Review: Cold River Blueberry Vodka
Cold River Blueberry Vodka is crafted at Maine Distilleries in Freeport Maine. They start with their whole potato vodka base. Many distilleries use potato starch to create their potato vodka. The Yukon Gold, Russet, and White Potatoes used are grown at Green Thumb Farms which is owned by Donnie Thibodeau a Founder/Partner of Maine Distilleries. The potatoes are steamed and cooked in filtered water and fermented with yeast. A triple distillation in a 1000 liter copper pot still follows. Wyman Maine blueberries are steeped for days in alcohol. The alcohol is filtered out before pure filtered water from the Cold River aquifer and 1% sugar are blended with the blueberry and vodka base. Some flavored vodkas add 12%-14% sugar. Each bottle is hand filled at 80 proof and numbered. This is a true ground to glass experience. Read more
Review: Western Son Piney Woods Blueberry Vodka
Western Son Piney Woods Blueberry Vodka was released July 2014. It is one of six handcrafted flavor infused vodka flavors they produce in Pilot Point Texas. While you may not have heard of this brand, they have sold nearly 200,000 bottles of vodka in a short period of time. Western Son Blueberry starts with a vodka base made from American yellow corn and water filtered through reverse osmosis. After 10 distillations through a 20 foot column still, the vodka is quadruple filtered. Natural Blueberry essence from blueberry grown in the Piney Woods region of Texas are blended with the original vodka base before bottling at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Triple Eight Blueberry Vodka
Triple Eight Blueberry Vodka was introduced in 2003. It is one of four flavored vodkas crafted at the Triple Eight Distillery on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. They also make an unflavored vodka, rum, bourbon, gin, and several liqueurs. Triple Eight is named for their water, sourced from well number 888. The vodka base is made from organic wheat grown in Italy and triple distilled in a pot still. Pure sand filtered water from a deep island aquifer, well number 888, is blended to reduce to proof. Wild low bush blueberries grown in Maine are infused before bottling at 68 proof. Read more