California Vodka Archives - Best Tasting Spirits

Review: LA Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:11:01 +0000

LA Vodka was launched September 2022 in California. Co-Founder and CEO Yasar Chaudhary worked with the most experienced and knowledgeable Master Distillers handcrafting LA Vodka. It is made in California from 100% winter wheat and double distilled on a custom copper pot still made in France. The spirit is minimally carbon filtered before bottling. While […]

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Review: R6 Blue Corn Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 12:54:19 +0000

R6 Blue Corn Vodka is made from a blend of 100% organic California Blue and Yellow corn mash. It is distilled 20 times in a German Kothe still and reduced to proof with reverse osmosis water and carbon filtered prior to bottling. The R6 Distillery was founded by their Head Distiller Rob Rubens. Rob fell […]

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Review: Sonoma Brothers Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 01:46:35 +0000

Sonoma Brothers Vodka is distilled from California Grapes and Corn. It is crafted at Sonoma Brothers Distillery is Sonoma County California. Twin Brothers Brandon and Chris Matthies established the distillery in 2012. Brandon the Head Distillery is also a police sergeant. His brother Chris is a firefighter. This is their second vodka. The first was […]

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Review: Reigncane Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 00:05:32 +0000

The Reigncane Vodka journey began when Brian and Michael Eckert found a source of water on a island in Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago fed by glacier melt and an average waterfall of 166 days per year. Their original plan to produce the purest bottled water transformed into producing the purest vodka. After three years of development […]

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Review: JJ Pfister Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 22:00:19 +0000

JJ Pfister Vodka is crafted by Master Distiller Brian Keck at JJ Pfister Distilling Company in Sacramento California. The distillery is named for the family patriarch JJ Pfister who emigrated to the US from Switzerland at the age of 25. He settled in San Francisco, and in 1876 he launched his first business, a one […]

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Review: South Fork Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 23:25:29 +0000

South Fork Vodka was launched September 2018 by Co-Founders Johnathan Dorfman and Dan Kennerson in Grass Valley California. The two worked previously together as ethanol researchers for the US Department of Defense. South Fork is named after one of Northern California’s iconic bodies of water, The South Fork of the Yuba River. South Fork is […]

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Review: Locals Only Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 02:12:18 +0000

Locals Only Vodka is made from 100% California grapes sourced from the Central Coast and Palomar Mountain Spring water. The spirit is 12 time distilled in small batches through a German built Arnold Holstein copper still for 18 hours, and filtered through charcoal made from coconut shells. Locals Only was launched by Sean Heal, […]

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Review: Misadventure Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:43:13 +0000

Misadventure Vodka is the first spirit in the world to be made from surplus baked goods, making Misadventure the first carbon negative spirit. It all started with a chance meeting between Whit Rigali and Samuel Chereskin. Whit the bartender, wanted to create local Southern California spirits and Sam the agricultural economist wanted to find ways […]

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Review: Vapid Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 20:51:37 +0000

Vapid Vodka is crafted at The Spirit Guild Distillery in Los Angeles California. Wife and Husband team Morgan McLachlan and Miller Duvall launched the distillery in 2012. They introduced Vapid Vodka and Astral Pacific Gin May 2016. Both are made from a 100% clementine base. Miller’s family has been in the Central California agricultural business […]

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Review: Hollywood Oasis Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 18:03:21 +0000

Hollywood Oasis Vodka is made from 100% organic Medjool dates grown locally in Coachella Valley California. Hollywood Oasis was named the top vodka at the 2019 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The Hollywood Oasis Distillery was formed in 2016 by three businessmen Ferris Wehbe, Jeff Zarrinnam, and Larry Neuberg. Each has a long history and […]

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