Review: Bellewood Farms Vodka
Bellewood Farms Vodka is a true farm to glass spirit made from a blend of apple varieties grown on the farm the spirit is distilled and bottled on. Bellewood Farms is a 31 acre farm owned by The Abel Family. They currently grow 24 apple varieties including Ambrosia, Belle de Boskoop, Bellewood Prince, Brown Snout, Everycrisp, Fuji, Gala, Golden Supreme, Gravenstein, Honeycrisp, Idared, Jonagold, Jonamac, Kingston Black, Mountain Rose, McIntosh, Orin, Sansa, School House Red, Sonata, Sunrise, Tsugaru, Yarlington Mill, and Zestar apples. Who knew there were that many apple varieties. In addition to farming the apples, they produce a line of spirits that includes their original Bellewood Farms Vodka , Honeycrisp Apple Vodka, Raspberry Vodka, Gin, Brandy, and a new Coffee Liqueur. Bellewood Farms Vodka is crafted with a variety of fresh picked apples from their farm. The apples are pressed into a cider and fermented with a proprietary yeast. The spirit is distilled in a 24 foot tall 250 gallon column Vendome still custom build in Kentucky, before hand bottling at 93 proof. Read more 
Review: Rocket Vodka
Rocket Vodka was introduced in the fall of 2016 with the Limited Launch Edition of 1000 bottles. Founder Darius Paczuski soon followed that up with a second Launch II release of 2000 bottles. I am reviewing a bottle of their IV release. Rocket Vodka is handcrafted at Dry Diggings Distillery in El Dorado Hills California. Darius Paczuski was born in Poland but he soon moved to Norway with his parents. Darius picked ground apples for his fathers moonshine, which smashed and fermented fresh apples and then aged the spirit in oak barrels. At 20 Darius came to the US on a Cal State Long Beach University swimming scholarship. Darius first came up with the idea to craft a vodka while skiing in Lake Tahoe. Darius was a skilled and fast skier earning him the nickname The Polish Rocket, hence, the Rocket Vodka name. Rocket Vodka is made from a combination of fresh apple juice and apple concentrate from Fuji, Golden Delicious, and Granny Smith apples which are sourced from Barsotti Farms in Apple Hill California. Yeast and pure Sierra Nevada Mountain water are the only other ingredients. Rocket is distilled twice in two different pot/column stills and is double carbon filtered. Read more