Review: Burnetts Cherry Vodka
Burnetts Cherry Vodka is one of three cherry flavored vodkas produced in Bardstown Kentucky by Heaven Hill under the Burnetts label. They also make a Cherry Cola and Cherry-Limeade vodka as part of their 36 flavor product line. Heaven Hill is the seventh largest US distiller, with brands that include Evan Williams Bourbon, Christian Brothers Brandy, Lunazul Tequila, and Hpnotiq Liqueur. Burnetts Cherry Vodka is made with 100% grain that is quadruple distilled and triple charcoal filtered. Natural flavors are then added. Read more 
Review: 42 Below Passion Vodka
42 Below Passion Vodka is made in New Zealand with non GMO red winter wheat grown in Australia and New Zealand and pure spring water sourced from deep springs. The inspiration for 42 Below vodka came when Geoff Ross while reading a magazine saw a vodka ad claiming it came from a pure country. He thought his native New Zealand was 100 times more pure. The name comes from the fact that the vodka is produced 42 degrees below the equator. 42 Below Passion is distilled three times and then washed with pure spring water to reduce the proof and remove the impurities. It is then distilled again before it is filtered through 35 different filters. Natural passion fruit is then infused before bottling. Read more
Review: Koloa Kauai Dark Rum
Koloa Kauai Dark Rum was introduced September 2009 and is one of five rums they craft on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai. It is made with crystallized brown sugar from tall cane Hawaiian grown sugar cane that is hand harvested and the sugar cane is crushed in the field. The juice is collected in a tank and brought straight to the distillery. It doesn’t get any fresher. The rum is twice distilled using a 1210 gallon copper pot still with a copper column and condenser. Pure mountain rainwater from Mt. Wai’ ale’ ale and the nearby mountain peaks and rainforests is captured and slowly filtered through volcanic strata before reaching vast underground aquifers, is blended in to reduce to 80 proof. Read more
Review: Fortaleza Blanco Tequila
Fortaleza Blanco Tequila was launched by Don Guillermo in 2005. Five generations of tequila making starting with their first distillery in 1873. While the business was sold in 1976, the family kept the land and distillery. Don Guillermo started getting the old distillery up and running again in 1999. They start with 100% estate grown 8 year old blue agave. The agave is slow steam cooked for 36 hours in a very old stone oven. The agave then is cooled for 24 hours before it is stone crushed using a two ton volcanic stone pulled by an electric tractor. The agave juice is fermented for 4 days in an open air wooden tank and then double distilled in 100 year old copper pot stills. Read more
Review: Aylesbury Duck Vodka
Aylesbury Duck Vodka was introduced by the 86 Co. along with their Cana Brava Rum, Fords Gin, and Tequila Cabeza in 2012. Rather than build a distillery of his own, Simon Ford has these spirits crafted at some of the worlds finest distilleries to his product specifications. Each spirit is filled in the same shaped bottle designed with the help of 100 bartenders. Aylesbury Duck Vodka is named for a duck native to England that has white plumage, a pink bill and orange legs and feet. The vodka is crafted with pristine Canadian glacial water and soft winter wheat sourced directly from local farmers in the Western Rockies of Canada. Aylesbury Duck is continuously distilled in three separate copper plated column stills that were built in the 1940’s. After distillation it is shipped at 96.5% ABV to the Domaine Charbay Distillery in California where they add exceptionally soft water from a well in Mendocino County to reduce the spirit to 80 proof. Read more
Review: New Deal Mud Puddle Bitter Chocolate Vodka
New Deal Mud Puddle Bitter Chocolate Vodka was introduced in 2009. It is one of four vodka varieties crafted in Portland on Distillery Row at the New Deal Distillery. The distillery was opened in 2004 by Tom Burkleaux and Matthew VanWinkle. They also distill gin, rum, whiskey, and liqueur. Mud Puddle Bitter Chocolate is not actually a flavored vodka as they infuse organic fair trade cacao nibs that were custom roasted in small batches before distilling in their copper still. Pure Bull Run water is added to reduce to proof. Read more
Review: Veil Pineapple Vodka
Veil Pineapple Vodka is one of 18 vodka flavors created by the Distiller Sales Company in Princeton Minnesota under the Veil label. It is made with premium grains and pristine water. The vodka is distilled 5 times and charcoal filtered. Flavor of unknown origin is added before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Russian Standard Vodka
Russian Standard Vodka was introduced in 1998. It is made with winter wheat from the Russian Steppes and pure glacial water from Lake Lagoda. A proprietary distillation process which retains the character of the pure spirit and filters out impurities is controlled at all stages of production as the spirit passes through over 200 distillation stages. Russian Standard is then filtered four times through Russian Birch Charcoal. The vodka then rests for 48 hours in steel tanks where the liquid matures and the ingredients marry each other for perfect balance. Read more
Review: Mejor Blanco Tequila
Mejor Blanco Tequila is an ultra premium tequila that is made with 100% blue agave, grown on the family’s single estate. This tequila is micro distilled with each bottle dated with the batch and bottle number. Master distiller Marco Cedan Nunez perfected his talents as a Master Distiller with Don Julio before joining and creating the Mejor product line of tequila. Mejor invests up to 40 days on additional proprietary filtering and processing steps after distillation including smoothing the tequila through a natural oxygen filtration process. Read more
Review: Skyy Infusions Dragon Fruit Vodka
Skyy Infusions Dragon Fruit Vodka was introduced in 2011. It is one of 16 Infusion flavors in their current product line. Dragon Fruit is native to Mexico and it is the fruit of several cactus species. Skyy starts with Midwestern grown wheat that is quadruple distilled in Pekin Illinois and upon its arrival in San Jose the vodka is blended with water filtered though reverse osmosis and then triple filtered through California limestone. Natural dragon fruit flavor is infused before bottling at 70 proof. Read more