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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: Bluebird Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 00:36:39 +0000

Bluebird is a true grain to glass distillery. Master Distiller and Founder Jared Adkins opened the doors of Bluebird Distilling May 2015. The distillery was built in an abandoned laundromat in Phoenixville Pennsylvania. They currently craft Bluebird Vodka, 12 whiskey varieties, 2 gins, 2 rums, and Agave Blanco. Bluebird Vodka is handmade from the finest […]

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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: NEFT Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 00:49:38 +0000

NEFT Vodka is one of the most hyped vodka’s we have ever reviewed. NEFT received a 98 rating from The Tasting Panel Magazine, as well as scoring two consecutive Double Gold Medals from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in 2018 and 2019. Vinepair.com also named NEFT one of their 20 Best Vodkas. NEFT has […]

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Review: Chopin Rye Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 01:41:37 +0000

Chopin Rye Vodka was launched March 2011. Rye joins the Original Chopin Potato, and Chopin Wheat Vodka. It is produced at a distillery located in the picturesque village of Krzesk Poland with a history dating back to the 1900th century. The Dorda family acquired the distillery in 2003, restoring its traditional operations to their former […]

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Review: Wyborowa Wodka

Jeff Ellingson — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 01:13:41 +0000

Wyborowa Wodka is made by Polmos Poznan at a distillery dating back to 1823. Wyborowa translates in English to Excellent. Wyborowa Wodka was launched in 1927. It is made from rye grain grown in Western Poland and water sourced from a 200 meter well. Three kilograms of rye are needed to produce one liter of vodka. The pure rye is […]

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Review: Koval Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Sat, 30 Sep 2017 01:27:08 +0000

Koval Vodka is a true grain to bottle vodka made from 100% Non GMO Organic rye grown by contracted local farmers. The rye is milled onsite. The water is sourced from Lake Michigan using a natural charcoal purification method. Koval translates to blacksmith but also refers to new ventures, and to forge in new directions. The […]

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Review: Potocki Wodka

Jeff Ellingson — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 03:21:15 +0000

Potocki Wodka, pronounce Po-toht-ski Vood-ka, is created from the highest quality rye sourced from fields around their distillery in Central Poland. It is produced in small batches from a family recipe. Fresh from the harvest each August the grain is milled and cooked under pressure. Yeast is then added to start fermentation. The mash goes through two slow […]

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Review: Sobieski Estate Single Rye Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 00:52:16 +0000

Sobieski Estate single Rye Vodka was launched October 2015 in California, and released Nationally February 2016. It is crafted in limited production at the Landcut Distillery, the oldest distilley in Poland. Sobieski Estate is made exclusively with Dankowski Rye from the fields of Galicia. The vodka is continuously rectified. Pure water from the Carpathian Fore is blended […]

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Review: Xellent Vodka

Jeff Ellingson — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:49:58 +0000

Xellent Vodka is crafted by Andreas Affentrager a third generation distiller whose Grandfather Hans Affentrager built the distillery in 1918. Xellent is made with Picasso and Matador Rye grown by only 18 farmers in small fields in Central Switzerland in the Alpine foreland at heights of 500-800 meters above sea level. It is triple distilled […]

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