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Posts tagged ‘flavored vodka’

3
Aug

Review: Pravda Peach Vodka

pravda peach - CopyPravda Peach vodka is one of seven vodka flavors Pravda creates in Poland starting with their unflavored vodka as a base.  Pravda has been distilling vodka since 1743 in Southern Poland.  Their production facilities are in the Carpathian Mountain District of Bielsko-Biala.  It is made in small batches with pristine ice cold Carpathian Mountain spring water and local late harvest sweet rye.  They use a five step continuous distillation process that includes two extra high column stills.  This is followed by an extra distillation in a copper still to soften the taste.  It is then filtered with charcoal made from French Birchwood.  Then a cold stabilization process where the vodka passes through ultra technical filters under high pressure is used.  Natural peach flavor is added before bottling at 37.5% alcohol. Read more »

31
Jul

Review: Pinnacle Atomic Hot Vodka

Pinnacle atomic hot - CopyPinnacle Atomic Hot vodka was introduced in 2011 and it was originally named Atomic Hots.  This was about the same time Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey started building a following, and before Peligroso and Jose Cuevo introduced their cinnamon flavored tequilas.  It was created to taste like the Atomic Fireballs from our youth.  I was more of a Hot Tamale guy myself but I did like them better than Red Hots.  Atomic Hot is one of 40 flavors made by Pinnacle with pure French spring water and wheat.  It is distilled five times before it is shipped to Frankfort Kentucky where it is naturally flavored and bottled at 35% alcohol.  Read more »

29
Jul

Review: Kru 82 Pistachio Vodka

kru 82 pistachio - CopyKru 82 Pistachio vodka is the newest of five vodka flavors Western Spirits has introduced since it launched the Original Kru 82 vodka in 2010.  With a Hazelnut flavored vodka, Crater Lakes Hazelnut Expresso, and two pecan flavored vodka’s, Pinnacle’s Pecan Pie, and Cathead’s Pecan already on the market, it was only a matter of time before somone introduced a pistachio flavor.  The vodka starts with French Winter wheat and extra pure spring water.  It is distilled 5 times in France before natural flavors are added in Bowling Green Kentucky where it is also bottled. Read more »

27
Jul

Review: Deep Eddy Sweet Tea Vodka

deep eddy sweet tea - CopyDeep Eddy Sweet Tea vodka was introduced in 2010.  It is the vodka that launched the company.  It is made at the Savvy distillery in Austin Texas.  The company is the result of a partnership between the creator and owner of Savvy Vodka, Chad Auler who launched Savvy in 2006, and the creator of Sweet Leaf Tea Beverages, Clayton Christopher.  Clayton started Sweet Leaf Tea in 1998 in Beaumont Texas using $10,000 and his Grandmothers recipe for home brewed iced tea.  The company was acquired by Nestle in 2011 for millions of dollars.  Deep Eddy Sweet Tea starts with sweet corn and spring water from deep aquifers in Texas Hill Country.  It is column distilled ten times in a 20 foot column still before it is slowly filtered six times over charcoal.  Local clover honey and pure cane sugar is added and Black Indonisian Tea Leaves are infused before bottling at 70 proof. Read more »

26
Jul

Review: Sobieski Lemon Meringue Vodka

sobieski lemon - CopySobieski Lemon Meringue vodka was introduced with their Toasted Coconut and Black Cherry flavors February 2012.  It is one of twelve vodka flavors made in Stargard Odanski Poland by Sobieski for the US market.  They start with Dankowski Rye and crystalline water from Oligocene Springs.  It is continuously distilled before natural flavors are added.  Sobieski is the number one selling vodka in Poland. Read more »

25
Jul

Review: Kru 82 Peach Mango Vodka

kru82 peach mango - CopyKru 82 Peach Mango vodka combines the worlds most popular fruit, mango with the third most popular fruit in the US, peach.  It is one of five vodka flavors Western Spirits has introduced since it launched the original Kru 82 vodka in 2010.  The 82 in the name refers to the 82 proof their original vodka is bottled at.  Most unflavored vodkas are sold at 80 proof.  The Kru 82 flavored line is bottled at 72 proof while most flavored vodkas are made at 70 proof.  The vodka starts with French winter wheat and extra pure spring water.  It is distilled 5 times in France before being flavored and bottled by Three Springs Bottling Company in Bowling Green Kentucky. Read more »

22
Jul

Review: Smirnoff Cranberry Vodka

smirnoff cranberry - CopySmirnoff Cranberry vodka was introduced in 2003.  It was originally called Twist of Cranberry.  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 ten times.  Smirnoff Cranberry adds natural cranberry flavor.  Natural cranberry is tart but not sweet so to offset the tartness cranberry juice is filled with added sugar.  To offset the tartness of cranberry, several distillers have added a second much sweeter fruit to their cranberry flavored vodkas.  Smirnoff Cranberry does not add a secondary fruit flavor. Read more »

21
Jul

Review: Grey Goose La Poire Vodka

Grey goose la poire - CopyGrey Goose La Poire vodka was introduced February 2007.  It is one of five flavored vodkas Grey Goose has created to compliment their original Grey Goose.  It is made in France with soft winter wheat grown in the Picardy region of France, and pristine spiring water that has been naturally filtered through Champaign limestone from the Cognac region in France.  It is distilled using a five column distillation process.  Spring water filtered through a double reverse osmosis is blended with the vodka before it is filtered through cellulose and carbon.  Anjou pears grown in the Anjou region of France are delivered to a parfumerie where the flavors and aromas are extracted.  These essential oils are then blended with their original vodka. Read more »

18
Jul

Review: Van Gogh Acai Blueberry Vodka

van gogh acai blueberry vodka - CopyVan Gogh Acai Blueberry vodka was introduced in 2007.  It is one of 21 flavored vodkas they currently create in Holland where they also make their Original and Blue Three Wheat vodkas.  Acai Blueberry starts with a mix of wheat, corn, and barley and they triple distill in small batches.  Natural Acai juice from the Brazilian rainforest and blueberry are then infused using a six week double infusion process before certified red and blue color is added. Read more »

17
Jul

Review: Absolut Cherrykran Vodka

absolut cherrykran - CopyAbsolut Cherrykran vodka was introduced May 2012.  It is one of twenty flavored vodkas Absolut creates in Ahus Sweden for the US market.  Cherrykran is made with Swedish winter wheat and pure deep well water.  A continuous distillation process is used before all natural sun-ripe cherries, fresh white cranberry and sweet plum flavor is added.  White cranberries are the same berry as the red cranberry, they are just picked a few weeks early.  They are less tart and have not turned red yet.  No sugar or preservatives are added before bottling at 80 proof.  Read more »