Review: Persian Reed Vodka
Persian Reed Vodka is crafted by Stillwagon Distillery in Coos Bay Oregon with molasses and sugar from sugar cane grown in Louisiana and Texas. Stillwagon Distillery is best known for their craft rums which they make over a dozen varieties but they also craft distill gin, whiskey, falernum and vodka. Persian Reed takes its name from a historical reference to sugarcane from the Romans who found sugarcane cultivated by the ancient Persians around 300 BC. The Persians called sugarcane “the reed that produces honey without bees”. Persian Reed Vodka is small batch distilled three times and reduced to proof with pure spring water. Read more 
Review: Copper Bottom Vodka
Copper Bottom Vodka is small batch distilled from unrefined sugar cane at the Copper Bottom Distillery in Holly Hill Florida. Mark and Joanne Craig opened the distillery that is operated by their son and daughter in law, October 2016. They currently craft 6 different rums and Copper Bottom Vodka. In the early 1760’s the British Royal Navy started using copper sheathing to protect the bottom of their wooden boats from barnacles and bullets. They soon learned it also increased boat speed. The distillery takes its name from these vessels. The distillery itself is located in a former car wash complex but back in the 1700’s this land was part of Three Chimneys plantation, sugar mill, and rum distillery. Read more
Review: Y Town Vodka
Y Town Vodka is crafted from 100% pure cane sugar at Candella Micro-Distillery in Boardman Ohio. After a 30 year work career with stints in the telecommunications industry, aviation chartering, wedding photography, and television journalism, Bill Candella retired to golf and spend time with his family. After three months Bill needed a new challenge. His younger brother dared him to start crafting alcohol. In 2013 Bill founded Candella Micro-Distillery. They currently produce gin, rum, whiskey, brandy, black raspberry vodka, wine, and applejack. Read more
Review: Naked Spirits Vodka
Naked Spirits Vodka is crafted at Naked Spirits in Brentwood Missouri. Brandon Eckardt Co-Founded Naked Spirits in 2019. He is also the Distiller. With a belief life should be lived Unbound, Unrestrained, and Uninhibited they also craft distill 8 varieties of rum with flavors including Banana Foster, Watermelon Lemonade, Cinnamon Apple Pie, Gooey Butter Cake and Mocha Royale. Naked vodka is made from Louisiana sugar cane. Tours and tastings are available Friday and Saturday at the distillery. Make sure you pick up a Drink Naked tee shirt. Read more
Review: Reigncane Vodka
The Reigncane Vodka journey began when Brian and Michael Eckert found a source of water on a island in Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago fed by glacier melt and an average waterfall of 166 days per year. Their original plan to produce the purest bottled water transformed into producing the purest vodka. After three years of development Raincane Vodka was launched May 2019. The name was later changed to Reigncane because of a potential lawsuit. Reigncane is 6 times craft distilled in California with organic sugar cane sourced from Brazil, proofed with naturally pure Alaskan water, and filtered though organic coconut husk charcoal. Read more
Review: ROCK’N Vodka
ROCK’N Vodka was created by Andy Roinotis, Isabelle Roinotis, and Denny Trakas. It is made from Non GMO Sugarcane at Rush Creek Distillery in Harvard Illinois. They have since partnered with Rock and Roll HOF member and lead guitar player of Cheap Trick Rick Nielsen. It was created in 2019. Currently there are only 38 sugar cane distilled vodkas in the entire world. We have reviewed 9 of these and while the flavor profiles vary all have been quite tasty. Read more
Review: Crescendo Organic Vodka
Crescendo Organic Vodka is one of six organic spirits crafted at the veteran owned and operated Crescendo Spirits Company in Eugene Oregon. The other spirits include the 190 Proof grain spirit, Diamond Clear, Crescendo LimonCello, LimeCello, PompelmoCello, and AranCello. Kyle Akin conceptualized the distillery in 2013 and his first bottles of Limoncello arrived on store shelves April 2014. Crescendo vodka was released November 2017. It is five times distilled from organic sugar cane and blended with water straight from Oregon’s snow pack. Read more
Review: Crescent Vodka
Crescent Vodka was first released July 2015. It is one of three spirits crafted at Cajun Spirits Distillery in New Orleans Louisiana. The other two include Tresillo Rum, and 3rd Ward Gin. All three spirits start with an alcohol base made from 100% Louisiana Sugarcane grown in New Iberia. Gus and his brother Edward Haik spent five years developing these spirits before release. Crescent Vodka is distilled on a custom copper Carl still made in Germany. After fermenting with a proprietary yeast the spirit is run through the 16 plate column still twice resulting in a vodka effectively distilled 34 times. The spirit is triple charcoal filtered and then reduced to 80 proof with hyper-purified water. Read more
Review: Farm Horse Vodka
Farm Horse Vodka is crafted off the grid at Dutch and Dewey Distillery using solar and hydro-power in the mountains of Northern California. Farm Horse is made from non GMO cane sugar and captured rain water. It is small batch quadruple distilled in a fractional still designed and built by Distiller and Proprietor Jeff St John. No carbon filtering is needed before bottling with a label picturing Jeff’s grandfather years ago at his farm in Western Pennsylvania. Dutch and Dewey also crafts a gin, coffee liqueur, and lemoncello. A brandy and whiskey are currently aging. Read more
Review: Pacifica Vodka
Pacifica Vodka was released in the summer of 2017. It is crafted by owner and Master Distiller Jason Tripp at the Tripp Distillery in Pacifica California. They also produce a gin and rum. More spirits will follow. Pacifica Vodka is made from 200 pounds of organic cane juice sourced from Paraguay and 200 gallons of water. It sits and ferments for 7 days before it is pumped into a hand made 220 gallon, hour glass shaped still for 16 hours. The spirits rests for 30 days in stainless steel and is then distilled another 16 hours. The spirit, now a rum is kept in oak barrels just long enough for the chemical reactions between oxygen, carbon, and alcohol to settle the bold flavors of the spirit. Once mellowed, the rum is filtered through coconut shells for 4 days and then redistilled by hand in a copper pot still, where it is reborn as Pacifica Vodka. It is hand bottled and labeled at 80 proof. The bottles neck is hand dipped in wax. Read more