Review: Three Olives Citrus Vodka
Three Olives Citrus vodka was introduced September 2005. It is one of 28 flavors Three Olives creates with English winter wheat and water from Lake Vyrnmy in Wales. It is quadruple distilled and triple charcoal filtered. Natural lemon and lime flavor is infused in Lawrenceburg Indiana. Read more
Review: Hangar One Kaffir Lime Vodka
Hangar One Kaffir Lime vodka is one of four vodka flavors they make in small batches from a blend of pot distilled Viognier grapes and column distilled American wheat. The whole fruit and leaves of Kaffir lime trees are then macerated and infused. The Kaffir lime is native to Indonesia and it is easily identified by it’s bumpy skin. Read more
Review: Pinnacle Pomegranate Vodka
Pinnacle Pomegranate vodka was one of eight vodka flavors Pinnacle introduced in 2008. As far as years go, it wasn’t a successful year of flavor introductions for Pinnacle as five of the eight flavors are no longer produced. Pomegranate, Le Double Espresso, and Mango are the three remaining members of that class. It is one of over 40 flavors Pinnacle currently makes 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: Pearl Cucumber Vodka
Pearl Cucumber vodka was introduced in 2008. It is one of 18 flavored vodka’s they craft in micro batches in Alberta Canada with pure water from Canadian Rocky Mountain streams and soft Canadian winter wheat. It is distilled 5 times and filtered 6 times before natural flavors including cucumber are infused. Read more
Review: Stoli White Pomegranik Vodka
Stoli White Pomegranik vodka was introduced May 2010. It is the only White Pomegranate flavored vodka currently on the market today. The white pomegranate is native to Iraq, south of Baghdad. It differs from the more popular red pomegranate in that it has fewer tannins and is less tart. It is one of 17 vodka flavors Stoli crafts with wheat and pure artesian well water. It is triple distilled and filtered four times before natural white pomegranate flavor is infused. Read more
Review: Charbay Blood Orange Vodka
Charbay Blood Orange vodka is one of 6 flavored vodka’s the Karakasevic family crafts in Napa Valley with their unflavored vodka as a base. It is crafted with Midwest grown corn and rye. They use a 660 gallon still along with a proprietary distillation process and distill to 192 proof. Pure spring water that has been filtered to 3 PPM purity is used to reduce the proof. One batch of Blood Orange is made each year with whole blood oranges grown in Central California. They are crushed whole within the first three days of picking in February each year. The flavor and color extraction process takes six months. The extraction is then gently blended with the vodka and bottled at 80 proof. Read more
Review: St George California Citrus Vodka
St George California Citrus vodka was just introduced along with their All Purpose, and Green Chili flavored vodka. If the St. George name sounds familiar it is the same distillery that combined with Ansley Coale, the President of Germain-Robin, now Craft Distillers, to create Hangar One vodka in 2001. Hangar One was sold to Proximo April 2010, but they continued to craft the vodka at their distillery in Alameda California until the summer of 2014. Now after their four year non compete is over, St George is back in the vodka crafting business. Their California Citrus is made with Valencia Oranges, Seville Oranges, and Bergamot Oranges grown on the Lindcove family ranch in the San Joaquin Valley of California. Bergamot Oranges are native to Southern Italy where over 80% are grown. The Valencia, and Seville Oranges, and the peel from the Bergamot oranges are each infused separately with a non GMO base spirit. Each is then distilled separately and then blended together. After filtering it is bottled at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Pearl Pomegranate Vodka
Pearl Pomegranate vodka was the first pomegranate flavored vodka when it was introduced December 2005. It was originally called Pearl Persephone. It is one of 18 flavored vodka’s they craft in micro batches in Alberta Canada with pure water from Canadian Rocky Mountain streams and soft Canadian winter wheat. The vodka is distilled 5 times and filtered 6 times before natural flavors including pomegranate are infused. Read more
Review: Epic Cake Vodka
Epic Cake vodka is one of ten vodka flavors they create with vodka distilled in France. Epic was acquired by Sazerac, May 2012 from White Rock who after selling their Pinnacle Vodka and Calico Jack Rum line to Jim Beam, sold dozens of the remaining brands to Sazerac. While part of White Rock, I believe the vodka was distilled in Iowa and flavored in Lewiston Maine. Sazerac relaunched the brand February 2013, with vodka made with hand selected wheat from the Champagne region of France and triple distilled in the Cognac region of France. It is then flavored and bottled in the US. Read more
Review: Smirnoff Pomegranate Vodka
Smirnoff Pomegranate vodka was introduced April 2009. It is one of 35 flavors they create with their Recipe 21 vodka as a base. It is made with Midwest grown grain and it is triple distilled and filtered ten times. Natural flavors including pomegranate, citrus, apples, honey and Chinese osmanthus flower are infused before bottling at 70 proof. Osmanthus flower is a popular ingredient in Chinese tea and wine. Read more