News of the Weird, Alaskan Style

Alaska distiller has hopes for salmon vodka

Imagine drinking rather than eating a big lunker salmon.

Toby Foster did and then he made the unusual choice of distilling it into vodka.

"The first three or four times, it was gag city," he said.

In all, it took the Wasilla distiller nearly 50 attempts to perfect the recipe for his new Smoked Salmon Flavored Vodka, now available in liquor stores, bars and restaurants in Alaska and in some locations in the Lower 48. 

Salmon vodka is the costliest and most stressful product that Foster's 8-year-old company, the Alaska Distillery, has produced since its inception, he said.

I haven't tasted it and don't know that I would; I guess I'm just not adventurous enough. Weird? Interesting? Disgusting?

Not for me to decide, but something about it sounds fishy.


Oh, come on - you knew I was going go there, right? Right? So now, let the piscatorial puns prevail!

Run Over By Her Own Car

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A Kodiak woman was injured by her own car on Monday when it started to roll downhill and she tried to chase after it, according to the Alaska State Troopers.

Amy Watkins, 22, was cut and bruised after she was hit by the driver's side door of her 2002 Subaru Forester on Ocean Drive, troopers said.

The report said Watkins failed to fully set her parking brake when she got out of the car at her residence. She intended to quickly return to the car.

Her car started to roll downhill.

Once Watkins realized what was happening, she started to chase after her runaway car and was hit by the open door, troopers said.

The car rolled nearly 40 yards downhill, finally hitting a large spruce tree. The report said the car is expected to be a total loss.