Review: Reyka Vodka
Reyka vodka is crafted in Iceland at a distillery powered by Geo Thermal energy from volcanoes. The vodka is made in small batches using Arctic Spring water from the Grabok Spring, that when tested found no impurities, and locally grown wheat and barley. It is distilled once in a copper Carter Head still, one of six in the world, and the only one used to make vodka. The vodka is then filtered through crushed volcanic rock. Read more 
Review: Pinnacle Ruby Red Grapefruit Vodka
Pinnacle Ruby Red Grapefruit vodka was just introduced, and while they have created over sixty flavored vodka’s, including two cucumber flavored, and five whipped cream flavored vodka’s, this is their first grapefruit flavored vodka. Grapefruit is the hot flavor in alcohol this year, with several new grapefruit flavored beers, a grapefruit flavored rum, and half a dozen grapefruit vodka’s introduced this year alone. Pinnacle Ruby Red is made with French grown wheat and it is distilled five times. Pure French spring water is added before it is shipped to Frankfort Kentucky where natural flavors are added. Read more
Review: Chase Vodka
Chase vodka was introduced in 2008 and it was the worlds first super premium English potato vodka. Chase is crafted on the Chase family farm in Herefordshire where they grow, mash, ferment, strip and distill King Edward and Lady Claire potatoes. They start by mashing the potatoes. Brewers yeast is added and the fermentation takes one week. It’s distilled four times in a bespoke copper batch pot and then twice more in a 70 foot rectification column still. Pure water drawn from an aquifer at the farm is blended with the vodka and it is chill filtered before hand bottling at 80 proof. William Chase is so proud of this vodka he put his name on the bottle. Read more
Review: Van Gogh Blue Triple Wheat Vodka
Van Gogh Blue Triple Wheat vodka was introduced in 2009. It is crafted with premium wheat grown in Holland, Germany, and France. Master Distiller Tim Vos selects this wheat for their flavor characteristics. The wheat from Holland is grown near the coast and is a bit salty and dry. The French grown wheat comes from the center of France and it’s taste is sweet. The German wheat fields are feed with glacial mountain water which gives it a mineral taste. Van Gogh Blue is triple distilled in small batches in Schiedam Holland at the Royal Dirkzwager Distillery. Read more
Review: Belvedere Citrus Vodka
Belvedere Citrus vodka was launched November 2003 along with their Pomarancza flavor. It was originally called Cytrus, and is now one of five flavored vodka’s Belvedere currently crafts in Poland with Dankowskie Rye and pure Artesian well water. The water is sourced from their own wells and it undergoes an 11 step purification process that includes reverse osmosis. The flavors and aromas of Italian and Argentine lemons and Mexican limes are extracted in three separate macerations. These essential oils are then blended with the vodka. No sugar or artificial flavor is added before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Hanson of Sonoma Mandarin Organic Vodka
Hanson of Sonoma Mandarin Organic vodka was introduced in 2013. It is one of six vodka’s the Hanson family crafts in Sonoma California. The other flavors include, original, ginger, cucumber, espresso, and boysenberry. The vodka is small batch distilled with grapes and pure Artisan well water using a pot and column still that uses 50 distillation plates. The vodka undergoes a proprietary seven stage filtration before all natural flavors are infused before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Chopin Potato Vodka
Chopin Potato vodka was introduced to the US market in 1997. Chopin is produced Mid-September into early December with potatoes grown in the Podlasie countryside of Poland. The potatoes are harvested late in the season because of the higher starch content, 22% compared to 12%. Seven pounds of potatoes are needed to make one 750ml bottle. The potatoes are cleaned and pressure cooked and then fermented for three days. It is distilled four times in a traditional copper column still. Pure Artesian well water is blended with the vodka before it is filtered five times and then bottled at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Three Olives Peach Vodka
Three Olives Peach vodka was just introduced along with the previously reviewed Blueberry and Pineapple flavors. I don’t know if I was more surprised to hear they were launching three new vodka flavors, or hearing that they were introducing three new vodka flavors and none of them were grapefruit flavored. Three-O Peach is made with English winter wheat and water from Lake Vyrnmy. It is quadruple distilled and triple charcoal filtered with natural peach flavor infused before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Titos Vodka
Titos Vodka is made is Austin Texas at the states first and oldest legal distillery. When Tito’s was launched in 1997, it’s owner Tito Beverage was $88,000 in debt having maxed out 19 credit cards to start the business. Tito’s is crafted in small batches from 100% corn and water sourced from deep aquifers. It is distilled six times in an old fashioned home made pot still and then filtered through activated carbon to remove residual impurities. Read more
Review: Three Olives Pineapple Vodka
Three Olives Pineapple vodka was just introduced along with a Blueberry and Peach flavor bringing their vodka count up to 30 varieties. Who said flavored vodka introductions were slowing down? It is made with English winter wheat and water from Lake Vyrnmy. It is quadruple distilled and triple charcoal filtered, with natural pineapple flavor infused before bottling at 70 proof. Read more