Review: Hangar One Maine Wild Blueberry Vodka
Hangar One Maine Wild Blueberry vodka was introduced October 2011. Hangar One is named after the World War II era hangar at the old Alameda Naval Air Station where they first created Hangar One vodka in 2002. It is one of five vodka flavors they make in small batches from a blend of pot distilled Viognier grapes and Column still distilled American wheat. The fresh juice from fresh Maine wild blueberries is blended with the vodka. Wild blueberries are smaller but sweeter than regular blueberries. Read more 
Review: Ketel One Oranje Vodka
Ketel One Oranje vodka was introduced in 2010. The Nolet family has been distilling vodka for ten generations at their distillery in Schiedam Holland. The original Ketel One vodka was introduced in 1983 and it is made with Select European wheat. They start with a column distillation process with a portion redistilled in small batches in copper pot stills. During this process the heads and tails are discarded keeping only the heart of each distillate. It is then blended with the column distilled vodka and water before charcoal filtering. The vodka then rests in tile lined tanks until it is ready. The flavors and essential oils from Italian Mandarin Oranges and Valencia oranges are extracted and refined at a flavoring house in France. This flavor is then shipped to the distillery where it is slowly infused with the vodka before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Skyy Moscato Grape Vodka
Skyy Moscato Grape vodka was introduced March 2013. Moscato has been the fastest growing grape varietal wine in the US. With several fruit flavored Moscato wines including watermelon and peach already available it was only a matter of time before someone combined their vodka with Moscato grape. Skyy was the first, and it is one of 13 flavored vodkas they currently offer. They start with Midwest grown wheat that is distilled in Pekin Illinois. It is then transported to San Jose California where water filtered through reverse osmosis is added. They triple distill and filter through California limestone before infusing with natural Moscato grape flavor. Read more
Review: Island 808 Pineapple Vodka
Island 808 Pineapple vodka is one of six Island 808 flavors made with Hawaiian pineapple and triple distilled in Maui Hawaii by the Haliimaile Distilling Company. 808 is the area code for Hawaii. It is the blended and flavored with Hawaiian pineapple and bottled at 30% alcohol in Mira Loma California. Read more
Review: Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka
Firefly Sweet Tea vodka was created in a small still on Wadmalow Island South Carolina, 30 miles south of Charleston. It was introduced in 2008 and it was the worlds first hand crafted sweet tea flavored vodka. To keep up with demand Firefly is now produced and bottled at the Buffalo Trace distillery in Frankfort Kentucky using the same recipe. It is made with vodka that is made with Carolina grown Muscadine grapes and it is distilled four times and infused with tea grown on a plantation five miles from the distillery. Real Louisiana sugar cane is blended before bottling at 35% alcohol. Read more
Review: Pravda Peach Vodka
Pravda Peach vodka is one of seven vodka flavors Pravda creates in Poland starting with their unflavored vodka as a base. Pravda has been distilling vodka since 1743 in Southern Poland. Their production facilities are in the Carpathian Mountain District of Bielsko-Biala. It is made in small batches with pristine ice cold Carpathian Mountain spring water and local late harvest sweet rye. They use a five step continuous distillation process that includes two extra high column stills. This is followed by an extra distillation in a copper still to soften the taste. It is then filtered with charcoal made from French Birchwood. Then a cold stabilization process where the vodka passes through ultra technical filters under high pressure is used. Natural peach flavor is added before bottling at 37.5% alcohol. Read more
Review: Pinnacle Atomic Hot Vodka
Pinnacle Atomic Hot vodka was introduced in 2011 and it was originally named Atomic Hots. This was about the same time Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey started building a following, and before Peligroso and Jose Cuevo introduced their cinnamon flavored tequilas. It was created to taste like the Atomic Fireballs from our youth. I was more of a Hot Tamale guy myself but I did like them better than Red Hots. Atomic Hot is one of 40 flavors made by Pinnacle with pure French spring water and wheat. It is distilled five times before it is shipped to Frankfort Kentucky where it is naturally flavored and bottled at 35% alcohol. Read more
Review: Kru 82 Pistachio Vodka
Kru 82 Pistachio vodka is the newest of five vodka flavors Western Spirits has introduced since it launched the Original Kru 82 vodka in 2010. With a Hazelnut flavored vodka, Crater Lakes Hazelnut Expresso, and two pecan flavored vodka’s, Pinnacle’s Pecan Pie, and Cathead’s Pecan already on the market, it was only a matter of time before somone introduced a pistachio flavor. The vodka starts with French Winter wheat and extra pure spring water. It is distilled 5 times in France before natural flavors are added in Bowling Green Kentucky where it is also bottled. Read more
Review: Deep Eddy Sweet Tea Vodka
Deep Eddy Sweet Tea vodka was introduced in 2010. It is the vodka that launched the company. It is made at the Savvy distillery in Austin Texas. The company is the result of a partnership between the creator and owner of Savvy Vodka, Chad Auler who launched Savvy in 2006, and the creator of Sweet Leaf Tea Beverages, Clayton Christopher. Clayton started Sweet Leaf Tea in 1998 in Beaumont Texas using $10,000 and his Grandmothers recipe for home brewed iced tea. The company was acquired by Nestle in 2011 for millions of dollars. Deep Eddy Sweet Tea starts 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 before it is slowly filtered six times over charcoal. Local clover honey and pure cane sugar is added and Black Indonisian Tea Leaves are infused before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Sobieski Lemon Meringue Vodka
Sobieski Lemon Meringue vodka was introduced with their Toasted Coconut and Black Cherry flavors February 2012. It is one of twelve vodka flavors made in Stargard Odanski Poland by Sobieski for the US market. They start with Dankowski Rye and crystalline water from Oligocene Springs. It is continuously distilled before natural flavors are added. Sobieski is the number one selling vodka in Poland. Read more