Review: High Noon Original Vodka
High Noon Original Vodka is one of three vodka’s produced for E&J Gallo by the Holladay Distillery, the makers of 360 Vodka in Weston Missouri. High Noon Ruby Red Grapefruit and High Noon Lemon are the other two varieties. All three are currently only available in Madison Wisconsin, Denver Colorado, and Charleston South Carolina. Production details are limited, but High Noon is made from Midwest grown corn. For the record, E&J Gallo has a very successful history of building new spirit brands including New Amsterdam Vodka, and Gin, Camarena Tequila, Shellback Rum, and Rum Haven Coconut Rum. Read more 
Review: Stolichnaya Elit Vodka
Stolichnaya Elit Vodka was the worlds first ultra premium vodka when it was released in 2003. Elit is crafted from winter wheat, summer wheat, and rye all grown on the Rapuga Farm in Tambov Russia which is owned by Stoli. The breakdown is about 97% wheat, 3% rye. Elit is distilled three times and blended with pure Balzams Artesian water. The vodka is then freeze filtered at 0 degrees in a silver filter where all the impurities freeze against the filters wall, leaving a very cold and pure 80 proof vodka to be bottled in their distinctive bottle. Read more
Review: St George All Purpose Vodka
St George All Purpose Vodka is one of three vodkas introduced by the St George Distillery in March 2016. The other flavors include California Citrus and Green Chili. The St George Distillery is best known for creating Hangar One Vodka. After selling H-1 to Proximo, and waiting out a non compete agreement, distillers Lance Winter and Dave Smith crafted their latest take on vodka. All Purpose Vodka is based on the pear brandy Jorg Rupf launched the company with in 1982. The Pear Brandy is distilled from Bartlett pears to 95.1 ABV. The resulting distillate is blended with a non-gmo base spirit made from American grain. The vodka is then filtered before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Idol Vodka
Idol Vodka is produced by Boisset La Famille des Grands Vins, the third largest wine group in France. Idol is made with hand picked sustainably farmed Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes from the Burgundy region of France. The grapes are slow distilled 7 times with the pristine waters of the Cote d Or, and then filtered 5 times. Read more
Review: Oyo Honey Vanilla Bean Vodka
Oyo Honey Vanilla Bean Vodka is one of two seasonal vodkas crafted at the Middle West Distillery in Columbus Ohio at a former auto service garage. The other flavor is Stone Fruit. Both are made from a vodka base made from 100% soft red winter wheat, sourced from farms within an 80 mile radius of the distillery. The wheat is milled down, and the bran is removed at one local mill to ensure consistency. Water, yeast, and the wheat grain is warmed and fermented for 4 days. It is distilled in a custom built German Kothe combination pot and double column still. The vodka base is infused with local wildflower honey, and fair trade vanilla beans from Uganda. Oyo Honey Vanilla Bean Vodka is then hand bottled, corked, and dipped in wax. Brady Konya and Ryan Lang founded Middle West Spirits in 2008 and opened for production in 2008. OYO, pronounced O why O, is named for the state it is produced in. Read more
Review: Black Dot Vodka
Black Dot Vodka is crafted at the Yahara Bay Distillery in Madison Wisconsin. They also make Black Dot Gin, Whiskey, and Rum. Their vodka is now made with just three ingredients Corn, yeast, and water. It was previously distilled with a blend of 90% corn and 10% Montmorenci Cherries. Black Dot is distilled in a 90 gallon copper pot still and then chill filtered. Read more
Review: Elk Rider Vodka
Elk Rider Vodka is one of five unflavored vodka’s crafted at the Heritage Distillery in Gig Harbor Washington. The other unflavored vodka’s include Elk Rider Wheat Vodka, Triple Distilled, Batch 12, and Char Barrel Finished Vodka. They also produce 23 flavored vodka’s. Elk Rider is named for their early family members who broke wild elk, and actually rode them. Elk Rider Vodka is made with corn grown in Eastern Washington and distilled in their 2000 liter Italian made still. The Heritage Distillery has a field to flask approach. Their dozens of spirits are crafted with grains or grapes, product specific, locally sourced, and bottled at the distillery. Read more
Review: IngeniOz Vodka
IngeniOz Vodka was launched August 2014. It is distilled and bottled at the Dehner Distillery in Clive Iowa. Johannes Van Leeuwen developed a process at Iowa State University for creating a vodka with 0 impurities. The process uses ozone to oxidize unwanted substances in the vodka that are then removed with activated carbon and nano noble metal filtration. As a comparison Smirnoff was measured to have 8 impurities, Absolut 16, and Grey Goose 14. IngeniOz vodka is made with Iowa grown corn and it is small batch distilled. Read more
Review: Valentine Vodka
Valentine Vodka was launched March 2009. It is crafted by founder and distiller Rifino Valentine who after graduating from Cornell, spent 11 years on Wall Street as an independent trader. He than returned home to Michigan to open the first micro distillery in Detroit since prohibition. Valentine Vodka is crafted with a blend of 50% corn, 25% Red Michigan wheat, and 25% barley, all locally sourced. This is the same 3 grain mix Van Gogh selected to craft their original unflavored vodka, and continues to use as a base for their flavored vodka. Dragon Bleu Vodka is made with barley, wheat, and rye. Ultimat Vodka is made with potato, wheat, and rye. Valentine Vodka is small batch distilled in a 225 gallon Christian Carl still with two 35 foot columns, housing 42 trays. It is then slow filtered for 24 hours in a double false bottom 50 gallon drum through a proprietary activated carbon system made from coconut shells. A one week aeration to oxidate, esterficate and create long-chain-molecule flavor compounds follows. Water filtered through reverse osmosis is blended to reduce to proof before the vodka is hand bottled. Read more
Review: Jewel of Russia Classic Vodka
Jewel of Russia Classic Vodka is one of four vodka varieties in the Jewel of Russia product line. They also make the premium Jewel of Russia Ultra, and two flavored vodkas, Berry Infusion and Wild Bilberry Infusion. Jewel of Russia Classic is crafted with hard winter wheat, rye, and pure deep well artesian water. The vodka is quadruple distilled in tall column stills and slow filtered five times through paper, sand, and finally through charcoal made from the stones of peaches and apricots. Read more