Review: Smirnoff Citrus Vodka
Smirnoff Citrus Vodka is one of 35 flavored vodkas Smirnoff currently creates with their Recipe 21 vodka as a base. They start with Midwest grown grain that is triple distilled and filtered 10 times. Natural flavors are added before bottling at 70 proof. Read more 
Review: DSP CA 162 Citrus Reticulata var Sunshine Vodka
DSP CA 162 Citrus Reticulata var Sunshine vodka was introduced January 2014. The name comes from the registration number of the original Federal license obtained by Germain-Robin for its first distillery in 1982. Reticulata var. Sunshine is Latin for tangerines and tangelo’s. In 2001 Germain -Robin lead by Ansley Coale partnered with St. George Spirits to create Hangar One vodka. The brand was sold in 2010 to Proximo Spirits, and a 3 year non compete agreement was part of the sale. The 3 years has expired and while St. George has released a new line of vodka on its own, Germain-Robin, now known as Craft Distillers has partnered with the Tamar Distillery to create the DSP line of vodka. DSP 162 Tangerine is crafted with wheat vodka that is infused with tangerine and tangelos grown on an orchard in Exeter California. This vodka is then blended with their straight vodka. The straight vodka is made with premium wine varietal grapes including Muscat, Riesling, and Viognier, grown in Mendocino County California. The grapes are vinified at local wineries and then distilled on the main Germain-Robin Cognac still and then distilled again on a small Holstein pot still. The vodka is then cold stabilized and filtered. Read more
Review: Hanson of Sonoma Organic Vodka
Hanson of Sonoma Organic vodka was introduced in 2013. It is one of six vodka’s the Hanson family crafts in the heart of wine country, Sonoma California. The other flavors include ginger, cucumber, espresso, boysenberry, and the previously reviewed mandarin. The vodka is small batch distilled with organic Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, and French Colombard grapes, and pure Artesian well water using a pot and column still that uses 50 distillation plates. The vodka undergoes a proprietary seven stage filtration before bottling in a signed, numbered, and corked bottle. Read more
Review: Van Gogh Wild Appel Vodka
Van Gogh Wild Appel vodka was the first apple flavored vodka when it was introduced in 2002. Appel is the Dutch spelling of apple, not the result of my over sampling. Van Gogh starts with a blend of wheat, corn, and barley that is double distilled in small batches in a column still, and then distilled again in a pot still. Purified water is blended to reduce to the proper proof level. Ripe green apples organically grown in Holland’s uncultivated orchards are double infused for six weeks before bottling at 70 proof. The image on the bottle is that of Vincent Van Gogh’s, The Apple Workers. Read more
Review: Burnetts Ruby Red Grapefruit Vodka
Burnetts Ruby Red Grapefruit Vodka was introduced May 2014. It is one of 36 flavors they create with 100% grain that is quadruple distilled and triple charcoal filtered. Natural flavors are then added. Having sold 2,610,000 cases of vodka in 2014, Burnetts has grown their vodka sales by over 1 million cases per year since 2010. While the price of Burnetts vodka, I paid $7.99 for a 750ml bottle, may have something to do with the success of the brand, price only works for the first bottle of Burnetts purchased. Having reviewed 355 vodkas without a single Burnetts review, I felt it was time for me to stop ignoring this very popular brand. Read more
Review: Pau Maui Vodka
Pau Maui Vodka was introduced in 2008. The distillery is located at the old Maui Land and Pineapple Cannery on the slopes of Haleakala, in the middle of a pineapple field. It is crafted by Master Distiller Mark Nigbur who created his own Altius Vodka in Colorado Springs before he was enticed to Maui. Pau Maui is made with Maui Gold pineapple grown feet from the distillery and crystal clear Hawaiian spring water. The vodka is distilled in a one of a kind 14 foot glass column still and filtered with stone carbon. Read more
Review: Stoli Citros Vodka
Stoli Citros vodka was introduced June 2003. It is one of 17 vodka flavors Stoli crafts with winter wheat and pure Artesian well water. It is triple distilled and then filtered four times through quartz, Siberian birch, quartz again, and finally a tightly woven cloth. Natural citrus flavor is infused prior to the final filtration. Read more
Review: Prairie Organic Vodka
Prairie Organic vodka is crafted with a single vintage #2 yellow organic corn grown on three family farms in Minnesota. It is distilled to taste not a prescribed number of times at a farmer owned distillery in Benson Minnesota. The leftover corncobs are converted to fuel and the leftover distillers grain is used by local farmers for feed. They also create a cucumber flavored vodka and gin. Prairie Organic is bottled in Princeton Minnesota by Ed Phillips and Sons in recycled glass bottles. Read more
Review: Van Gogh Double Espresso Vodka
Van Gogh Double Espresso vodka was introduced in 2005. It is one of 22 flavored vodkas they craft in Holland. They also create 2 unflavored vodkas and a gin. Master Distiller Tim Vos starts with a blend of wheat, corn, and barley. First he double distills in small batches in a column still, and follows that up with a third distillation in a pot still. Purified water is blended to reduce to the proper proof level. Columbian Coffee beans are then double infused for six weeks before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Hangar One Buddahs Hand Citron Vodka
Hangar One Buddahs Hand Citron vodka is one of four vodka’s currently crafted with Midwestern wheat, distilled in a custom built column still, and viognier grapes distilled in a copper pot still. Hangar One is named after the World War II era hangar at the old Alameda Navel Air Station where is was first created. Whole Buddah’s Hand Citrus fruit is macerated and infused before bottling at 80 proof. Buddah’s hand fruit is primarily used to perfume rooms and clothing in China and Japan and is named for the shape of the fruit which appears to look like a hand with fingers. Read more