Review: Three Olives Berry Vodka
Three Olives Berry vodka was introduced in 2006. It is one of 28 vodka flavors Three-O creates with vodka distilled in England and made from English winter wheat and water from Lake Vyrnmy. It is quadruple distilled and triple filtered through charcoal. Natural berry flavors are added in Lawrenceburg Indiana where it is bottled at 35% alcohol. While no mention of what berry flavors are included the strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and what appears to be blackberries pictured on the bottle may be a clue. Read more
Review: Pinnacle Blackberry Vodka
Pinnacle Blackberry vodka was introduced in 2012 and it is one of over 40 vodka flavors Beam Suntory creates under their Pinnacle label. It is made with pure French spring water and wheat and it is distilled five times before it is shipped to Frankfort Kentucky. Once there it is naturally flavored and bottled at 35% alcohol. Pinnacle was not the first to create a blackberry flavored vodka, but with Blakberi no longer appearing on the Stoli web site your only other blackberry flavored vodka option is Seagram’s. Read more
Review: Pinnacle Blueberry Vodka
Pinnacle Blueberry vodka was introduced in 2006. It was the eighth of now over 40 flavors made by Pinnacle with pure French spring water and wheat. It is distilled five times in France before it is shipped to Frankfort Kentucky where it is naturally flavored and bottled at 35% Alcohol. Read more
Review: Stoli Vanil Vodka
Stoli Vanil vodka was introduced in 1996. It was the worlds first vanilla flavored vodka and it is one of 17 vodka flavors currently created by Stoli in Latvia with wheat and pure artisian well water. It is triple distilled and filtered four times before natural Madagascan and Indonesian vanilla bean flavor is added. Read more
Review: Smirnoff Blueberry Vodka
Smirnoff Blueberry vodka was introduced June 2007. 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. Natural blueberry flavor is then added. Blueberry is one of only three native American fruits, the other two are cranberry and Concord grapes. After strawberries, blueberries are the most consumed berry in the US. Read more
Review: Hangar One Maine Wild Blueberry Vodka
Hangar One Maine Wild Blueberry vodka was introduced October 2011. Hangar One is named after the World War II era hangar at the old Alameda Naval Air Station where they first created Hangar One vodka in 2002. It is one of five vodka flavors they make in small batches from a blend of pot distilled Viognier grapes and Column still distilled American wheat. The fresh juice from fresh Maine wild blueberries is blended with the vodka. Wild blueberries are smaller but sweeter than regular blueberries. Read more
Review: Ketel One Oranje Vodka
Ketel One Oranje vodka was introduced in 2010. The Nolet family has been distilling vodka for ten generations at their distillery in Schiedam Holland. The original Ketel One vodka was introduced in 1983 and it is made with Select European wheat. They start with a column distillation process with a portion redistilled in small batches in copper pot stills. During this process the heads and tails are discarded keeping only the heart of each distillate. It is then blended with the column distilled vodka and water before charcoal filtering. The vodka then rests in tile lined tanks until it is ready. The flavors and essential oils from Italian Mandarin Oranges and Valencia oranges are extracted and refined at a flavoring house in France. This flavor is then shipped to the distillery where it is slowly infused with the vodka before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Skyy Moscato Grape Vodka
Skyy Moscato Grape vodka was introduced March 2013. Moscato has been the fastest growing grape varietal wine in the US. With several fruit flavored Moscato wines including watermelon and peach already available it was only a matter of time before someone combined their vodka with Moscato grape. Skyy was the first, and 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 Moscato grape flavor. Read more
Review: Island 808 Pineapple Vodka
Island 808 Pineapple vodka is one of six Island 808 flavors made with Hawaiian pineapple and triple distilled in Maui Hawaii by the Haliimaile Distilling Company. 808 is the area code for Hawaii. It is the blended and flavored with Hawaiian pineapple and bottled at 30% alcohol in Mira Loma California. Read more
Review: Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka
Firefly Sweet Tea vodka was created in a small still on Wadmalow Island South Carolina, 30 miles south of Charleston. It was introduced in 2008 and it was the worlds first hand crafted sweet tea flavored vodka. To keep up with demand Firefly is now produced and bottled at the Buffalo Trace distillery in Frankfort Kentucky using the same recipe. It is made with vodka that is made with Carolina grown Muscadine grapes and it is distilled four times and infused with tea grown on a plantation five miles from the distillery. Real Louisiana sugar cane is blended before bottling at 35% alcohol. Read more