Review: Christiania Vodka
Christiania Vodka was introduced in 2000. It is named after King Christian IV, a Danish King who conquered Norway in 1596. King Christian’s Norwegian court perfected the original Christiania vodka. It is crafted at the 200 year old Arcus distillery in Norway and it is made with Trondelag potatoes and pure water from the Jostedals glacier, the worlds largest glacier. It is column still distilled six times, charcoal filtered, and then aerated to eliminate the last of the impurities for ultimate smoothness. Read more 
Review: Blair and Boyd Potato Vodka
Blair and Boyd Potato vodka was introduced in 2008 by Prentice Orr and Barry Young who named the vodka after a great grandfather of Orr and the father in law of Young. It is crafted in Glenshaw Pennsylvania at the former Glenshaw Glass Works plant that closed after 109 years of making glass bottles for companies including the Yuengling Brewing Company. It is made with locally grown potatoes. Who knew they grew potatoes in Pennsylvania? After the potatoes and yeast are cooked and fermented, the mix is triple distilled in a 1200 liter German built copper pot still. Only the heart of the vodka is used, and each batch is tasted before each bottle is hand filled, corked, and wax dipped before the bottle is signed and numbered. Read more
Review: Karlssons Gold Vodka
Karlssons Gold vodka was introduced in the US in 2007. The idea for the brand started in 2001 when a group of local potato farmers in Cape Bjare Sweden met with their neighbor Peter Ekelund to discuss forming a co-op and possibly creating a vodka with their virgin new potatoes. A virgin new potato is a young potato that hasn’t fully developed a skin yet. Peter who 25 years earlier helped lead the launch of Absolut Vodka, enlisted the help of Borje Karlsson the former head of Product Development of the V&S Group during the development of Absolut. After a few years of trial and testing Karlsson’s Gold Vodka was launched. It is crafted with seven varietals of virgin new potatoes including Solist, Gammel Svensk Rod, Princess, Sankta Thora, Hamlet, Marine, and Celine. Each varietal is distilled once through a continuous column still lined with copper. They are then blended and unfiltered. 17 pounds of Virgin new potatoes are needed to craft one bottle of their vodka. The result is a full bodied vodka with a distinct viscosity. Read more