Review: Western Son High Plains Raspberry Vodka
Western Son High Plains Raspberry vodka was just released. It joins a flavored vodka lineup that includes Peach, Cucumber, Lime, Blueberry, Watermelon, Prickly Pear, and Grapefruit. They also produce Western Son Original unflavored vodka. The Western Son brand was launched in 2011. The distillery is located in the former Old Panty Factory in Pilot Point Texas. Each flavor starts with their original unflavored vodka made from a mash of Midwest and Texas Yellow corn. Once the corn is milled water sourced from a local aquifer further filtered through reverse osmosis is added to the mash. After fermenting, the vodka is distilled ten times. First in a copper pot still. The spirit is then distilled in a 20 foot column still containing 13 perforated copper plates. The vodka is quadruple filtered before natural flavors are blended with the original vodka base. Read more 
Review: Boardroom Fresh Citrus Vodka
We recently picked up a bottle of Boardroom Fresh Citrus Vodka for review. We had heard good things about the vodka and after sampling ourselves, we liked it so much we awarded a gold medal. Since then Boardroom Distillery has informed us they have updated their Citrus Vodka and it is now made from a 100% non GMO corn vodka base. The previous version was made from a vodka base made from wheat. The current Boardroom Fresh Citrus was released near the end of 2017. They were kind enough to send us a bottle and provide some additional details on how they craft their citrus vodka. The vodka base is distilled in a Hagyo custom built 530 gallon still. It is then infused with real lemon, lime, and orange. It is a combination of dried and fresh citrus zest. The dried citrus provides greater flavor, while the fresh is more aromatic. No artificial flavors, color, sugar, or preservatives are added before bottling at 60 proof. Read more
Review: New Amsterdam Pink Whitney Vodka
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ew Amsterdam Pink Whitney Vodka will be released in September. I was lucky enough to get my hands on a bottle a little early. New Amsterdam Vodka has teamed with Barstool Sports to launch Pink Whitney Vodka. The pink lemonade flavored vodka was inspired by an original drink creation from Ryan Whitney, former NHL player and host of the Barstool Sports Podcast, “Spittin Chiclets”. New Amsterdam is the Official Vodka of the National Hockey League. The New Amsterdam brand was launched in 2011, and by 2017 sales had grown to 5.2 million cases annually and it was the third best selling vodka brand in the US. Pink Whitney starts with the Original New Amsterdam Vodka base made from the finest grains, distilled five times, and filtered three times. Lemonade flavors and certified colors are blended before bottling at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Door County Distillery Cherry Vodka
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oor County Distillery Cherry Vodka is made in Carlsville Wisconsin. The distillery opened in 2011 as an off-shoot of Door Peninsula Winery. Bob and Noreen Pollman purchased the winery in 1986 and have since grown the winery to become the second largest winery in Wisconsin. The distillery also makes several brandy’s, gin, whiskey, and four vodka’s. DCD Cherry starts with a vodka base made from 97% grain and 3% grape. It is distilled with fresh fruit and local botanicals in a copper column still that’s specifically designed to lightly heat and capture cherry aromatics. Pure limestone infused waters from Door Peninsula are blended to reduce to proof. Read more
Review: Wild Roots Dark Sweet Cherry Vodka
Wild Roots Dark Sweet Cherry Vodka was introduced in 2016. It is one of eight real fruit infused vodka’s crafted in Sisters Oregon with over one pound of real fruit per bottle. The other flavors include raspberry, marionberry, huckleberry, peach, pear, apple and cinnamon, and cranberry. Wild Roots also produces two gins, and an unflavored vodka. Wild Roots Dark Sweet Cherry is distilled six times from corn and filtered 100 times through a lava rock filtration system. Pure Cascade Mountain spring water is blended with the spirit to reduce to proof. Over one pound of dark sweet cherries are infused. No added flavors, sugar, or color are added before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Sandcastle Citrus Vodka
Sandcastle Citrus Vodka is made in Cape May New Jersey from their Sandcastle Vodka base, which is distilled from potatoes. The Cape May Distillery also crafts 6 rums, a bourbon, a rye, and a gin. The vodka is small batch distilled. Real orange, lemon, and lime are infused with the vodka base before bottling on site at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Boardroom Spirits Fresh Citrus Vodka
Boardroom Spirits Fresh Citrus Vodka was launched November 2016. It is made from an organic wheat based vodka. The vodka base is distilled in a custom crafted 120 gallon copper three plate column still produced by Hagyo Distilling in Hungary. Real fresh lemon, lime, and orange peel is infused. No artificial flavors, color, sugar, or preservatives are added. The ingredient list reads: organic wheat vodka, real citrus peel, water. It is hand bottled at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Manifest Citrus Vodka
Manifest Citrus Vodka is the result of a mistake. While experimenting with the production of their gin they created individual botanical distillations, some of which were different types of citrus peels. During a fractional blending, different citrus distillates were mixed. The tasty result was the light bulb moment for Manifest Citrus Vodka. Manifest Citrus starts with a high proof potato neutral spirit made from non GMO Russet potatoes sourced from a craft distillery in Idaho. Valencia and Parson Brown oranges, Meyer Lemon and Pink Grapefruit sourced from C&S Groves in San Mateo Florida are washed, cut and pressed to remove the juice. The fruit is then macerated for two days and redistilled with the high proof distillate in a pot still. Deionized water is blended to reduce to proof. I am reviewing bottle 1204 from batch 2 Read more
Review: Absolut Juice Apple Edition
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bsolut Juice Apple Edition was recently released along with the previously reviewed Strawberry Edition. Both are real fruit juice infused vodka’s. After years of ridiculous flavored vodka, the industry is focused on three flavoring trends. Zero Sugar, Real Fruit, and Real Fruit Juice Infused. Absolut Apple starts with the Original Absolut vodka base, which is made from Swedish winter wheat sourced from 450 local farms. Once the spirit is distilled, it is filtered through a mesh filter, and reduced to proof with pure deep well water. 5% real apple juice and natural flavors are infused with the vodka base before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Old Dominick Honeybell Citrus Vodka
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Dominick Honeybell Citrus Vodka is distilled in Memphis by Alex Castle, the first female distiller in Tennessee. Honeybell citrus is also known as Minneola Tangelo, and is a cross between a Duncan Grapefruit, and Darcy Mandarin. The brand is named for Domenico Canale whose image appears on the back of each bottle. Domenico was born in Italy. At 16 he sailed to America in 1859, and worked for his uncle running a fruit cart up and down the streets of Memphis. In 1866 he established D. Canale & Co, a food wholesaler. In 1880 he developed The Dominick Toddy, A bourbon based cordial. In 1919 Dominick died and three days later Prohibition was ratified ending the brands 39 year run. In 2013 Chris and Alex Canale discovered an unopened bottle of Old Dominick Toddy and they decided to recreate the spirit brand their great, great, grandfather launched. In 2016 their distillery opened in an old warehouse where they spent $10 million converting. The Honeybell Citrus vodka base is made from corn and pristine water sourced from the Memphis sand aquifer. The spirit is double distilled. First in a 250 gallon pot still and then in a column still. The vodka is filtered for clarity. A natural extract and no sugar are infused with the vodka base before bottling at 80 proof. Read more