits.

vodka Smirnoff (/ˈsmɪərnɒf/; Russian: [smʲɪrˈnof]) is a brand of vodka owned and produced by the British company Diageo. The Smirnoff brand began with a vodka distillery founded in Moscow by Pyotr Arsenievich Smirnov (1831–1898).

In the U.S., Smirnoff Ice is officially categorized as a beer. It's brewed with a malt base like beer, fermented in the same way as beer, and has an ABV which matches many domestic, you guessed it, beer. It looks a little fancier and definitely doesn't taste like an IPA, but, buddy…you're drinking a beer!

It's a malt beverage, so the brewing process is similar to the process for making beer. The malt gives Smirnoff Ice a light, fruity flavor that's on the sweet side. Smirnoff Ice is 5 percent ABV, which is pretty standard for a beer.

Smirnoff was mistakenly targeted for boycotts during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Smirnoff is owned by the British company Diageo and is manufactured in Illinois.