Review: Snow Leopard Vodka
Snow Leopard Vodka was created by Stephen Sparrow and launched in 2006. It is crafted with spelt grain which is five times more expensive than wheat or rye. Snow Leopard is small batch distilled six times and filtered through active charcoal at the Polmos Lublin Distillery in Poland. Natural spring water from an onsite well is blended to reduce to 80 proof. 15% of all profits are given directly to conservation projects through the Snow Leopard Trust. Read more 
Review: Boardroom Vodka
Boardroom Vodka was launched with the opening of the Boardroom Distillery in Lawnsdale Pennsylvania. The distillery is in a warehouse that once housed the Tyco Fire Production Products CO. They also current craft a Fresh Cranberry, and Fresh Citrus Vodka, a rum, gin, and a 100% Real Beet distilled 90 proof spirit. The company was founded by three former road warriors, brothers Marat and Vlad Mamedov, and Marat’s wife Zsuzsa. Boardroom Vodka is made from locally grown 100% Non GMO corn. The corn is fermented with yeast in temperature controlled closed top tanks and distilled in a custom built Hagyo Distilling Company still made in Miskole Hungary. The vodka is filtered and blended with water before it is hand bottled at the distillery. After receiving a Double Gold Medal from The Fifty Best, in the domestic vodka category, I thought I would give Boardroom Vodka a try.. Read more
Review: Ceres Vodka
Ceres Vodka is one of two spirits launched with the opening of Chicago Distilling Company January 2014. Chicago Distilling Company is a female owned family operated craft distillery led by the wife and husband team of Noelle and Jay DiPrizio, and Jay’s brother Vic. The inspiration for opening the distillery came in the form of moonshining ancestors in the backwoods of Wisconsin. Chicago Distilling Company is located in the Logan Park neighborhood of Chicago Illinois. Ceres Vodka is named for the Roman Goddess of Grain and it is made from 100% Illinois Yellow corn and double distilled. The distillery currently also crafts Finns Gin, Finns Barrel Aged Gin, Several Single Malt Whiskeys, Blind Tiger Rye, Blind Tiger Bourbon, and Lanfrays Trigger Absinthe. Our initial post of Ceres Vodka mysteriously disappeared but I was able to save our reviewing notes which we have reposted below. Since our initial post they have added 2 lines of canned cocktails including Club 88 Vodka Spritzers and a line of 10% craft cocktails using Ceres Vodka and Finns Gin. Read more
Review: Woody Creek Vodka
Woody Creek Vodka is crafted in Basalt Colorado. Woody Creek Distillers was formed by three longtime friends Mary and Pat Scanlon and Mark Kleckner. They began production October 2012 and opened their 10,000 foot distillery to the public March 2013. They also craft a Reserve vodka made from Stobrawa potatoes, a straight rye, and a gin. Woody Creek Vodka is made from Rio Grande Russet, Chipeca, and Lady Claire potatoes grown on the Scanlon family farm located 8 miles from the distillery. This allows the potatoes to be washed and peeled the sames day they are harvested. 13 pounds of these potatoes are needed to produce one bottle of Woody Creek vodka. Locally sourced yeast is added and the potatoes are fermented in stainless steel tanks. A single distillation follows in a custom copper stainless steel Carl Distilling system crafted in Goepingen Germany. This still features two 34 foot tall rectification columns, each with 21 bubble plates. Mountain spring water softened and filtered through reverse osmosis is blended with the vodka to reduce to 80 proof. Read more
Review: Crater Lake Reserve Vodka
Crater Lake Reserve Vodka is crafted at the Bendistillery in Bend Oregon. While Batch 333 was created as another batch of Crater Lake Vodka, by mistake the vodka was left to filter over 100 times through charcoal and crushed lava rock. The result was a vodka with extraordinary purity and smoothness. This vodka was originally sold as Diamond 100 Vodka. Now named Crater Lake Reserve, it is made from corn and distilled five times. After filtering 100 times through charcoal and crushed lava rock, pure Cascade Mountain water is blended to reduce to 80 proof. The vodka is then briefly rested in oak before bottling. Read more
Review: St George All Purpose Vodka
St George All Purpose Vodka is one of three vodkas introduced by the St George Distillery in March 2016. The other flavors include California Citrus and Green Chili. The St George Distillery is best known for creating Hangar One Vodka. After selling H-1 to Proximo, and waiting out a non compete agreement, distillers Lance Winter and Dave Smith crafted their latest take on vodka. All Purpose Vodka is based on the pear brandy Jorg Rupf launched the company with in 1982. The Pear Brandy is distilled from Bartlett pears to 95.1 ABV. The resulting distillate is blended with a non-gmo base spirit made from American grain. The vodka is then filtered before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Idol Vodka
Idol Vodka is produced by Boisset La Famille des Grands Vins, the third largest wine group in France. Idol is made with hand picked sustainably farmed Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes from the Burgundy region of France. The grapes are slow distilled 7 times with the pristine waters of the Cote d Or, and then filtered 5 times. Read more
Review: Black Dot Vodka
Black Dot Vodka is crafted at the Yahara Bay Distillery in Madison Wisconsin. They also make Black Dot Gin, Whiskey, and Rum. Their vodka is now made with just three ingredients Corn, yeast, and water. It was previously distilled with a blend of 90% corn and 10% Montmorenci Cherries. Black Dot is distilled in a 90 gallon copper pot still and then chill filtered. Read more
Review: Elk Rider Vodka
Elk Rider Vodka is one of five unflavored vodka’s crafted at the Heritage Distillery in Gig Harbor Washington. The other unflavored vodka’s include Elk Rider Wheat Vodka, Triple Distilled, Batch 12, and Char Barrel Finished Vodka. They also produce 23 flavored vodka’s. Elk Rider is named for their early family members who broke wild elk, and actually rode them. Elk Rider Vodka is made with corn grown in Eastern Washington and distilled in their 2000 liter Italian made still. The Heritage Distillery has a field to flask approach. Their dozens of spirits are crafted with grains or grapes, product specific, locally sourced, and bottled at the distillery. Read more
Review: IngeniOz Vodka
IngeniOz Vodka was launched August 2014. It is distilled and bottled at the Dehner Distillery in Clive Iowa. Johannes Van Leeuwen developed a process at Iowa State University for creating a vodka with 0 impurities. The process uses ozone to oxidize unwanted substances in the vodka that are then removed with activated carbon and nano noble metal filtration. As a comparison Smirnoff was measured to have 8 impurities, Absolut 16, and Grey Goose 14. IngeniOz vodka is made with Iowa grown corn and it is small batch distilled. Read more