Michigan Vodka Archives - Best Tasting Spirits

Review: True North Rye Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 00:43:17 +0000

True North Rye Vodka is mashed, distilled, and bottled at Grand Traverse Distillery in Traverse City Michigan. GTD also crafts a vodka made from wheat and 3 flavored vodka’s made from that wheat vodka base. Ken Rabish grew up on a small family farm in Pinconning Michigan. He opened Grand Traverse Distillery in 2005. His […]

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Review: Detroit Steam Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 20:45:39 +0000

Detroit Steam Vodka is distilled and bottled by Rusted Crow Spirits in Dearborn Michigan. The distillery was established in 2013 by Joe Schebel who partnered with his father of the same name. Joe grew up in Dearborn Michigan and he graduated from College For Creative Studies in Detroit. His love of Industrial Steam Punk Style […]

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Review: Our/Detroit Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 21:16:24 +0000

Our/Detroit Vodka was the second member of the Our/Vodka family. Our/Vodka was started by six entrepreneurs in Stockholm Sweden in 2011. Our/Vodka is a global family built by local partners in cities around the world. Our/Detroit is a collaboration between Pernod Richard and local partners Kate Bordine and Catherine Kelly. Currently there are seven city […]

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Review: Two James 28 Island Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Mon, 01 May 2017 02:01:53 +0000

Two James 28 Island Vodka is crafted at the first licensed distillery in Detroit since prohibition. The Two James Distillery was founded in 2012 by David Landrum and Peter Bailey in Corktown, Detroit’s oldest neighborhood. The distillery is built in what was originally a turn of the century donut manufacturing plant. Two James is named for the founder’s […]

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Review: Valentine Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Sat, 05 Nov 2016 02:41:22 +0000

Valentine Vodka was launched March 2009. It is crafted by founder and distiller Rifino Valentine who after graduating from Cornell, spent 11 years on Wall Street as an independent trader. He than returned home to Michigan to open the first micro distillery in Detroit since prohibition. Valentine Vodka is crafted with a blend of 50% corn, 25% […]

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Review: Leaf Alaskan Glacial Water Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 00:03:06 +0000

Leaf Alaskan Glacial Water vodka, is one of two vodka’s crafted at the Temperance Distillery in Temperance Michigan. Their other vodka is crafted with Rocky Mountain Mineral water. These two vodkas are both made from organic wheat that is distilled five times. The only difference between the two vodka’s is the water used. Their Alaskan vodka uses […]

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