Review; Effen Dutch Raspberry Vodka
Effen Dutch Raspberry vodka is one of five vodka flavors Effen creates in Holland starting with a 120 year old recipe. The use Dutch grown wheat and pure spring water that has been further filtered through reverse osmosis. A low temperature continuous rectification process is used to avoid caramelization of the sugars. This eliminates the bitter after taste found in some vodkas. The vodka is then filtered five times through active carbon in a bottom up filtration process. Natural raspberry and vanilla flavor is added before bottling at 75 proof in a red insulating polymer bottle sleeved bottle. Read more
Review: Svedka Raspberry Vodka
Svedka Raspberry vodka is one of 12 vodka flavors they create in Sweden. Svedka is currently the second largest imported vodka brand in the US. Ice cold water from underground springs and four pounds of Swedish Winter wheat are used to make one 750ml bottle of Svedka. They use a continuous distillation process and then run the vodka through high performance purification columns five separate times to remove impurities. All natural raspberry flavor is added before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Skyy Infusions Raspberry Vodka
Skyy Infusions Raspberry vodka was introduced in 2008 when they launched their Infusions line of vodka. It is one of 13 flavored vodkas they currently offer. It is made with Midwestern grown wheat and water filtered through reverse osmosis. They quadruple distill and triple filter their vodka through California limestone. All natural raspberry flavor is then infused before bottling in their trademark cobalt blue bottle. Read more
Review: Menage a Trois Triple Citrus Vodka
Menage a Trois Triple Citrus vodka is one of three vodka’s launched by the Trinchero Family Estates June 2014. The other two include an unflavored and a triple berry flavor. This is the same Menage a Trois that has been creating California wines for 15 years. Their vodka is made with American corn and California Mountain spring water. It is distilled six times and triple filtered. All natural flavor from California lemons, and oranges and limes from the West Indies and Baja California are then infused before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Dripping Springs Texas Orange Vodka
Dripping Springs Texas Orange vodka was introduced in 2011. It is the only flavored vodka they currently craft. This follows the successful release of their Original unflavored vodka. Their vodkas are micro distilled over 20 times in small batches in proprietary handmade copper pot stills with sweet Mid-Western non GMO corn and pure mineral rich Artesian spring water. It is then slow filtered through Swedish activated carbon. Hand zested Segovia oranges from the Rio Grande Valley are steeped in the copper pot still with the vodka before it is micro distilled an additional 20 times before it is bottled at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Ballast Point Fugu Pina Vodka
Ballast Point Fugu Pina vodka is one of five vodka flavors they create in San Diego. If the Ballast Point name sounds familiar you may have enjoyed some of the beer they brew, and started the company with. Ballast Point was inspired by the flavors from the neighborhood taco shops. Those flavors include spicy habanero peppers, creamy horchata. aquas fracas with sweet Jamaica Hibiscus, and juice pineapple. They start with a six times distilled corn vodka base. It is then filtered 15 times before passing through a proprietary diamond blending vortex, blending the vodka with water purified through reverse osmosis. Natural pineapple flavor is then infused before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Belvedere Orange Vodka
Belvedere Orange vodka was introduced November 2003. It was originally called Pomarancza, Polish for orange. It is made in Poland with Dankowskie rye and pure Artesian water. It is distilled four times and filtering twice. The peels of sweet oranges from Southern Spain, whole Mandarin oranges from Morocco, orange blossoms, and limes are gently soaked for up to five weeks at Collonges la Rouge France. The flavors and aromas are extracted in a process called maceration. These essential oils are then blended with the vodka. No sugar or artificial flavor is added before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Belvedere Black Raspberry Vodka
Belvedere Black Raspberry vodka is made with their super premium vodka that is made in Poland with Dankowskie rye and pure Artesian water. It is distilled four times and filtering twice. Fresh black currents, red raspberries and rose petal essence, are gently soaked up to five weeks. The flavors and aromas are extracted in a process called maceration. These essential oils are then blended with the vodka. No sugar or artificial flavor is added before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Cariel Vanilla Vodka
Cariel Vanilla vodka was the first vanilla flavored vodka when it was introduced in 2000, after five years of development. It is created through batch blending in which small batches of distilled Swedish Barley are blended with a distillate from Swedish Winter Wheat and pure spring water. It is triple distilled and then infused with creamy vanilla from vanilla orchids found in South West India and floral vanilla from Madagascar. Read more
Review: Devotion Black and Blue Vodka
Devotion Black and Blue vodka is one of six flavors that along with their original unflavored vodka are made in Middleton Wisconsin. They use 100% high grade USA non-GMO corn and deionized water. It is distilled six times and multi filtered. Devotion has teamed up with Allen Flavors, the makers of Arizona Iced Tea to develop an essence process along with natural flavor compounds to ensure no additional sugars or sweeteners are needed. Their Black and Blue vodka includes the sweet taste of Oregon Blackberries blended with crisp fresh California blueberries in this process, before bottling at 80 proof. Read more