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Posts from the ‘Vodka’ Category

16
Apr

Review: Pinnacle Cucumber Vodka

Pinnacle Cucumber - CopyPinnacle Cucumber vodka was just introduced.  It is one of nearly 50 flavors Pinnacle currently creates with French grown wheat that is distilled five times.  Pure French spring water is added before it is shipped to Frankfort Kentucky where natural flavors are added. Read more »

14
Apr

Review: Smirnoff Lime Vodka

Smirnoff lime vodka image - CopySmirnoff Lime vodka is one of 35 flavors they create with their Recipe 21 vodka as a base.  It is made with Midwest grown grain and it is triple distilled and filtered ten times.  Natural flavors including lime are infused before bottling at 70 proof. Read more »

12
Apr

Review: Three Olives Citrus Vodka

Three Olives Citrus vodka - CopyThree Olives Citrus vodka was introduced September 2005.  It is one of 28 flavors Three Olives creates with English winter wheat and water from Lake Vyrnmy in Wales.  It is quadruple distilled and triple charcoal filtered.  Natural lemon and lime flavor is infused in Lawrenceburg Indiana. Read more »

11
Apr

Review: Hangar One Kaffir Lime Vodka

Hangar One Kaffir Lime vodka - CopyHangar One Kaffir Lime vodka is one of four vodka flavors they make in small batches from a blend of pot distilled Viognier grapes and column distilled American wheat.  The whole fruit and leaves of Kaffir lime trees are then macerated and infused.  The Kaffir lime is native to Indonesia and it is easily identified by it’s bumpy skin. Read more »

10
Apr

Review: Gera Premium Vodka

Gera vodka bottleGera Premium Vodka is made in Lithuania with wheat and water that has been filtered through reverse osmosis.  Gera has developed a eight step process they use to craft their vodka and they have named it Octal.  This process includes saturating the vodka with oxygen and filtering three times through carbon filters at very low temperatures. Read more »

9
Apr

Review: Pinnacle Pomegranate Vodka

Pinnacle pomegranate - CopyPinnacle Pomegranate vodka was one of eight vodka flavors Pinnacle introduced in 2008.  As far as years go, it wasn’t a successful year of flavor introductions for Pinnacle as five of the eight flavors are no longer produced.  Pomegranate, Le Double Espresso, and Mango are the three remaining members of that class.  It is one of over 40 flavors Pinnacle currently makes with French grown wheat that is distilled five times.  Pure French spring water is added before it is shipped to Frankfort Kentucky where natural flavors are added.  Read more »

7
Apr

Review: Pearl Cucumber Vodka

pearl cucumber vodka - CopyPearl Cucumber vodka was introduced in 2008.  It is one of 18 flavored vodka’s they craft in micro batches in Alberta Canada with pure water from Canadian Rocky Mountain streams and soft Canadian winter wheat.  It is distilled 5 times and filtered 6 times before natural flavors including cucumber are infused. Read more »

4
Apr

Review: Blair and Boyd Potato Vodka

Boyd and Blair Potato vodka - CopyBlair and Boyd Potato vodka was introduced in 2008 by Prentice Orr and Barry Young who named the vodka after a great grandfather of Orr and the father in law of Young.  It is crafted in Glenshaw Pennsylvania at the former Glenshaw Glass Works plant that closed after 109 years of making glass bottles for companies including the Yuengling Brewing Company.  It is made with locally grown potatoes.  Who knew they grew potatoes in Pennsylvania?  After the potatoes and yeast are cooked and fermented, the mix is triple distilled in a 1200 liter German built copper pot still.  Only the heart of the vodka is used, and each batch is tasted before each bottle is hand filled, corked, and wax dipped before the bottle is signed and numbered. Read more »

3
Apr

Review: Stoli White Pomegranik Vodka

Stoli white pomegranik - CopyStoli White Pomegranik vodka was introduced May 2010.  It is the only White Pomegranate flavored vodka currently on the market today.  The white pomegranate is native to Iraq, south of Baghdad.  It differs from the more popular red pomegranate in that it has fewer tannins and is less tart.  It is one of 17 vodka flavors Stoli crafts with wheat and pure artesian well water.  It is triple distilled and filtered four times before natural white pomegranate flavor is infused. Read more »

2
Apr

Review: Deep Eddy Vodka

deep eddy - CopyDeep Eddy vodka was introduced May 2011.  Unlike most vodka distillers Deep Eddy launched the company with a flavored vodka when Clayton Christopher and Chad Auler the founders of Sweet Leaf Tea, and Savvy Vodka, crafted Deep Eddy Sweet Tea and released it in 2010.  While they now create five vodkas, all start with their unflavored vodka base.  Deep Eddy is made with sweet corn and spring water from deep aquifers in Texas Hill country.  It is column distilled ten times in a 20 foot column still, and slowly filtered six times over charcoal.  They recently moved to a 30,000 square foot distillery in Dripping Springs Texas.  Read more »