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January 20, 2015

Review: Charbay Red Raspberry Vodka

by Jeff Ellingson

Charbay Red Raspberry - CopyCharbay Red Raspberry vodka is one of six vodka flavors the Karakasevic family creates in Napa Valley with their clear unflavored vodka made with Midwest grown corn and rye as a base.  They also create whiskey, tequila, rum, brandy and liqueurs.  They use a classic 660 gallon still along with a proprietary distillation process and distill to 192 proof.  Pure spring water that has been filtered to 3PPM purity is used to reduce to 80 proof.  One batch of Red Raspberry is made each year with whole fresh red raspberries from the Williamette Valley of Oregon.  After a 3 month extraction, the raspberry is blended with their vodka and bottled at 70 proof.The aroma is corn vodka with fresh raspberry.  The flavor enters with fresh raspberry with a hint of floral vegetation before building to a vanilla influenced tart raspberry peak.  It fades with subtle raspberry, a mild mouth warming, and vodka flavor on the semi dry finish.  If you are looking to be blown away with raspberry flavor this vodka is not for you.  This is a very natural raspberry flavored vodka that enhances their carefully crafted vodka instead of trying to bury the flavor with sugar sweetened raspberry.  Charbay Red Raspberry vodka is also not a vodka you will find at your favorite watering hole, but at nearly $40 per bottle it is a bargain compared to the $7 raspberry flavored cocktails you will find there.  While you can craft several tasty cocktails with this vodka, there are some things that are better left alone, or maybe served on the rocks.

Charbay Raspberry Cosmo

2 Oz. Charbay Red Raspberry

1 1/2 Oz. Fresh Lime Juice

1/2 Oz. Cointreau

1 Oz. Cranberry Juice

Several Fresh Raspberries
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Muddle Raspberries

Mix with ice and the other ingredients

Shake with ice and strain into a Chilled Martini glass

Made in Napa Valley

35% Alcohol

Grade 94  Award Gold Medal

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