Trivia
- Koskenkorva is a small village – that belongs to municipality of Ilmajoki – in Finland that translates as "(area) by the rapids". The folk etymology "rapid's ear" is based on the fact that korva also means "ear".
- The original name of the drink was Koskenkorvan viina – notice the genitive 'n' – "liquor of Koskenkorva". The name was changed recently into Koskenkorva viina "Koskenkorva liquor". Furthermore, even older labels had the original name in the partitive as "(some) liquor of Koskenkorva".
- Irwin Goodman's song repertoire included "Koskenkorvassa" ("In Koskenkorva"), where nearly every line is a double entendre interpretable as either praise to living in Koskenkorva village or being drunk of Koskenkorva Viina.
- In the song The Land Of Ice And Snow, Timo Kotipelto, the vocalist of the Finnish heavy-metal band Stratovarius, describes Finland as the land "where Koskenkorva flows".
- The instrumental 0132 by also Finnish band Sentenced was composed to allude the hazy feeling after drinking Koskenkorva. The name itself is the product code for the drink.
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