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Posts tagged ‘flavored vodka’

4
Nov

Review: Square One Cucumber Vodka

Square One Cucumber vodka was introduced in 2008.  It is one of four cucumber flavored vodka’s that mysteriously arrived that year.  The others include Crop, Pearl, and Rain.  Since than others have followed including Effen, and Pinnacle.  Cucumber, is one of four varieties of vodka they create in Rigby Idaho.  The other flavors include Basil, Botanical, and their original unflavored.  It is made with organic rye grown in North Dakota, and pristine water from the Teton Mountains of Wyoming.  They use a four column distillation process and finish with a carbon filtration.  The essence of Organic cucumber is infused before bottling at 80 proof. Read more »

3
Nov

Review: Pearl Cherry Vodka

pearl cherry vodkaPearl Cherry vodka is one of 18 flavors St. Louis based Luxco creates under the Pearl label.  Pearl crafts their vodka in small batches using pure water from Canadian Rocky Mountain streams, and soft Canadian winter wheat.  It is distilled five times and filtered six times before natural flavors are infused. Read more »

31
Oct

Review: Absolut Mango Vodka

absolut mango - CopyAbsolut Mango vodka was introduced in the US market March 2009.  It had already been successfully launched in South America.  They had previously released Absolut New Orleans a mango with black pepper flavored vodka which was their first city themed vodka flavor August 2007.  It is one of twenty flavored vodka’s Absolut currently creates for the US market.  They start with Swedish Winter Wheat sourced from 450 local farms and pure deep well water from naturally filtered aquifers in Ahus Sweden.  A continuous distillation process is used before all natural ingredients including the essence of Alphonso Mango from India are infused.  No sugar is added before bottling at 80 proof. Read more »

27
Oct

Review: Sobieski Raspberry Vodka

sobieski raspberry vodka - CopySobieski Raspberry vodka was introduced October 2010 along with their Karamel, and Orange flavors.  It is one of twelve vodka flavors made in Stargard Odanski Poland by Sobieski for the US market.  If the brand name sounds familiar it might be their commercials with Bruce Willis.  Sobieski starts with Dankowski Rys and crystalline water from Oligocene Springs.  They use a continuous distillation process before natural flavors are added.  Sobieski is the number one selling vodka in Poland. Read more »

24
Oct

Review: Stoli Razberi Vodka

stoli razberi - CopyStoli Razberi vodka was the worlds first raspberry flavored vodka when it was introduced in 1996.  It is currently Stoli’s best selling flavored vodka, and one of the worlds top selling flavored vodka’s.  It is one of 17 vodka flavors currently created by Stoli in Latvia with wheat and pure Artisian well water.  It is triple distilled before the heads and oily tails are removed, leaving only the heart of the vodka.  Natural raspberry flavor is infused and it is filtered four times.  First through quartz sand and finally through charcoal from Russian birch, before it is bottled at 70 proof. Read more »

19
Oct

Review: Pinnacle Raspberry Vodka

pinnacle raspberry - CopyPinnacle Raspberry vodka was one of the first six flavored vodkas Pinnacle launched in 2005.  Their parent Beam Suntory now creates over 40 flavors under the Pinnacle label.  It is made with pure French spring water and wheat.  It is distilled 5 times before it is shipped to Frankfort Kentucky where all natural flavors are added before bottling at 70 proof. Read more »

15
Oct

Review: Wave Whipped Cream Vodka

Wave whipped cream vodka - CopyWave Whipped Cream vodka was one of six vodka flavors Sazerac launched the Wave vodka line with in 2011.  They currently offer 14 flavors including their unflavored original.  It is distilled with corn and artificial whipped cream flavor is added before it is bottled in Louisville at 60 proof. Read more »

14
Oct

Review: Malibu Passion Fruit Rum

Malibu Passion Fruit rum - CopyMalibu Passion Fruit rum was introduced April 2005.  It is one of 13 flavored rums made with triple distilled rum from the West Indies Distillery in Barbados.  Natural passion fruit flavor is added in Canada where it is bottled at 42 proof.  Passion fruit is native to Brazil and Argentina and is round to oval in shape with a deep purple color when ripe. Read more »

13
Oct

Review: Smirnoff Cherry Vodka

smirnoff cherry - CopySmirnoff Cherry vodka was originally introduced as Black Cherry Twist.  While they changed the name they kept the same recipe.  It is one of 42 flavors they currently create with their Recipe 21 vodka as a base.  Recipe 21 is made with premium grain which is triple distilled and filtered ten times.  Natural cherry flavor is then added. Read more »

11
Oct

Review: Grey Goose L’Orange Vodka

Grey gosse l'orange vodka - CopyGrey Goose L’Orange vodka was introduced in 2000.  It was the first flavored vodka they created.  They now craft five flavors to complement their original.  It is made in France with Ble Panifiable Superieur wheat grown in the Picardy region of France, and pristine spring water that has been naturally filtered through Champaign limestone from the Cognac region of France.  It is distilled using a five column  distillation process.  Spring water filtered through double reverse osmosis is blended with the vodka before it is filtered through cellulose and carbon.  Florida grown oranges are delivered to a French parfumerie where the flavors and aromas are extracted.  These essential oils are then blended with their original vodka.  Every liter of L’Orange contains the natural essence of 1 kilogram of fresh oranges. Read more »