Review: Persian Reed Vodka
Persian Reed Vodka is crafted by Stillwagon Distillery in Coos Bay Oregon with molasses and sugar from sugar cane grown in Louisiana and Texas. Stillwagon Distillery is best known for their craft rums which they make over a dozen varieties but they also craft distill gin, whiskey, falernum and vodka. Persian Reed takes its name from a historical reference to sugarcane from the Romans who found sugarcane cultivated by the ancient Persians around 300 BC. The Persians called sugarcane “the reed that produces honey without bees”. Persian Reed Vodka is small batch distilled three times and reduced to proof with pure spring water. Read more 
Review: Cascadian Vodka
Cascadian Vodka is crafted at Oregon Spirit Distillers in Bend Oregon from local winter wheat grown in Oregon’s High Desert and pure Cascade Mountain spring water. After two years of planning Brad Irwin opened the distillery in 2009. He soon started distilling and barrel aging whiskey. In addition to vodka they currently produce gin, absinthe, limoncello, bourbon, rye, and wheat whiskey. Read more
Review: Y Town Vodka
Y Town Vodka is crafted from 100% pure cane sugar at Candella Micro-Distillery in Boardman Ohio. After a 30 year work career with stints in the telecommunications industry, aviation chartering, wedding photography, and television journalism, Bill Candella retired to golf and spend time with his family. After three months Bill needed a new challenge. His younger brother dared him to start crafting alcohol. In 2013 Bill founded Candella Micro-Distillery. They currently produce gin, rum, whiskey, brandy, black raspberry vodka, wine, and applejack. Read more
Review: Core Vodka
Core vodka is small batch crafted from apples grown, pressed, fermented, distilled, and bottled on the family farm. Golden Harvest Farms was established on a 45 acre plot by Dan and Madeline Zinke in 1957. Four generations later the family farm has expanded to 250 acres where they produce over a dozen apple varieties. Harvest Spirits Distillery was New York states 1st farm distillery. In 2007 they acquired a 400 liter custom Christian Carl still from Germany. The following year Core vodka was released. They currently craft gin, whiskey, brandy, applejack, and Blackberry Vodka. A single 750ml bottle of Core is crafted from over 60 pounds of apples. The pure apple cider is distilled three times. Core is crafted with no charcoal filtration, no sugar, and no additives. Read more
Review: Sonoma Brothers Vodka
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 made from a blend of corn, wheat, and barley. They also craft distill gin, whiskey, and brandy. Read more
Review: Naked Spirits Vodka
Naked Spirits Vodka is crafted at Naked Spirits in Brentwood Missouri. Brandon Eckardt Co-Founded Naked Spirits in 2019. He is also the Distiller. With a belief life should be lived Unbound, Unrestrained, and Uninhibited they also craft distill 8 varieties of rum with flavors including Banana Foster, Watermelon Lemonade, Cinnamon Apple Pie, Gooey Butter Cake and Mocha Royale. Naked vodka is made from Louisiana sugar cane. Tours and tastings are available Friday and Saturday at the distillery. Make sure you pick up a Drink Naked tee shirt. Read more
Review: Reigncane Vodka
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 Raincane Vodka was launched May 2019. The name was later changed to Reigncane because of a potential lawsuit. Reigncane is 6 times craft distilled in California with organic sugar cane sourced from Brazil, proofed with naturally pure Alaskan water, and filtered though organic coconut husk charcoal. Read more
Review: Blackland Vodka
Blackland Vodka is a grain to glass vodka crafted with locally grown Texas wheat. It is distilled in Fort Worth Texas on a custom built still made in The Netherlands by iStill. The distillery opened its doors 2019 and they currently also produce gin, bourbon, rye whiskey, and Texas Pecan Brown Sugar Bourbon. Founder Markus Kypreos started his career as an attorney and later graduated from the Culinary School of Fort Worth. He is also a certified sommelier. The Blackland Distillery is named for the Blackland Prairie that runs from the Red River to the North and San Antonio to the south. Head Distiller Ezra Cox had brewed beer and distilled spirits for 25 years including crafting spirits at his own Ezra Cox Distillery in Washington prior to joining the Blackland team. Read more
Review: Upstate Vodka
Upstate Vodka was just released. This is not the same 90 proof version of Upstate Vodka previously released. Upstate is farm to bottle craft distilled at Sauvage Distillery in Charlotteville New York, from 100% New York State grown apples, by Head Distiller Ken Wortz. 70-80 apples are needed to produce 1 bottle of Upstate Vodka. Once the juice is extracted from the apples it is fermented with Kosher Champagne yeast and twice distilled in 16 and 18 plate two-column stills. Only one state produces more apples than the state of New York, and with over 700 orchards in New York it should come as no surprise Upstate Vodka is made from apples instead of grain. Upstate Vodka is currently available at select New York and Connecticut liquor stores and it is available to purchase online and ship to 30 states from Sauvage. Each bottle is numbered and dated. My bottle is from batch 1, bottle number 7768. Read more
Review: Epiphany Vodka
Epiphany Vodka is crafted at McClintock Distilling Company. The distillery was founded by Braeden Bumpers and Tyler Hegamyer in 2015. They built the distillery in a 100 year old former mechanics garage in downtown Frederick Maryland. They currently craft about a dozen spirits including several whiskeys, gins, a couple of vodkas, and cordials. Epiphany Vodka is made with Non GMO organic white wheat sourced from local family farms. The spirits is double distilled through 18 plates and then triple filtered. Epiphany was named the number one craft vodka in their 2020 readers poll. Read more