Review: Three Olives Pomegranate Vodka
Three Olives Pomegranate vodka was introduced July 2006. It is one of 28 flavors Three Olives currently crafts with English winter wheat and water from Lake Vyrnmy in Wales. It is quadruple distilled and triple charcoal filtered. Natural Pomegranate flavor is infused before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Smirnoff Mango Vodka
Smirnoff Mango vodka was introduced with their Peach flavor July 2010. It is one of 35 flavors they currently create with their Recipe 21 Vodka as a base. It is made with Midwest grown grain in Plainfield Illinois where it is triple distilled and filtered ten times. Natural flavors are added before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Pinnacle Kiwi Strawberry Vodka
Pinnacle Kiwi Strawberry vodka was one of Pinnacle’s first flavored vodka’s when it was introduced in 2005. They currently produce 45 vodka varieties. It is made with French grown wheat that is distilled five times. Pure French spring water is added before it is shipped to Frankfort Kentucky where natural flavors are added. Read more
Review: Crown Valley Blackberry Vodka
Crown Valley Blackberry Vodka was introduced in 2013. It is one of four vodkas crafted in small batches from grapes grown on their estate. The other flavors include Pink Lemonade, Pumpkin Cheesecake, and their original unflavored. The vodka is distilled in a custom stainless steel still, and cold filtered. Blackberry juice from blackberries also grown on their estate is then blended with the vodka before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Skyy Barcraft White Sangria Vodka
Skyy Barcraft White Sangria vodka is one of three new vodka’s just released by Skyy under their new Barcraft label. The other two flavors are Margarita Lime, and Watermelon Fresca. Depending on the market you live in this is either the first or second Sangria flavored vodka. UV also just released a Sangria flavored vodka. It is safe to say it is the first White Sangria flavored vodka. The Barcraft line of vodka’s are designed to be mixed with a single ingredient to create bar quality cocktails at home. It is made with grain distilled in four column stills in Pekin Illinois and triple filtered through California limestone. It is blended with water filtered through reverse osmosis in San Jose California before natural flavors are added. Read more
Review: Shady Fruit Real Valencia Orange Vodka
Shady Fruit Real Valencia Orange vodka is one of two new vodka flavors introduced under the Shady Fruit label. The other flavor is Real Ruby Red Grapefruit. Valencia oranges are named after Valencia Spain, but they were first hybridized by William Wolfskill in Santa Ana California. They are primarily used to create orange juice which makes it a perfect partner to mix with vodka. Their vodka base is gluten free and it is triple column distilled and filtered ten times. Real fruit juice from concentrate, and no corn syrup are added before bottling at 60 proof. Read more
Review: UV Sangria Vodka
UV Sangria vodka was just introduced, and it answers the question, what do you do when you run out of vodka flavors? You make a vodka that tastes like wine with fruit flavors added. It is one of 22 vodka varieties UV creates with Midwest grown yellow corn and purified water from deep aquifers in Princeton Minnesota. It is distilled four times and then filtered with activated carbon. Natural flavors are blended before bottling at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Shady Fruit Real Ruby Red Grapefruit Vodka
Shady Fruit Real Ruby Red Grapefruit vodka is one of two new vodka flavors introduced by Diageo under their new, Shady Fruit label. The other flavor is Valencia Orange. It is made with vodka that is triple column distilled and ten times filtered. Unlike Smirnoff which is also triple distilled and filtered ten times, Shady Fruit vodka is gluten free. Real fruit juice from concentrate, and no corn syrup, are added before bottling at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Skyy Barcraft Watermelon Fresca Vodka
Skyy Barcraft Watermelon Fresca is one of three new flavored vodka’s just released by Skyy under their new Barcraft line. The other two flavors are Margarita Lime, and White Sangria. The Barcraft line of vodka’s are designed to be mixed with a single ingredient to create bar quality cocktails at home. It is made with grain distilled in four column stills in Pekin Illinois, and triple filtered through California limestone. It is then delivered by railcar to San Jose California where it is blended with water filtered through reverse osmosis. Natural flavors are added before bottling at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Finlandia Lime Vodka
Finlandia Lime vodka was introduced in 1999. It is one of ten flavored vodka’s they craft 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 lime flavor is infused before bottling at 70 proof. Read more