Review: Smirnoff Sours Green Apple Vodka
Smirnoff Sours Green Apple vodka was just launched as one of three flavors in their new Sours line of vodka. The other two flavors are Watermelon and Fruit Punch. Smirnoff is not the first brand to create a line of sour vodka. Beam Suntory introduced their Pucker brand of vodka April 2011, and the line now includes 7 flavors. Smirnoff Sours Green Apple starts with their Recipe 21 vodka as a base. It is made with premium grain which is triple distilled and filtered ten times before natural flavors and certified colors are added. Read more
Review: Little Black Dress Black Cherry Vanilla Vodka
Little Black Dress Black Cherry Vanilla vodka was introduced January 2012. It is one of three flavored vodka’s created by a team of women in Louisville Kentucky for women. They also distill an unflavored vodka. The vodka is triple distilled and flavored with natural ingredients before it is bottled with 90 calories per 1 1/2 Oz. serving at 65 proof. Read more
Review: Skyy Infusions Cherry Vodka
Skyy Infusions Cherry vodka is one of 9 vodka flavors Skyy introduced in 2008 when they launched their Infusions line. It is one of 13 flavored vodkas they currently offer. They start with Midwest grown wheat that is distilled in Pekin Illinois. It is then transported to San Jose California where water filtered through reverse osmosis is added. They triple distill and filter through California limestone before infusing with natural cherry flavor. Read more
Review: UV Salty Caramel Apple Vodka
UV Salty Caramel Apple vodka was just released in limited quantities. It is one of the seasonal flavors they offer in addition to their 21 year round vodka’s. They create their vodka with Midwest grown yellow corn and purified water from deep aquifers in Princeton Minnesota. It is distilled four times, then filtered with activated carbon before natural flavors are added. Read more
Review: Rokk Raspberry Vodka
Rokk Raspberry vodka was launched in 2010 by Diageo. It is one of 4 flavored along with an unflavored vodka in the Rokk product line. The packaging design from bottle to cap are very similar to the Svedka design at the time this product was released. Svedka has since redesigned their bottle. Rokk is made in Sweden with European wheat and pure glacial spring water. It is distilled 4 times before it is freeze filtered through charcoal. Natural raspberry flavor is added before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Pinnacle Cherry Vodka
Pinnacle Cherry vodka was one of the first six vodka flavors they introduced in 2005. It is 1 of over 40 vodka flavors Beam Suntory creates 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 natural cherry flavor is added before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Vox Raspberry Vodka
Vox Raspberry Vodka was introduced in 2003. It is one of three Vox vodka flavors made in the Netherlands at a distillery with a 400 year history of distilling vodka. The other two flavors are Green Apple and their original unflavored. It is made with wheat and it is distilled 5 times before a neutral micron cellulose filtration that filters the impurities without affecting the aroma or flavor. Natural raspberry flavor is added before bottling in their signature Austrian made glass bottle at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Three Olives Cherry Vodka
Three Olives Cherry vodka was introduced with their Grape vodka in 2001. They were the first flavored vodkas Three-O created, and the industries first cherry and grape flavored vodkas. They now make 28 different flavors. Three-O is distilled in England, but currently not available for sale in the UK. It is distilled with English wheat and water from Lake Vyrnmy in Wales at the G&J Greenalls distillery. The vodka is quadruple distilled and triple charcoal filtered before natural cherry flavor is added in Lawrenceburg Indiana where it is bottled at 35% Alcohol. Read more
Review: 44 North Sunnyslope Nectarine Vodka
44 North Sunnyslope Nectarine vodka is one of 4 vodka varieties made with 100% Idaho Burbank and Russet potatoes and Rocky Mountain spring water from the Snake river aquifer in Idaho under the 44 North label. They also create a wheat vodka. They use a five column multi plate copper still distillation process. Natural Sunnyslope nectarine flavor, named after the Sunnyslope region of Idaho where they are grown is then infused. While 44 North is the first nectarine flavored vodka, a nectarine is essentially a smaller and slightly sweeter peach without the fuzz. Read more
Review: Smirnoff Pear Vodka
Smirnoff Pear vodka was introduced in 2010. It is one of 39 flavors they create with their Recipe 21 vodka as the base. Recipe 21 is made with premium grain which is triple distilled and filtered 10 times before natural pear flavor is added. While there are not many vodka distillers creating a pear flavored vodka, it is curious that three of the best known and best selling brands, Smirnoff, Grey Goose, and Absolut all do. Read more