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Posts from the ‘Vodka’ Category

19
May

Review: UV Sugar Crush Vodka

UV Sugar crush - CopyUV Sugar Crush vodka is described as a tropical fruit flavored candy vodka.  It is one of 21 flavors of vodka produced by Phillips Distilling in Princeton Minnesota.  They start with yellow corn and pure water drawn from deep aquifers that is further filtered through reverse osmosis.  It is then distilled four times and filtered with active carbon before natural flavors are added. Read more »

17
May

Review: New Amsterdam Pineapple Vodka

NA Pineapple - CopyNew Amsterdam Pineapple vodka was introduced May 2014 with their new Orange flavor.  It is one of seven flavors EJ Gallo creates in Modesto California under the New Amsterdam label.  It is made with the finest quality grains and it is distilled five times and filtered three times before natural flavor is added.  Pineapple is native to South America but Christopher Columbus is credited with bringing pineapple back from his new world trip to Guadeloupe in 1493.  Soon the Spanish introduced it to the Philippines where it is now the worlds leading Pineapple producing country.   Read more »

13
May

Review: Smirnoff Whipped Cream Vodka

smirnoff whipped cream - CopySmirnoff Whipped Cream vodka was introduced with their Fluffy Marshmallow vodka November 2011.  It is one of 37 flavors they create starting with their Recipe 21 vodka.  It is made with premium grain and is triple distilled and filtered ten times before imitation Whipped cream flavor is added. Read more »

11
May

Review: Finlandia Cranberry Vodka

finlandia cranberry - CopyFinlandia Cranberry vodka was introduced in 1994.  It is one of ten flavors Finlandia currently creates in Kaskenkorva Finland.  They start with pure glacial spring water and the finest six row barley.  A continuous distillation process with more than 200 distillation steps that leaves no impurities to filter is used.  All natural cranberry flavor is infused before bottling at 35% alcohol. Read more »

7
May

Review: Smirnoff Sorbet Light Raspberry Pomegranate

Smirnoff sorbet raspberry pomegranate - CopySmirnoff Sorbet Light Raspberry Pomegranate was introduced March 2013.  It is one of four reduced calorie vodka flavors in their Sorbet Light line.  They start with their Recipe 21 vodka which is made with American grain that is triple distilled and filtered ten times before all natural flavors are added.  It is bottled at 30% alcohol with 78 calories per 1.5 ounce serving. Read more »

5
May

Review: Smirnoff Passion Fruit Vodka

smirnoff passion fruit - CopySmirnoff Passion Fruit vodka was introduced with their White Grape in March 2008.  It is one of 37 flavors they create with their Recipe 21 vodka as a base.  It is made with premium grain and is triple distilled and filtered ten times before natural passion fruit flavor is added. Read more »

4
May

Review: Three Olives Whipped Cream Vodka

three olives whipped cream - CopyThree Olives Whipped Cream vodka was introduced in 2012.  It is made with English winter wheat and water from Lake Vyrnmy in Wales that is quadruple distilled and triple filtered through charcoal.  Artificial whipped cream flavor is added in Lawrenceburg Indiana where it is bottled at 35% alcohol.  It was originally sold in a shiny silver bottle designed to resemble a can of whipped cream.  Their new bottle is pictured to the right. Read more »

2
May

Review: Absolut Apeach Vodka

absolut apeach vodka - CopyAbsolut Apeach vodka was introduced May 2005.  It is one of over twenty flavors Absolut creates for the US market in Ahus Sweden.  It is made with Swedish winter wheat and pure deep well water.  A continuous distillation process is used before all natural ingredients are added.  No sugar is added  before bottling at 40% alcohol. Read more »

1
May

Review: Pinnacle Vanilla Vodka

Pinnacle vanilla - CopyPinnacle Vanilla vodka was introduced in 2007.  It is one of 40 flavors currently made by Pinnacle with pure French spring water and wheat.  It is distilled five times then shipped to Frankfort Kentucky where all natural flavors are added.  At one time vanilla flavored vodka was viewed as a rising star in the world of flavored vodka’s.  After both Skyy and Grey Goose stopped production of their vanilla flavored vodka’s that opinion changed.  Now after either running out of new flavors or after souring on the crazy new flavors that have been introduced recently, vanilla vodka is back.  Several new vanilla vodka option are available including a new offering from Skyy but today we are going to review a vanilla vodka that never left us from Pinnacle. Read more »

27
Apr

Review: Skyy Infusions Passion Fruit Vodka

SKYY passion fruit vodka - CopySkyy Infusions Passion Fruit vodka is one of the five original flavors Skyy introduced in 2008 when they launched their Infusions line of flavored vodka.  It is one of 13 flavors they now create with wheat distilled in Pekin Illinois.  They then transport the alcohol to San Jose California where water that has been filtered through reverse osmosis is added.  They triple distill and filter before infusing with all natural flavors. Read more »