Review: Portland Potato Vodka
Portland Potato Vodka is one of several spirits crafted at the Eastside Distilling Company located in Southeast Portland’s Distillery Row since 2008. Currently eight independent distillers make their home there. Eastside also produces several rums, bourbons, whiskeys, and liqueurs. Portland Hot Potato Vodka, a habanero infused vodka made in collaboration with Secret Aardvark Hot Sauce was just released. Portland Potato Vodka is made from potatoes and pristine water from Mt. Hood. The vodka is distilled four times by Master Distiller Mel Heim. Read more 
Review: Rock Town Grapefruit Vodka
Rock Town Grapefruit Vodka is one of three flavored vodka’s produced at the first legal distillery in Arkansas since prohibition. The other flavors include Mandarin Orange, and Basil. The distillery was founded by Phil Brandon in 2010. Each flavored vodka starts with the Original Rock Town Vodka base, made from corn grown in Arkansas within 125 miles of their downtown Little Rock distillery. Little Rock Arkansas was originally named La Petite Rock by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Bernard de La Harpe because of the rock formation along the Arkansas River in now downtown Little Rock. The vodka base is distilled 6 times and filtered to be ultra smooth. Natural flavors are infused before bottling at 70 proof. The Rock Town Distillery also produces moonshine, bourbon, whiskey, and rye. Read more
Review: Wyborowa Wodka
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 mashed and distilled once at 40 small individually owned agricultural distilleries. The spirit is then distilled in a copper pot still. After arriving at the Wyborowa Distillery the raw spirit is rectified in a three column continuous still. The spirit is then filtered through natural cellulose plates and mesh filters. Read more
Review: Bainbridge Legacy Organic Vodka
Bainbridge Legacy Organic Vodka is named for the Washington State Island the vodka is crafted on. Bainbridge Organic Distillers was Washington States first distillery producing USDA certified organic spirits when it was founded as a family business by Keith Barnes and his son Patrick in 2009. Since the beginning, every task in the making of distilled spirits has been done onsite with their own hands. From the selection of grain varieties and lots, to grinding, mashing, fermenting, and distilling. They also produce 2 gins, 2 whiskeys and an Organic Vanilla Vodka. Bainbridge Legacy Organic Vodka is made from soft organic white wheat grown on family farms, and pristine water from the islands deep aquifers. It is small batch distilled four times in a 300 gallon Vendome copper pot still. Read more
Review: Crown Valley Pink Lemonade Vodka
Crown Valley Pink Lemonade Vodka is one of four vodkas crafted in small batches from grapes grown on the 8000 acre Joe Scott Sr. owned estate that includes a vineyard and winery, a big cat sanctuary, a bison farm and the Crown Valley Brewing and Distilling estate. The other vodka flavors include Blackberry, Pumpkin Cheesecake, and their original unflavored. The brewery and distillery are housed in the old Coffman School House in Ste. Genevieve Missouri. It was revitalized in 2008, and the distillery opened May 2009. Beside Beer, Hard Cider, and Vodka they distill Moonshine and Gin. The vodka is distilled in a custom stainless steel still and then cold filtered. Natural flavors and certified color are blended before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Kanon Organic Vodka
Kanon Organic Vodka is distilled once from locally grown organic wheat. Each batch is divided into three parts, the head, the heart, and the tail. Only the heart which is pure ethanol is kept. The heads and tails are recycled into biogas for local buses. Pristine spring water is blended before bottling at the Gripsholm Distillery in Akers Styckebruk Sweden. In 1580 King Karl IV of Sweden built the Akers Styckbruk Foundary to produce cannons for the Swedish Army and the distillery to make vodka for its workers. By 1775 King Gustaf III had monopolized alcohol production to fund his many wars. Unable to pay his debt, he made Gripsholm a Royal Distillery. It soon became the largest distillery in Sweden producing over 1 million liters of vodka a year. King Gustaf was shot and his successor outlawed the private production of spirits. The distillery remained closed for over 200 years. Kanon owner Peter Hjelm began construction of the new distillery in 2008 and shipped his first case of Kanon Organic Vodka to New York in 2010. Read more
Review: Earth Vodka
Earth vodka is made from corn and is distilled 6 times before it is bottled at the Levecke Distillery in Mira Loma California. Levecke is a Private label producer of dozens spirits. Earth Vodka is a bargain priced vodka. I picked up my 750ml bottle for $7.99 at Hi-Time Wine Cellars in Costa Mesa California. The bottles label made from recycled paper describes Earth Vodka as a Premium Gluten Free California Vodka. Read more
Review: Van Gogh Citroen Vodka
Van Gogh Citroen Vodka was introduced in 2000. It is one of 16 flavored vodka’s currently crafted at the Royal Dirkzwager Distillery in Tilburg, The Netherlands. At one time they produced 22 flavors. Van Gogh Citroen is made from a vodka base of wheat, corn, and barley. It is small batch double distilled by Master Distiller Tim Vos. The first distillation is in a column still and then it is distilled again in a pot still. Purified water is blended to reduce to proof. Lemons grown in the United States and lime grown in Southeast Asia are double infused with the vodka base for six weeks before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Leopolds Silver Tree American Small Batch Vodka
Leopolds Silver Tree American Small Batch Vodka was introduced in 2001. It is crafted at Leopold Bros. Distillery in Denver Colorado. Founders Todd and Scott Leopold started brewing beer and now they craft distill Gins, Whiskies, Liqueurs, Aperitivo, Absinthe, and Amaro. They malt their own barley and mill their grains. Silver Tree Vodka is made from a unique blend of potatoes, malted barley, and summer wheat. Seven separate small batch distillations through a 40 gallon copper Vendome Pot Still, finishing through a column still follow. The vodka is lightly filtered before it is hand bottled and labeled with the batch number hand printed on each bottle. Read more
Review: Devotion Wild Cherry Vodka
Devotion Wild Cherry Vodka is one of six sugar free flavored vodka’s in the Devotion Spirits stable. The other flavors include Coconut, Blood Orange, Black and Blue, Perfect Cosmo, and Tiki. They also produce an unflavored Pure vodka. These vodka’s are made from 100% corn base and are distilled six times at Death Door Distillery in Middleton Wisconsin. Devotion Vodka was launched by Founder Drew Adelman November 2009 with the release of the worlds first protein infused vodka. In creating their flavored vodka’s, Drew teamed up with Allen Flavors, the maker of Arizona Iced Tea to develop a process of eliminating sugars as a flavoring agent in vodka. Devotion Wild Cherry Vodka uses an essence process along with natural flavor compounds. Read more