Review: Rokk Raspberry Vodka
Rokk Raspberry vodka was launched in 2010 by Diageo. It is one of 4 flavored along with an unflavored vodka in the Rokk product line. The packaging design from bottle to cap are very similar to the Svedka design at the time this product was released. Svedka has since redesigned their bottle. Rokk is made in Sweden with European wheat and pure glacial spring water. It is distilled 4 times before it is freeze filtered through charcoal. Natural raspberry flavor is added before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Pinnacle Cherry Vodka
Pinnacle Cherry vodka was one of the first six vodka flavors they introduced in 2005. It is 1 of over 40 vodka flavors Beam Suntory creates under the Pinnacle label. It is made with pure French spring water and wheat. It is distilled 5 times before it is shipped to Frankfort Kentucky where natural cherry flavor is added before bottling at 70 proof. Read more 
Review: Vox Raspberry Vodka
Vox Raspberry Vodka was introduced in 2003. It is one of three Vox vodka flavors made in the Netherlands at a distillery with a 400 year history of distilling vodka. The other two flavors are Green Apple and their original unflavored. It is made with wheat and it is distilled 5 times before a neutral micron cellulose filtration that filters the impurities without affecting the aroma or flavor. Natural raspberry flavor is added before bottling in their signature Austrian made glass bottle at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Three Olives Cherry Vodka
Three Olives Cherry vodka was introduced with their Grape vodka in 2001. They were the first flavored vodkas Three-O created, and the industries first cherry and grape flavored vodkas. They now make 28 different flavors. Three-O is distilled in England, but currently not available for sale in the UK. It is distilled with English wheat and water from Lake Vyrnmy in Wales at the G&J Greenalls distillery. The vodka is quadruple distilled and triple charcoal filtered before natural cherry flavor is added in Lawrenceburg Indiana where it is bottled at 35% Alcohol. Read more
Review: 44 North Sunnyslope Nectarine Vodka
44 North Sunnyslope Nectarine vodka is one of 4 vodka varieties made with 100% Idaho Burbank and Russet potatoes and Rocky Mountain spring water from the Snake river aquifer in Idaho under the 44 North label. They also create a wheat vodka. They use a five column multi plate copper still distillation process. Natural Sunnyslope nectarine flavor, named after the Sunnyslope region of Idaho where they are grown is then infused. While 44 North is the first nectarine flavored vodka, a nectarine is essentially a smaller and slightly sweeter peach without the fuzz. Read more
Review: Smirnoff Pear Vodka
Smirnoff Pear vodka was introduced in 2010. It is one of 39 flavors they create with their Recipe 21 vodka as the base. Recipe 21 is made with premium grain which is triple distilled and filtered 10 times before natural pear flavor is added. While there are not many vodka distillers creating a pear flavored vodka, it is curious that three of the best known and best selling brands, Smirnoff, Grey Goose, and Absolut all do. Read more
Review: Ciroc Pineapple Vodka
Ciroc Pineapple vodka was just released and I for one have been anxiously awaiting it’s arrival since Diddy first announced Ciroc’s sixth and newest flavor back in July. It is crafted in Southern France from the juice of Ugni Blanc grapes that are distilled four times in a stainless steel column still and the juice from Mauzac Blanc grapes that are distilled once in a copper continuous still. Once distilled they are blended together and distilled a final time in a copper pot still. Natural flavors including pineapple are infused before bottling at 70 proof in their trademark bottle featuring a yellow round ball, the color of pineapple. It looks great in my bar next to the other 5 Ciroc flavors. Let’s see if it tastes as good as it looks. Read more
Review: Effen Black Cherry Vodka
Effen Black Cherry vodka is one of five vodka flavors Effen produces in Holland with a 120 year old recipe. Effen starts with Dutch wheat and spring water that has been further filtered through reverse osmosis. A low temperature continuous rectification process is used to avoid caramelization of the sugars. The vodka is then filtered five times through active carbon in a bottom-up filtration process. Natural black cherry and vanilla flavor is added. It is packaged in their trademark bottle with a black wrap around label that is easier to grip, and designed to keep the vodka cold longer. Read more
Review: Stoli Wild Cherri Vodka
Stoli Wild Cherri vodka was introduced October 2010. It is one of 17 vodka flavors currently created by Stoli in Latvia with wheat and pure Artisian well water. It is triple distilled before rejecting the heads and oily tails leaving only the heart of the vodka. It is then filtered four times, first through quartz sand and finally through charcoal from Russian birch. Natural wild cherry flavor is then added before bottling at 75 proof. The wild cherry varietals used to create Wild Cherri trace their origin to Greece and Turkey Read more
Review: Absolut Pears Vodka
Absolut Pears vodka was introduced in 2007. It is one of twenty flavored vodka’s Absolut creates in Ahus Sweden for the US market. They start with Swedish winter wheat and pure deep well water. A continuous distillation process is used before Anjou pears and all natural ingredients are added. Anjou Pears are native to Belgium or France. They are the second most popular pear in the US and they are commonly used in salads and pastries as they are more firm than Bartlett pears, which are commonly canned or eaten fresh. Read more