Review: Crater Lake Vodka
Crater Lake Vodka was released in 1996. It is crafted at the Bendistillery in Tumalo Oregon. They also produce gin, several flavored vodka’s, and whiskey and the Bendistillery is a strong Private Label producer of spirits with over 40 brands created there. Crater Lake Vodka is made from corn and distilled five times and then filtered ten times through charcoal and lava rock, then briefly rested in oak. Pure Cascade Mountain water is blended to reduce to 80 proof. Founder and distiller Jim Bendis launched Crater Lake Vodka before it was cool to open a distillery, and he crafted his vodka with corn, long before Deep Eddy, and 1 year before Tito Beverage launched Tito’s Vodka. Read more 
Review: CH Vodka
CH Vodka was introduced in August 2013 when Co-Founders Tremaine Atkinson and Mark Lucas opened the CH Distillery in the West Loop of Chicago Illinois. CH takes its name from the fundamental compounds in alcohol, carbon and hydrogen, while also tipping its hat to their Chicago home. Since opening, the distillery now also crafts 2 Gins, 2 Rums, several liqueurs, an aquavit, and a Peppercorn Vodka. This is the second pairing for Tremaine and Mark who also co-founded North Beach Brewing Company in San Francisco in 1989. That brewery closed one year later due to a lack of capital. After a successful second career, Tremaine became a partner at LSV Asset Management and Mark launching a courier company in Austin Texas that became the cities largest, the two decided to give it another go. This time distilling spirits instead of brewing beer. Their vodka is made from grain, winter wheat and rye, sourced from a farm 65 miles west of Chicago. The grain arrives in 2000 pound bags and so far CH has consumed over 260,000 pound crafting their vodka. The vodka is distilled in a two column still made in Germany by Carl Artisan Distilleries and Brewing Systems. Read more
Review: Precis Vodka
Precis Vodka derives it’s name from the precision distilling process which combines traditional distilling methods with modern techniques. Precis is made from 100% corn distilled once and unfiltered. Pure water from Lake Boren in Sweden is blended with the vodka to reduce to proof. The Precis bottle is hand blown and then painted from the inside. A unique pour spout and steel pop top completes the package design. Read more
Review: Jewel of Russia Classic Vodka
Jewel of Russia Classic Vodka is one of four vodka varieties in the Jewel of Russia product line. They also make the premium Jewel of Russia Ultra, and two flavored vodkas, Berry Infusion and Wild Bilberry Infusion. Jewel of Russia Classic is crafted with hard winter wheat, rye, and pure deep well artesian water. The vodka is quadruple distilled in tall column stills and slow filtered five times through paper, sand, and finally through charcoal made from the stones of peaches and apricots. Read more
Review: Sobieski Estate Single Rye Vodka
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 with the vodka to reduce to 80 proof. The vodka is then hand poured and hand crowned delicately with white gloves. Read more
Review: 42 Below Vodka
42 Below Vodka was launched in 1999 and later sold to Bacardi in 2008. It is one of five vodka varieties they craft in New Zealand. The other flavors include Kiwi, Passion, Honey, and Feijoa. The vodka is named for both the alcohol percent it is bottled at and the latitude in degrees below the equator it is distilled at. 42 Below is made from GM free Red Winter Wheat grown in Australia and New Zealand and pure aa spring water sourced from deep springs. The vodka is distilled three times and then washed with pure spring water to reduce the proof and remove the impurities. It is then distilled again before it is filtered through 35 different filters. Read more
Review: Toast Vodka
Toast Vodka was developed by entrepreneur and restaurateur Dieuveny Louis. It is corn based and distilled six times in Florida with the natural essence of coconut. The coconut water used in Toast Vodka’s production is unsweetened and retains all the natural benefits. Toast Vodka is the Official Vodka of the America’s Cup in 2016. Read more
Review: Medea Vodka
Medea Vodka is made at the House of Herman Jansen. This distillery has been producing spirits for more than seven generations of the Herman Jansen Family, starting in 1777. Medea Vodka is best known for the bottle their vodka comes in. This bottle allows you to program blue lit LED messages that run across the bottle. The vodka is made from the finest European wheat and pure artesian water. It is single batch distilled, charcoal filtered and then blended to perfection. Read more
Review: Wheatley Vodka
Wheatley Vodka was introduced in 2014. It is one of four vodka brands produced at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort Kentucky. The others include Rain, Platinum, and Clix. Wheatley is named for Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley. He starts with a wheat recipe that is cooked, fermented, and distilled seven times on a one of a kind micro still. It is then blended with a recipe made from other grains and then distilled an additional three times in their pot still. The vodka is triple filtered and bottled at 82 proof. Read more
Review: Stoli Gluten Free Vodka
Stoli Gluten Free Vodka was recently released. It is not the first gluten free vodka, but it is Stolichnaya’s first, and it is the first vodka I am aware of that is named Gluten Free. There are actually hundreds of gluten free vodka’s on the market today. These vodka’s are distilled with Corn like Tito’s, Grapes like Ciroc, Potatoes like Chopin Potato Vodka, Sugar Cane like Ocean Vodka, and Pineapple like Pau Maui Vodka. Stoli Gluten Free is made with a blend of 88 percent corn and 12 percent buckwheat. Both are harvested from the fertile farm fields of the Tambov region of Russia. The vodka is triple distilled at the Talvis Distillery and filtered four times through quartz, sand and birchwood charcoal. Pure natural spring water from the Latvijas Balzams Artesian well in Riga Latvia is blended with the vodka to reduce to 80 proof. Read more