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: Heritage Vanilla Vodka
Heritage Vanilla Vodka is one of 22 naturally flavored vodkas released October 31 2014 by Heritage Distilling Company when they opened their waterfront location in downtown Gig Harbor Washington. While most craft distilleries are satisfied creating 1-4 spirits, a quick glance at the Heritage website shows the nearly 40 spirits they have created since their distillery first opened 4 years ago. Heritage Vanilla is small batch distilled from wine grapes. Natural flavors are blended with the vodka base before bottling at 60 proof. 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: Heritage Coffee Vodka
Heritage Coffee Vodka is one of 23 naturally flavored vodkas crafted at their distillery in Gig Harbor Washington. With Starbucks based in nearby Seattle Washington, it should come as no surprise that Heritage Coffee Vodka is their best selling flavored vodka. 65% of Americans drink coffee at breakfast, and the US spends $40 each year on coffee. I guess the only thing surprising should be that this is my first coffee flavored vodka review. I have reviewed several Espresso flavored vodkas. The vodka base for Heritage Coffee is small batch distilled from wine grapes in an Italian made still named Nonna. Natural flavors are then blended before bottling at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Oyo Honey Vanilla Bean Vodka
Oyo Honey Vanilla Bean Vodka is one of two seasonal vodkas crafted at the Middle West Distillery in Columbus Ohio at a former auto service garage. The other flavor is Stone Fruit. Both are made from a vodka base made from 100% soft red winter wheat, sourced from farms within an 80 mile radius of the distillery. The wheat is milled down, and the bran is removed at one local mill to ensure consistency. Water, yeast, and the wheat grain is warmed and fermented for 4 days. It is distilled in a custom built German Kothe combination pot and double column still. The vodka base is infused with local wildflower honey, and fair trade vanilla beans from Uganda. Oyo Honey Vanilla Bean Vodka is then hand bottled, corked, and dipped in wax. Brady Konya and Ryan Lang founded Middle West Spirits in 2008 and opened for production in 2008. OYO, pronounced O why O, is named for the state it is produced in. Read more
Review: Western Son Piney Woods Blueberry Vodka
Western Son Piney Woods Blueberry Vodka was released July 2014. It is one of six handcrafted flavor infused vodka flavors they produce in Pilot Point Texas. While you may not have heard of this brand, they have sold nearly 200,000 bottles of vodka in a short period of time. Western Son Blueberry starts with a vodka base made from American yellow corn and water filtered through reverse osmosis. After 10 distillations through a 20 foot column still, the vodka is quadruple filtered. Natural Blueberry essence from blueberry grown in the Piney Woods region of Texas are blended with the original vodka base before bottling at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Heritage Blood Orange Vodka
Heritage Blood Orange Vodka is one of 23 naturally flavored vodkas crafted at their distillery in Gig Harbor Washington. They also craft several gins, and whiskeys for a total of 40 different spirits in their product line. The vodka base for Heritage Blood Orange Vodka is made from wine grapes and it is small batch distilled in an Italian made still named Nonna. Natural flavors are then blended before bottling at 60 proof. 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: Triple Eight Blueberry Vodka
Triple Eight Blueberry Vodka was introduced in 2003. It is one of four flavored vodkas crafted at the Triple Eight Distillery on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. They also make an unflavored vodka, rum, bourbon, gin, and several liqueurs. Triple Eight is named for their water, sourced from well number 888. The vodka base is made from organic wheat grown in Italy and triple distilled in a pot still. Pure sand filtered water from a deep island aquifer, well number 888, is blended to reduce to proof. Wild low bush blueberries grown in Maine are infused before bottling at 68 proof. Read more