maurice kanbar created blue angel vodka to do just that. ♪ >> my favorite drink is the martini.gives me the biggest bang for the buck. i love it at lunch. after lunch, for the next two hours, i'm in a lovely state. >> why blue angel? because it's ultra-premier vodka. it's only san francisco brand left. it's gluten-free from organic local products, and more important, it's extensively community-oriented and known for its charity givings and associations in support of the charities, arts, and culture throughout the bay area. >> well, i enjoy a martini at lunch. and i used to get a dull headache, but i so enjoyed it that i kept drinking until i decided to check this out. what is it that's giving me a headache? so i did a little research, and i said, "how do we get those congeners out?" so, the first vodka that i made had five distillations before we achieved 99.9% purity. and i created skyy vodka, and it was very successful, and i said, "you know, i know how to make this so that it is ultra-smooth." then i created a new vodka, and i called it blue angel vodka. i got the name becaus