Review: Blue Ice Creme Brulee Vodka
Blue Ice Crème Brulee vodka was introduced April 2014. It is one of four vodka flavors created by LA based 21st Century Spirits at Distilled Resources in Rigby Idaho. The other flavors include, Blue Raspberry, Island Coconut, and Sweet Peach. This vodka is made with pristine Idaho mountain spring water and wheat neutral spirits. A four column fractional distillation process is used, followed by a five step filtration process. It is filtered through charcoal, a filter press, travertine, garnet and crystal and finally a submicron filter. Natural flavors are added before bottling at 60 proof. Crème Brulee is French for burnt crème, and for those unfamiliar with the popular dessert, it is made with eggs, sugar, vanilla, and heavy cream. Read more 
Review: Kuhl Mango Lemonade Vodka
Kuhl Mango Lemonade vodka is one of 15 vodka flavors created under the Kuhl label with French made vodka that is flavored and bottled in Kentucky. If that formula sounds familiar it is the same method Beam Suntory uses with their Pinnacle line of vodkas. Mango Lemonade is made with their original unflavored vodka that is distilled four times using the finest French wheat. Mango and lemonade flavor are infused in Bowling Green Kentucky where it is bottled at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Ballast Point Fugu Horchata Vodka
Ballast Point Fugu Horchata vodka is the first horchata flavored vodka on the market today. Based on Rum Chata sales I don’t expect it will be the last. It is one of five vodka varieties they distill in San Diego California. They also create 2 gins, 2 rums, 3 whiskeys, and a herbal liqueur. They also brew a full line of beers which they launched the company with in 1996. Their vodka is named after the poisonous puffer fish, also known as the FUGU fish, which is hundreds of times more poisonous than cyanide. Fugu, is considered a delicacy in Japan where it is meticulously prepared so as not to poison their customers. It is with that same attention to detail that Ballast Point creates their vodka’s. They start by distilling the finest corn grains. It is then filtered 15 times before passing through a proprietary diamond blending vortex, blending the vodka with water purified through reverse osmosis. Real cinnamon, rice and vanilla is infused before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Smirnoff Raspberry Vodka
Smirnoff Raspberry vodka was originally introduced as Smirnoff Twist of Raspberry, and while the name was changed the recipe remained the same. It is one of 42 flavors they create with their Recipe 21 vodka as a base. Recipe 21 is made with premium grain which is triple distilled and filtered ten times. The essence of ripe red raspberry is then infused. Read more
Review: Lithuanian Cranberry Vodka
Lithuanian Cranberry vodka is made with the finest grain grown in Lithuania and water that has been purified through reverse osmosis. It is triple distilled then filtered four times. First through quartz sand, then birch coal, a secondary sand filter, and finally it runs through silver filters. Natural flavors including cranberry juice and cranberries are then added before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Pinnacle Cran Apple Vodka
Pinnacle Cran Apple vodka was just released. It comes 51 years after Ocean Spray introduced the industry’s first juice blend when they introduced their Cran-Apple juice in 1963. Ocean Spray currently offers 12 different cranberry blended drinks. This gives Pinnacle several options should they decide to expand their flavored vodka line. Pinnacle Cran Apple is made with French grown wheat and pure French spring water. It is distilled five times before it is shipped to Frankfort Kentucky where all natural flavors are added before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Sobieski Cynamon Vodka
Sobieski Cynamon vodka was introduced in 2011 along with their Espresso, and Bizon Grass flavors. It is one of twelve vodka varieties made in Stargard Odanski Poland under the Sobieski label for the US market. While cinnamon flavored whiskey is hot with Fireball Cinnamon Whisky leading the way, there are several cinnamon flavored vodkas. These vodkas can be grouped in two categories, sweet and hot cinnamon. Cynamon falls in the hot category along with Pinnacle’s Atomic Hot, and Burnett’s Hot Cinnamon. Sobieski is the number one selling vodka in Poland. Cynamon is made with Dankowski rye and crystalline water from Oligocene Springs. They use a continuous distillation process before natural flavors are added. Read more
Review: Square One Cucumber Vodka
Square One Cucumber vodka was introduced in 2008. It is one of four cucumber flavored vodka’s that mysteriously arrived that year. The others include Crop, Pearl, and Rain. Since than others have followed including Effen, and Pinnacle. Cucumber, is one of four varieties of vodka they create in Rigby Idaho. The other flavors include Basil, Botanical, and their original unflavored. It is made with organic rye grown in North Dakota, and pristine water from the Teton Mountains of Wyoming. They use a four column distillation process and finish with a carbon filtration. The essence of Organic cucumber is infused before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Pearl Cherry Vodka
Pearl Cherry vodka is one of 18 flavors St. Louis based Luxco creates under the Pearl label. Pearl crafts their vodka in small batches using pure water from Canadian Rocky Mountain streams, and soft Canadian winter wheat. It is distilled five times and filtered six times before natural flavors are infused. Read more
Review: Absolut Mango Vodka
Absolut Mango vodka was introduced in the US market March 2009. It had already been successfully launched in South America. They had previously released Absolut New Orleans a mango with black pepper flavored vodka which was their first city themed vodka flavor August 2007. It is one of twenty flavored vodka’s Absolut currently creates for the US market. They start with Swedish Winter Wheat sourced from 450 local farms and pure deep well water from naturally filtered aquifers in Ahus Sweden. A continuous distillation process is used before all natural ingredients including the essence of Alphonso Mango from India are infused. No sugar is added before bottling at 80 proof. Read more