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  Cuba Pure Vodka Premium Vodka 70 cl 37.5%

  Item no.: 22227865479-10125

  In 1995 a man stood in a kitchen in Kolding, burning out one blender after another while chasing a vodka with flavour. Cuba Pure Vodka is the bottle where he kept his hands off the flavour. Clean, cool and ready to be mixed with whatever you have on the shelf.

  Expert description

  Cuba Pure Vodka is a Danish Vodka Spirit Drink from Spritfabrikken Danmark in Kolding, built on triple distilled vodka and bottled at 37.5%.

  The range behind the bottle is the largest Danish selection of flavoured vodka, and it started in a private kitchen. Pure is the odd one out. No fruit, no colour, no sweetness. What you get is the base that every colourful sibling is built on top of.

  The vodka is distilled three times and filtered, and you can taste it on the edges. Very little bite is left, and that is the point. The producer suggests everything from juice and soda to energy drink as a mixer, and the bottle holds its ground in a Moscow Mule without being flattened by the ginger.

  The rest of the range sits at 30% and is sold as spirit drinks made with vodka. Pure sits higher, which makes it the driest and most neutral member of the family. If you want it neat, give it time in the freezer first.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Very discreet. A trace of sweet grain and a hint of citrus peel, otherwise clean and cool with no sharp spirit fumes.

  Palate

  Soft and gently sweet through the middle. No peppery bite, just a rounded grain note and a faint touch of vanilla before it moves on.

  Finish

  Short and clean. The warmth drops away quickly and leaves no bitterness behind on the palate.

  Specifications

  Name: Cuba Pure Vodka
  Producer: Spritfabrikken Danmark
  Region/Country: Kolding, Denmark
  Type: Danish Vodka Spirit Drink
  ABV: 37.5%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Triple distilled
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold in a Moscow Mule with ginger beer and fresh lime, or simply mixed with apple juice.
  

  Flavour profile

  Clean · Soft · Neutral · Mixable

  Did you know?

  EU rules demand at least 37.5% alcohol before anything may be called vodka. Cuba Pure Vodka lands exactly on that line, while its coloured siblings sit at 30% and therefore have to be labelled spirit drink instead.

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  • 1pcs.
    20,00EUR
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  Cuba Strawberry Flavored Vodka 70 cl 30%

  Item no.: 22227865479-10127

  There is a particular red you only meet in late summer and in this bottle. Cuba Strawberry is strawberry without a season, poured into a tall glass with plenty of ice and something fizzy to follow.

  Expert description

  Cuba Strawberry is a Danish Vodka Spirit Drink from Spritfabrikken Danmark in Kolding, flavoured with ripe strawberries and bottled at 30%.

  The bottle belongs to the colourful half of the range, where flavour leads and alcohol stays in the background. That is exactly why the label reads spirit drink made with vodka rather than vodka: 30% falls below the strength that the category demands.

  The strawberry is sweet and ripe rather than tart, and the colour does part of the work in the glass. The producer recommends it chilled, ideally shaken with ice or lengthened with soda and juice. It turns up in the house Strawberry Mojito, where lime and mint pull the sweetness back into place.

  Served lukewarm the berry quickly turns sticky. Cold and over plenty of ice it is one of the easiest bottles to build a pink drink on, and it handles both citrus and carbonation without splitting.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Ripe strawberries straight away, close to boiled sweets. Behind them sits a faintly creamy tone and a soft breath of sugar.

  Palate

  Sweet and full with the berry in front all the way. The vodka lies underneath as a soft floor and gives structure without letting the alcohol poke through.

  Finish

  Short and sugary. The berry hangs around for a moment, and then the glass is empty of flavour again.

  Specifications

  Name: Cuba Strawberry
  Producer: Spritfabrikken Danmark
  Region/Country: Kolding, Denmark
  Type: Danish Vodka Spirit Drink
  ABV: 30%
  Size: 70 CL
  EAN no.: 5706844500007
  Serving suggestion: Shaken with ice and topped with sparkling water, or in a Strawberry Mojito with lime, mint and cane sugar.
  

  Flavour profile

  Ripe strawberry · Sweet · Soft · Candied

  Did you know?

  The whole range was developed in a private kitchen, where several blenders burned out along the way. The first variant was ready in March 1998, and 100 litres were driven to a trade fair in Herning, where more orders were placed than could be produced.

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  • 1pcs.
    18,75EUR
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  Dannebrog Vodka 1219 Estonia 100 cl 40%

  Item no.: 505956-498796-451-1

  On 15 June 1219, legend has it, a cloth fell from the sky above a Danish army in Estonia and turned a battle that was slipping away. The cloth became Dannebrog, the Danish flag. This vodka is distilled on the very ground where it was all supposed to have happened.

  Expert description

  Dannebrog Vodka 1219 is an Estonian Vodka from Remedia in Tallinn, distilled five times from 100% Estonian winter wheat and bottled at 40%.

  The Battle of Lyndanisse took place in 1219 under Valdemar II, and the site is Tallinn today. The city's name is generally traced back to the Estonian Taani-linn, meaning Danish castle. The link between Denmark and Estonia therefore sits in the name of the city itself, long before anybody thought of distilling vodka out of the history.

  Remedia calls the bottle an Ultra-Premium Small Batch Vintage Vodka. Behind the words sits something concrete: the grain is 100% Estonian winter wheat, the distillation runs five times, and production happens in small portions, with each bottling carrying its own year.

  The texture is pale and clear, and this is a vodka where the spice gets the upper hand over the sweetness. The bottle is kept in a taut, almost sober design with nothing trying to convince anybody, and the litre format makes it the sort of bottle you set out when people are coming.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Clean and dryly grainy with a faint thread of aniseed. There is no harshness worth mentioning.

  Palate

  Light and dry with the fine sweetness of wheat. Fennel and aniseed appear mid-palate, and a clear press of pepper sits underneath the lot.

  Finish

  Medium with a neat warmth. Aniseed, fennel and pepper hold on while the grain withdraws.

  Specifications

  Name: Dannebrog Vodka 1219
  Distillery: Remedia
  Region/Country: Tallinn, Estonia
  Type: Estonian Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 100 CL
  Distillation method: Distilled five times, small batch
  EAN no.: 5712421120018
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold in a small glass alongside herring, rye bread and something pickled.
  

  Flavour profile

  Dry · Spiced · Aniseed and fennel · Clean close

  Did you know?

  Dannebrog is regarded as the oldest national flag still in use. The legend of 1219 was first written down several centuries after the battle, yet it has held up so well that it can still sell a bottle of vodka in Estonia.

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  • 1pcs.
    40,00EUR
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  Danzka Premium Danish Vodka 100 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-10120

  Put a brushed aluminium bottle in the freezer and a quarter of an hour later it is cold all the way through. Glass needs an evening. That is the kind of practical logic Danish design usually gets praised for, and Danzka has lived off it since 1989.

  Expert description

  Danzka Premium Danish Vodka is a Danish Vodka made from 100% whole wheat grain, distilled through six columns and bottled at 40%.

  The name is a piece of wordplay, but the recipe is plain. The wheat becomes a spirit that runs continuously through six columns, then through three filtrations, before being brought down with soft demineralised water. No botanicals, no added sugar, no theatre. Everything rests on the cleanliness and on the light citrus note that lingers afterwards.

  The bottle deserves its own paragraph. Aluminium conducts heat far faster than glass, so it chills in the freezer in a fraction of the time and stays cold in the hand while you pour. It also cannot shatter in a suitcase, which explains a great deal about why Danzka has spent decades on travel retail shelves across Scandinavia.

  The one litre bottle is the version you buy when something is being made for several people. It does not run dry the first time a round of Moscow Mules is called for, and it sits lighter in the hand than the volume suggests, precisely because the metal is thin. The brand was bought in 2013 by the German family firm Waldemar Behn, which has kept both the recipe and the shape of the bottle.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Clean and coolly neutral on the first pass. Behind it sits a dry grain note and a clear stroke of lemon peel.

  Palate

  A soft opening with almost no bite. The wheat lays down a mild sweetness in the middle, citrus cuts up through it, and a light peppery warmth arrives last.

  Finish

  Short and dry. The lemon peel holds longest and no sweetness is left behind.

  Specifications

  Name: Danzka Premium Danish Vodka
  Producer: Danzka
  Region/Country: Denmark
  Type: Danish Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 100 CL
  Distillation method: Continuous distillation through six columns, triple filtered
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold from the freezer in a small glass, or in a Moscow Mule with lime and ginger beer.
  

  Flavour profile

  Clean · Soft · Citrus · Lightly grain sweet

  Did you know?

  The name is built from the word Danish and a Slavic ending. The letter s has been swapped for a z and ka hung on the back, so the word sounds Eastern European without being it. Everything else about the vodka is Danish — only the name leans east.

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  • 1pcs.
    26,75EUR
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  Dave Stewarts Poetry Pure Polish Vodka 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 059763-615-931

  Kalisz is one of the oldest towns in Poland, and on its edge sits a family distillery now in its third generation. One day an English guitarist walked in with an idea for a vodka that should taste like the martini he had been imagining. He got it made.

  Expert description

  Dave Stewart's Poetry Pure is a Polish Vodka distilled from rye, wheat and a smaller share of corn, six times distilled and bottled at 40%.

  The man on the label is Dave Stewart, one half of Eurythmics and the guitarist behind the sound Annie Lennox sang over. He started Poetry in 2022 with the Swedish investor Johan Holgersson, and the starting point was something as concrete as a conversation about how the ideal martini ought to taste. Production sits with Grupa AWW in Kalisz, where the same family business has been distilling for three generations.

  There is a reason for the grain mix. Rye brings spice and a dryness that keeps the vodka upright. Wheat lays a soft layer underneath, and the small share of corn rounds off the attack with an almost milky sweetness. All rye and it would bite. All wheat and it would turn dull.

  The six distillations are not decoration on the label. Each pass through the column strips out more of the heavier fusel oils, and those are what give a hastily made vodka its sharp, almost stinging feel. Poetry is correspondingly calm to drink neat, and it has taken double gold at international spirits competitions.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Dry rye bread character with a lightly peppered edge. Behind it sits a trace of vanilla and something close to a warm bakery.

  Palate

  Soft attack with the wheat leading. Mid palate the rye pepper appears, and the corn adds a discreet sweetness that ties it together.

  Finish

  Clean and medium long. The pepper lingers a little, and no sharp alcohol heat arrives at the end.

  Specifications

  Name: Dave Stewart's Poetry Pure
  Producer: Poetry Spirits
  Region/Country: Kalisz, Poland
  Type: Polish Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Distilled six times from rye, wheat and corn
  EAN no.: 5901619688007
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold in a Vodka Martini with an olive or a strip of lemon peel. Also works neat from the freezer in a small glass.
  

  Flavour profile

  Peppery · Soft · Dry · Clean

  Did you know?

  Dave Stewart wrote Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) with Annie Lennox in 1982 on a small eight track setup in a room above a factory in London. The track still sits on his Spotify profile, which Poetry links to from the bottle.

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  • 1pcs.
    53,50EUR
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  Den Klodsede Bjørn Danish Premium Vodka 50 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-7217

  A man reads Russian philosophy and metaphysics, and somewhere along the way decides to make vodka instead. He teaches himself the craft, borrows space at a small distillery and fills 75 litres at a time. The bottles are named after a clumsy bear.

  Expert description

  Den Klodsede Bjørn Vodka is a Danish Vodka distilled from Danish barley and wheat malt and bottled unfiltered at 40%.

  Behind the bottle stands Frederik Plum, a self taught distiller who began making vodka in 2013, the same year his son was born. He works at Trolden Distillery, where the malt is both malted and brewed on site before it ever reaches the stills.

  Distillation runs three times through small Portuguese copper pot stills. A batch is 75 litres and yields somewhere between 150 and 170 bottles, each of them numbered by hand. It is not a way of working that scales, and it is not meant to.

  The decisive choice is that the distillate is never filtered. Ordinary vodka is usually run through activated charcoal, which strips out both faults and character. Here the grain stays in, giving a creamy, almost dairy texture and a peppery spice you do not normally associate with vodka.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  White pepper first, then something mineral like rain on warm stone. Below sits white bread, caraway and a trace of aniseed.

  Palate

  Creamy and almost dairy sweet in the middle with a clear minerality. White and black pepper clean the mouth again before the sweetness can turn heavy.

  Finish

  Creamy bread and cracked black pepper. The spice hangs on longest and makes it far more characterful than most.

  Specifications

  Name: Den Klodsede Bjørn Vodka
  Distillery: Trolden Distillery
  Bottler: Den Klodsede Bjørn
  Region/Country: Denmark
  Type: Danish Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 50 CL
  Distillation method: Triple distilled in small Portuguese copper pot stills, unfiltered
  Serving suggestion: Fridge cold in a small glass, or in a Vodka Martini where the pepper gets room.
  

  Flavour profile

  Creamy · Mineral · Peppery · Unfiltered

  Did you know?

  The letters V.A.M.P. on the label are not a nod to vampires. They are the initials of his son's four names, Vladimir Asbjørn Munk Plum, born in the very year the first vodka was distilled.

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  • 1pcs.
    44,00EUR
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  Discarded Grape Skin Chardonnay Vodka 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-197280162

  Once the wine has been pressed, a heap is left behind: skins, stems and seeds. It is called pomace, and it is usually sold on for animal feed or carted away. Here it is not waste but raw material. This entire vodka begins with what the wine trade normally throws out.

  Expert description

  Discarded Grape Skin Vodka is a Scottish Vodka made from discarded Chardonnay grape skins, blended with wine alcohol and bottled at 40%.

  There are two reclaimed ingredients in the bottle. The first is the pomace — skins, stems and seeds from winemaking — which is distilled and becomes the base. The second is more surprising: when wine is dealcoholised to make alcohol free wine, the alcohol is left over as a by-product, and it still carries a great deal of the grape's aroma. That Chardonnay wine alcohol is blended in, and it gives the bottle both its name and its fruit.

  Behind Discarded Spirits Co. stands William Grant & Sons, and the whole range works on the same principle. There is a rum made with banana peel and a vermouth built on cascara, the dried husk of the coffee cherry. The packaging is fully recyclable, and the philosophy is plain: use what would otherwise be burned or sent to landfill.

  In the glass that means you are not getting a neutral vodka. There is a clear vinous character, a luscious mouthfeel and a fruit that points towards pear and the tropics rather than grain. This is a vodka for people who rather like the base spirit having a point of view.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Fresh and crisp with green apple first. Then a deeper almond croissant tone and a bright lift of lychee.

  Palate

  A luscious, fruit-driven mouthfeel. Williams pear fills the middle, with guava and starfruit around it, and there is no grain sweetness weighing it down.

  Finish

  Dry and spiced with pink peppercorn. The fruit drops away and the pepper stays put.

  Specifications

  Name: Discarded Grape Skin Vodka
  Producer: Discarded Spirits Co.
  Region/Country: Scotland
  Type: Scottish Vodka from Chardonnay grape skins
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Distilled from discarded pomace and blended with Chardonnay wine alcohol
  EAN no.: 5010327414645
  Serving suggestion: In a Grape Skin Spritz with sparkling wine and soda, or in a Martini with lemon peel.
  

  Flavour profile

  Vinous · Fruit-driven · Luscious · Pink pepper

  Did you know?

  Pomace has been turned into spirit for centuries in southern Europe. Italian grappa and French marc are made from exactly the same press residue, and they exist because farmers could not afford to let anything go to waste. Discarded is therefore not doing something new — it is doing something old again, this time as a vodka.

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  • 1pcs.
    40,00EUR
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  Doghouse Baller Vodka 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 222278654231503445-

  In an industrial estate in Battersea sits a distillery that has turned the usual idea of vodka upside down. It does not buy spirit in and dilute it. It buys wheat, ferments it on site and then refuses to filter what comes out.

  Expert description

  Baller Vodka is an English Vodka from Doghouse Distillery in Battersea, London, distilled from scratch from English wheat, unfiltered and bottled at 40%.

  Doghouse opened in Battersea in 2016 and calls itself the only distillery in London making its own base spirit from grain to bottle across several categories. That is rarer than you might think. Most gin producers worldwide, and a fair share of vodka producers, buy neutral spirit in and work on from there.

  The wheat is English, and the house controls the whole road from wash to bottling. The decisive choice arrives at the end: Baller is not filtered. Filtration would pull the grain character out, and instead the wheat is allowed to stay in the glass as a soft biscuit sweetness with a spiced glint.

  The names and labels belong to the same story. The house range is built around music genres, and the labels are drawn by artists rather than design agencies. Baller carries a double-sided label by a street artist, so the bottle works whichever way round it stands on the back bar.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Mild and cereal-led. Fresh wheat bread and a touch of dried coconut, with no sharp alcohol edge.

  Palate

  Soft and full. Vanilla biscuit fills the middle, with a suggestion of clove and white pepper behind it.

  Finish

  Medium and smooth. The grain sweetness drops away calmly and leaves a round mouthfeel behind.

  Specifications

  Name: Baller Vodka
  Distillery: Doghouse Distillery
  Region/Country: Battersea, London, England
  Type: English Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Distilled from scratch from English wheat, unfiltered
  Serving suggestion: Neat over ice, or in an Espresso Martini where the biscuit sweetness carries the coffee.
  

  Flavour profile

  Vanilla biscuit · Soft · Unfiltered · Cereal

  Did you know?

  Baller was named Best Spirit in Great Britain at the 2019 Great British Food Awards and collected gold at the World Vodka Awards the same year. Doghouse also makes a Baller variant flavoured with chilli and bacon, which is exactly as direct as the name suggests.

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  • 1pcs.
    40,00EUR
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  Eiko Vodka Japan 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 505956-498796-450-2

  Hokkaido sits at the northern end of Japan, where snow stays on the ground for months and winter runs long enough that you start thinking in terms of purity and cold all by yourself. Eiko is distilled up there, and the name means glory.

  Expert description

  Eiko Vodka is a Japanese Vodka from Hokkaido, triple distilled and filtered four times, bottled at 40%.

  Japanese vodka is still a small category next to whisky and shochu, but the craft is the same one Japanese distilleries have built their reputation on: many stages, tight control and a willingness to spend longer than strictly necessary. Eiko goes through distillation three times and then through the filters four times, one stage more than most vodkas receive.

  Combining several distillations with an extra filtration removes the heavier compounds from both ends of the process. What remains is a vodka that barely bites. In return you have to go looking for the aroma: it is delicate and closes up if the bottle comes straight out of the freezer.

  It has also collected silverware at the major competitions, among them a Double Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in 2019 and a category win at the World Vodka Awards in 2018. A reminder that Japan makes more than whisky.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Delicate and lightly sweet with a trace of lemon peel. No alcohol prickle, but not much to grab hold of either if it is served too cold.

  Palate

  Soft and smooth with a clear liquorice note that slides into mild sweetness. Pepper arrives right at the end and stays very discreet.

  Finish

  Short and clean with a light peppery cross. The sweetness drops away quickly and leaves the mouth dry.

  Specifications

  Name: Eiko Vodka
  Producer: Eiko
  Region/Country: Hokkaido, Japan
  Type: Japanese Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Triple distilled, filtered four times
  EAN no.: 50708550
  Serving suggestion: Lightly chilled in a small glass so the delicate aroma has room, or in a Vodka Martini with a twist of lemon.
  

  Flavour profile

  Soft · Clean · Liquorice-tinged · Discreetly sweet

  Did you know?

  Eiko means glory or honour in Japanese, and the packaging takes the name literally by putting a samurai on the bottle. It is not decoration but a direct translation of the word into a picture.

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  • 1pcs.
    48,00EUR
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  Element 29 Vodka Copper Edition England 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-8250

  Number 29 in the periodic table is copper. That is not a flourish invented for a label but the single thing this whole vodka rests on: the metal in the still, the spiral in the bottle, and the reason the spirit needs no filtration afterwards.

  Expert description

  Element 29 Vodka Copper Edition is an English Vodka from Element 29, distilled from English wheat in a copper pot still and bottled at 40%.

  The still has a name and an age. She is called Angela, was hand-hammered by John Dore & Co in their London workshops in 1903, and has therefore passed a hundred years of service. A pot still of that kind distils more slowly than a modern column, but in far closer contact with the metal.

  And that is the point. Copper conducts heat evenly and at the same time binds the sulphur compounds that would otherwise lay a note of struck match and boiled vegetables into the spirit. Remove them on the way through and there is nothing left afterwards to cover up, so the house neither filters nor adds flavouring.

  The raw materials are English wheat and spring water from Sussex. The Copper Edition bottle drops a copper spiral into the glass itself as a nod to the still — decoration rather than part of the process, but it makes the bottle hard to miss on a shelf.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Fresh and clear with a distinct lift of pepper. Behind it sits a trace of anise and a dry grain note.

  Palate

  Full and broad with the natural sweetness of wheat through the middle. A fine herbal thread runs across it, which keeps it from turning round and dull.

  Finish

  Clean and dry, with the pepper returning briefly right at the end.

  Specifications

  Name: Element 29 Vodka Copper Edition
  Producer: Element 29
  Region/Country: England
  Type: English Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Distilled in a copper pot still, neither filtered nor flavoured
  Edition: Copper Edition
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold in a small glass, or in a Vodka Martini where the pepper gets room.
  

  Flavour profile

  Peppery · Dry · Grain-sweet · Herbal

  Did you know?

  John Dore & Co was founded in London in 1835 by the Irishman Aeneas Coffey and is regarded as the oldest distillery engineering business in the world. That is the same Coffey who gave his name to the Coffey still — the basic shape of virtually all continuous distillation since.

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  • 1pcs.
    40,00EUR
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  ELG Danish Premium Vodka 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1350

  Most distilleries filter through charcoal, sand or ceramic. Here the alcohol vapour passes through gold. Not as decoration on the label, but as a physical part of the final distillation, up in North Zealand a stone's throw from Fredensborg.

  Expert description

  ELG Vodka is a Danish Vodka from Stone Grange near Fredensborg, distilled from wheat and bottled at 40%.

  Behind the ELG name stands Henrik Elsner, a trained bio-organic chemist who built the Stone Grange distillery from 2009 onwards. The name sounds English, but neither the address nor the production is: everything happens on Fredensborgvej, and the house also makes gin, aquavit, absinthe, vermouth and liqueur.

  The vodka is wheat based and run on a German hand-built copper column still. During the final distillation the alcohol vapour is led through two specially developed filters of 24 carat gold. The point is not luxury but chemistry: gold is close to chemically inert and gives up neither metallic flavour nor oxidation products to the spirit, the way less noble metals can.

  The result is a vodka that does not try to be anonymous. The wheat is allowed to lay down a mild grain sweetness that holds all the way across the mouth, and none of the sharp edges are there that otherwise make people drown vodka in juice. It stands up to a small glass on its own.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Pale and clean. A light sweetness from the wheat sits there with a hint of lemon peel, without any kind of harshness.

  Palate

  Round and smooth with an obvious softness from the outset. Grain sweetness fills the middle, and only right at the end does a small lift of white pepper arrive.

  Finish

  Short, dry and clean. The sweetness lets go quickly and leaves no bitterness behind.

  Specifications

  Name: ELG Vodka
  Distillery: Stone Grange
  Region/Country: Fredensborg, Denmark
  Type: Danish Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Copper column, filtered through two filters of 24 carat gold
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold in a small glass, or as the base of a Bloody Mary where the grain sweetness can carry the spices.
  

  Flavour profile

  Soft · Clean · Lightly grain-sweet · Round

  Did you know?

  Stone Grange also makes brandy and marc from grapes off the distillery's own vineyards. Danish vineyards rarely turn up in the same sentence as distilled spirits, yet here they end up in the bottle.

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  • 1pcs.
    38,75EUR
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  ELG Miniature Premium Danish Vodka 5 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1351

  Five centilitres is just enough to settle an argument. Line up three Danish vodkas side by side, pour a little into each glass, and let the wheat, the gold and the freezer speak for themselves.

  Expert description

  ELG Vodka is a Danish Vodka from Stone Grange near Fredensborg, distilled from wheat and bottled at 40% in a 5 cl miniature.

  The miniature is not a different recipe but the same vodka in a format that lets you take less. The content is wheat based, and as in the full bottle the alcohol vapour has passed through two filters of 24 carat gold during the final distillation.

  For a tasting, the small format is the most useful thing there is. Five centilitres covers two small glasses, and with two or three bottles on the table you can weigh Danish wheat vodka against Polish rye and English potato vodka without opening anything you then have to finish.

  Then there is everything else a small bottle can do. It takes up no room in hand luggage, it fits an advent calendar or a hamper, and it makes an easy gift for someone who likes Danish craft without necessarily collecting bottles.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Discreet and pale, with a suggestion of bread crust and a cool, faintly sweet tone.

  Palate

  Silky and light. The sweetness is restrained and settles evenly across the tongue without burning anywhere.

  Finish

  Short and dry. It disappears tidily and leaves only a faint warmth in the throat.

  Specifications

  Name: ELG Vodka
  Distillery: Stone Grange
  Region/Country: Fredensborg, Denmark
  Type: Danish Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 5 CL
  EAN no.: 5712510600025
  Serving suggestion: Chill the bottle and pour it into two small glasses, ideally for a comparison with another vodka.
  

  Flavour profile

  Silky · Light · Clean · Discreet

  Did you know?

  ELG Vodka is made in batches of 625 bottles. That is an unusually precise figure to publish, and it says something about the scale involved — the miniature in your hand comes out of a run like that too.

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  • 1pcs.
    8,00EUR
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  Elite Vodka Night Edition Premium Vodka 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227333-663

  Turn the lights off and the bottle almost disappears. Matte black glass throws back no reflection, and the engraved circles cut across one another like rings around an eclipsed moon. Night Edition was drawn from the things you only see once the sky is dark enough.

  Expert description

  Elit Vodka Night Edition is a Latvian Vodka from Stoli Group, distilled from wheat and bottled at 40% in a matte black bottle.

  Elit sits at the top of the Stolichnaya family and is made at Latvijas Balzams in Riga, one of the oldest and largest spirits plants in the Baltics. The wheat is distilled three times into an alpha grade spirit, the purest classification available to work with, and then cut with artesian water drawn from roughly 200 metres below ground.

  The final step is the house signature. The spirit is chilled to minus 18 degrees and then drawn through ion charged filters so slowly that the process can run for hours. The cold holds the heavier compounds back, so they stay in the filter rather than in the glass. The vodka is then left to rest before bottling.

  Night Edition is the same liquid in different clothing. The bottle is a matte black version of the usual elit shape, and the engraved circles borrow from eclipses and other rare night sky events. This is a bottle designed for evening light rather than daylight.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Cool and reserved. The aroma is dry wheat with a touch of lemon peel and a breath of anise behind it.

  Palate

  Silky and almost free of burn. A discreet grain sweetness fills the middle before white pepper lays a thin stripe across the tongue.

  Finish

  Cool and clean. It fades quickly and leaves a sense of mineral and cold air behind.

  Specifications

  Name: Elit Vodka Night Edition
  Producer: Stoli Group
  Region/Country: Riga, Latvia
  Type: Latvian Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Triple distilled and freeze filtered at minus 18 degrees
  Edition: Night Edition
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold in a small tulip glass, or in a dry Martini where the chill does the carrying.
  

  Flavour profile

  Cool · Silky · Dry · Mineral

  Did you know?

  Night Edition was the first elit bottle built with light inside it. A source in the base sends light up through the frosted neck so the engraved circles appear in the dark — a bottle that only shows its full decoration once the lamps are off.

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  • 1pcs.
    57,50EUR
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  Elite Vodka Premium Vodka 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865478-7115

  The neck is frosted, as though the bottle had just come out of the freezer. That is no accident. The whole elit design points back at the one step that separates it from the rest of the Stolichnaya family: the cold.

  Expert description

  Elit Vodka is a Latvian Vodka from Stoli Group, distilled from wheat and bottled at 40%.

  The foundation is an alpha grade spirit. That is not a marketing word but an official classification with limits on aldehydes, fusel oils and methanol that sit far above what ordinary neutral alcohol has to meet. The wheat is distilled three times before the spirit is even allowed to claim the label.

  It is then cut with artesian water from a borehole roughly 200 metres beneath Latvijas Balzams in Riga, and after that comes the step everything else is built around. The vodka is chilled to minus 18 degrees and drawn at a crawl through ion charged filters. The cold makes the heavier compounds sluggish enough to be caught, and the spirit then rests before bottling.

  What you get out of it shows most clearly when the glass is cold. There is no sharp edge, no burn in the nose and a mouthfeel that verges on oily. In return, this is not a vodka with a great deal to say aromatically — the point is purity and texture rather than a long list of notes.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Very restrained. A pale grain character, a little white bread and a hint of fresh almond if you give it time.

  Palate

  Soft and full with an oily sensation across the tongue. Sweetness is low, and a light mineral tone runs underneath it all.

  Finish

  Short, clean and cool. Nothing lingers, and that is exactly the intention.

  Specifications

  Name: Elit Vodka
  Producer: Stoli Group
  Region/Country: Riga, Latvia
  Type: Latvian Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Triple distilled and freeze filtered at minus 18 degrees
  Serving suggestion: Straight from the freezer into a cool glass, or as the base of a Vodka Martini without too much vermouth.
  

  Flavour profile

  Clean · Oily · Neutral · Cool

  Did you know?

  The name is deliberately written with a lower case letter. The house calls it elit rather than Elit, and the small e runs across the label, the box and every piece of material — a detail that regularly makes people assume a typing error has crept in.

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  • 1pcs.
    67,00EUR
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  Eristoff Premium French Vodka 70 cl 37,5%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1403

  In 1806 a Georgian prince sat in the Caucasus refining a recipe for grain spirit. The Eristoff family had land, titles and a wolf's head on the coat of arms, and the name travelled onwards with the recipe across two centuries. The wolf still stands on the bottle today, but the spirit is made in France.

  Expert description

  Eristoff is a French Vodka made from 100% grain, triple distilled and charcoal filtered, bottled at 37.5%.

  The story begins in Georgia, where Prince Nikolai Eristoff put the recipe in place. Production itself now sits in France, from where the vodka is distributed across the European market, and the brand belongs to Bacardi. It is one of those vodkas that grew large without ever making a fuss about itself.

  Production runs strictly by the book. The grain has to carry the right moisture content before fermentation, distillation happens in three stages with demineralised water for dilution, and the spirit finally passes through charcoal. That filtration removes the last traces of harshness and heavier alcohols, and it is what gives Eristoff the smooth feel it is known for.

  The result is neutral in the literal sense. There is no prominent grain character, no sweetness and no sharp edge, which is exactly the intention. A vodka like this is not meant to take up room in a drink but to make room. Alongside the original sits a range of flavoured versions, all built on the same clean base.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Nearly silent. A distant grain note and something close to wet stone, but no perfume and no sweetness.

  Palate

  Light and smooth with a hint of sweetness on the attack. The grain sits well back, and the alcohol feels milder than 37.5% usually does.

  Finish

  Short and clean with a small streak of pepper at the end. Nothing lingers, and that is the whole point.

  Specifications

  Name: Eristoff
  Producer: Eristoff
  Region/Country: France
  Type: French Vodka
  ABV: 37.5%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Triple distilled from 100% grain, charcoal filtered
  Serving suggestion: On the rocks with a wedge of lime, in a Vodka Tonic or as the base of a Moscow Mule.
  

  Flavour profile

  Neutral · Smooth · Light · Dry

  Did you know?

  Charcoal filtration of spirits became widespread in Russia in the 1700s, long before anyone could explain the chemistry behind it. All that was known was that charcoal made the spirit milder. The principle is the same as pouring water through a filter jug in your kitchen today.

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  • 1pcs.
    17,25EUR
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  Faer Isles Distillery North Atlantic Subsea Vodka 50 cl 41.7%

  Item no.: 059763-615-990

  The water in this bottle waited in the dark for thousands of years while the world above changed seasons over and over. Beneath the seabed by Hestur in the Faroe Islands, deep inside the rock where the Sandoy tunnel was blasted through, the construction crew hit a pocket of crystal clear fresh water, filtered through stone and shut away from sun and salt. Faer Isles Distillery in Vestmanna heard the story and decided to distil it.

  Expert description

  North Atlantic Subsea Vodka is a Faroese Vodka from Faer Isles Distillery, distilled using water drawn 140 metres below the surface of the North Atlantic and bottled at 41.7%.

  The water was found by accident when the contractor NCC drilled the Sandoy tunnel between two of the Faroese islands. A member of the project team had the idea of passing the water on to the distillery, and tests quickly showed it was a thing apart: mineral rich, clean and with a character clearly different from ordinary Faroese rainwater. After its journey through the rock layers the water has picked up minerals that now leave their mark on the taste.

  To the finished vodka the distillery adds a small amount of distilled seaweed from the surrounding waters. That brings a nutty trace and a floral streak playing against the lightly saline base note from the water. It is a deliberate choice from a distillery unafraid to let the raw material speak.

  Faer Isles Distillery was founded by whisky enthusiasts in Vestmanna and funded through crowdfunding with backers in more than 20 countries. Alongside the whisky still maturing in cask they make gin, akvavit and this vodka. Since launch Subsea Vodka has taken gold at the Vodka Masters in the Super Premium category and gold at the IWSC.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Quiet and cautious rather than sharp. A trace of spice sits beneath a clean mineral core, and a faint salty breath reminds you where the water comes from.

  Palate

  Round and full without turning heavy. A light sweetness at the start gives way quickly to a pointed peppery warmth, and the seaweed reads as a discreet nutty layer under the minerality.

  Finish

  Long and warm with a persistent spiciness that builds rather than fades. This is the kind of close you come back to.

  Specifications

  Name: North Atlantic Subsea Vodka
  Distillery: Faer Isles Distillery
  Region/Country: Vestmanna, Faroe Islands
  Type: Faroese Vodka
  ABV: 41.7%
  Size: 50 CL
  Distillation method: Distilled using water from a reservoir below the seabed, with distilled seaweed added
  EAN no.: 5744002540076
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold from the freezer in a small glass, or in a Moscow Mule where the salinity plays against the ginger.
  

  Flavour profile

  Mineral · Floral · Spiced · Full bodied

  Did you know?

  Faer Isles Distillery calls itself the most remote distillery in the world, and it sells casks to private buyers. Those buyers come from more than 20 countries, and plenty of them have never set foot on the Faroe Islands yet still own a cask drawing in salt air at Vestmanna.

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  • 1pcs.
    36,00EUR
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  Firestarter Vodka Premium Moldova Vodka 40%

  Item no.: 222278655444-88521

  Moldova is best known for its vineyards and for the cellars that run for kilometres into the limestone. But the country also carries a distilling tradition that survived two hundred years of Russian rule. Firestarter is built on a recipe from the 1800s.

  Expert description

  Firestarter Vodka is a Moldovan Vodka made from winter wheat, triple distilled and filtered five times through platinum, bottled at 40%.

  Winter wheat is sown in autumn, stands through the frost and is not harvested until the following summer. The long growing season packs more starch into the grain, and that gives a spirit with more body and a clearer sweetness than summer wheat delivers. The raw material carries this whole vodka.

  Two moves set it apart. During the final distillation the spirit is run through honey, without that showing up as sweetness — it registers instead as a richness in the mouthfeel. The vodka is then filtered five times through platinum, which strips the last sharp edges away without scrubbing out the grain.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Fresh and close to neutral. A pale grain note, a suggestion of meadow flower and something wet and stony in the background.

  Palate

  Smooth with a fine wheat weight. Pepper arrives halfway through, and a light acidity keeps the whole thing in balance.

  Finish

  Short and clean. The pepper hangs on for a moment before everything closes down quietly.

  Specifications

  Name: Firestarter Vodka
  Producer: Firestarter
  Region/Country: Moldova
  Type: Moldovan Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Triple distilled, five times platinum filtered
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold as a shot with spiced food, or in a Vodka Tonic with a slice of lemon.
  

  Flavour profile

  Smooth · Wheat bodied · Lightly peppery · Fresh

  Did you know?

  Firestarter has previously been sold in a container shaped like a fire extinguisher. The name is not merely an attitude, then — it has been taken entirely literally on the shelf.

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  • 1pcs.
    33,50EUR
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  Grasovka Bisongras Premium Polish Vodka 50 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-7208

  There is a forest on the border between Poland and Belarus that was never cleared. The oaks stand close, the last wild bison in Europe graze the glades, and between them grows one very particular grass. That is what lies as a single blade inside this bottle.

  Expert description

  Grasovka Bisongras is a Polish Vodka distilled from Polish rye, flavoured with bison grass and bottled at 40%.

  The grass is called Hierochloe odorata and grows in the glades of Bialowieza, the last great primeval forest of its kind in Europe. It is harvested by hand in summer while it still stands full of sap and smells at its strongest, and then dried. The vodka is passed through the dried grass several times so the aroma is drawn into the spirit.

  After distillation, demineralised water and an extract of bison grass are added, and finally someone lays a single blade into each bottle by hand. The blade is not decoration alone. It is a reminder that the flavour comes from a plant rather than from a bottle of aroma.

  The story of the grass is wrapped in secrecy. It is said that only 21 families know where the good bison grass stands, and that an outsider could not tell it from any other grass anyway. The bison can, and the plant carries their name for that reason.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Fresh cut hay and vanilla, clear and soft. Almond and a trace of dried herbs sit behind them.

  Palate

  The grass lies as a mild sweetness across the light spice of the rye. There is a creamy vanilla note in the middle and almost no sharpness.

  Finish

  Medium and dry. The hay hangs on, and a hint of pepper from the rye turns up at the very end.

  Specifications

  Name: Grasovka Bisongras
  Producer: Grasovka
  Region/Country: Poland
  Type: Polish Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 50 CL
  Distillation method: Distilled from Polish rye, flavoured with dried bison grass
  EAN no.: 4034100221771
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold with clear apple juice over ice, or neat in a small frosted glass.
  

  Flavour profile

  Bison grass · Vanilla · Fresh cut hay · Lightly spiced

  Did you know?

  The name Grasovka is not originally Polish. It was invented in 1976 by Emil Underberg, two years after his family firm had begun importing Polish bison grass vodka for the German market.

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    16,00EUR
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  Grey Goose French Ultra Premium Vodka 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-133

  Picardie in winter is flat, wet and wind-scoured. The wheat is sown in autumn and stands in the ground through the whole cold season before it is cut the following summer. That long, slow ripening is what an entire idea about vodka rests on.

  Expert description

  Grey Goose is a French Vodka distilled from soft winter wheat from Picardie and bottled at 40%.

  There are two ingredients in the bottle and no more: the wheat and the water. The wheat is grown in Picardie in northern France, where soil and climate produce a soft variety high in starch, and the water comes from the house well in the Cognac region. None of it leaves France along the way.

  The unusual part is the distillation. Where most so-called premium vodkas market themselves on five, seven or ten passes, Grey Goose runs only once through a continuous column. The thinking is the opposite of the norm: each extra distillation cleans the spirit while taking away some of the grain, and here the grain is the point of the bottle.

  You can taste it. A soft, almost marzipan sweetness sits through the middle, the kind that sharply distilled vodkas have polished out. The bottle itself carries flying geese over a French landscape, and the glass is frosted so the image reads more clearly.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Fresh wheat and a touch of marzipan. Behind it sits something floral and a suggestion of lemon peel.

  Palate

  Silky, with obvious grain sweetness through the middle. A light almond note spreads out before white pepper gives it an edge.

  Finish

  Clean and medium. The sweetness falls away calmly and leaves a dry, faintly peppery impression.

  Specifications

  Name: Grey Goose
  Producer: Grey Goose
  Region/Country: Picardie and Cognac, France
  Type: French Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Single distilled in a continuous column
  EAN no.: 5010677850100
  Serving suggestion: In a dry Martini with a lemon twist, or neat in a cool glass without ice.
  

  Flavour profile

  Soft · Grain sweet · Almond · Clean

  Did you know?

  The man behind Grey Goose, Sidney Frank, was an importer who had already turned a German herbal liqueur into an American cult phenomenon before he decided in 1997 to build a French luxury vodka. He had no background in spirits production — he had an idea and a salesman's ear for what people wanted to believe.

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    67,00EUR
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  Griffin Vault Vodka England 70 cl 40,6%

  Item no.: 22227865423150347-

  A griffin is assembled from the two animals the medieval world feared most: the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. It was placed on coats of arms and above vaults to guard whatever lay behind. Hence the name on this bottle.

  Expert description

  Griffin Vault Vodka is an English Vodka from Red Griffin, filtered through English oak charcoal and bottled at 40.6%.

  The filtration is what the bottle rests on. Activated charcoal is used in vodka production everywhere, but the type of wood matters to the result, and here English oak has been used. Oak charcoal is denser and harder than birch, for example, and it polishes the distillate more thoroughly.

  The result is a very clean vodka with a distinctly soft mouthfeel, where the edges are gone without anything having been added. The 40.6% sits a shade above the norm, and those extra tenths register as a little more body when it is drunk neat.

  The style is the classic neutral one: no botanicals, no sweetening, no fruit aroma. That makes it a working bottle behind the bar, where the other ingredients need room and where you do not want the vodka setting the agenda.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Clean and discreet. A lightly honeyed grain note with a suggestion of dried lemon peel.

  Palate

  Soft and rounded. The sweetness sits in the middle, and an earthy touch of cassia and white pepper comes through towards the end.

  Finish

  Short and tidy. The warmth lifts quickly and leaves a dry, almost chalky trace behind.

  Specifications

  Name: Griffin Vault Vodka
  Producer: Red Griffin
  Region/Country: England
  Type: English Vodka
  ABV: 40.6%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Filtered through English oak charcoal
  EAN no.: 5021692118120
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold from the freezer in a small glass, or as the base of a Moscow Mule or Vodka Tonic.
  

  Flavour profile

  Clean · Soft · Lightly honeyed · Neutral

  Did you know?

  The word vault in the name means both an arched ceiling and a strongroom, and both senses suit the griffin. Medieval imagery used the creature as a guardian of treasure and tombs, precisely because it combined the strongest of all land animals with the sharpest of all birds.

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    26,75EUR
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  I AM Premium Vodka 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-197280137

  Most vodkas borrow their name from a river, a family or a saint. This one carries neither a place nor a lineage, only a statement: I am. That is an unusual way to introduce a Polish vodka, and the bottle is every bit as bare as the name.

  Expert description

  I AM Premium Vodka is a Polish Vodka made from winter wheat and soft water, bottled at 40%.

  Winter wheat is a detail that matters. It is sown in autumn, stands through the Polish winter and is harvested the following summer, and that long growing season gives a grain with a higher starch content and more structure than spring wheat. It is the same grain several of the well known Polish premium vodkas are built on, and it makes for a rounder, fuller vodka than its reputation suggests.

  The water is soft, meaning low in calcium and magnesium, and it matters as much as the grain. Hard water leaves a mineral, almost metallic edge that cannot be filtered out afterwards. There is neither added sugar nor colouring here, and that carries weight: vodka is in fact allowed to be sweetened slightly without the label having to say so.

  The result is a very clean vodka that stays at the neutral end of the scale. It is not built to be analysed in a tulip glass, but to be ice cold, bright and reliable — either as a shot or as a base, where it is asked to do nothing except carry the drink.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Very clean and almost without aroma on the first pass. Give it a moment in the glass and a pale grain note and a hint of fresh greenery appear.

  Palate

  Soft and cool with a lightly creamy texture. The wheat gives a discreet sweetness in the middle and there is no sharp bite anywhere.

  Finish

  Short and dry. The sweetness disappears quickly and a clean, almost cool impression is left behind.

  Specifications

  Name: I AM Premium Vodka
  Producer: I AM
  Region/Country: Poland
  Type: Polish Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Distilled from winter wheat and brought down with soft water
  EAN no.: 5900274007475
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold from the freezer as a shot, or in a Bloody Mary where the cleanliness lets tomato and spice lead.
  

  Flavour profile

  Very clean · Soft · Neutral · Dry

  Did you know?

  EU rules do in fact permit vodka to be sweetened with up to 8 grams of sugar per litre without the label having to say so. It is used to round off the alcohol and give a smoother mouthfeel. That is precisely why it is worth knowing when a house, as here, states outright that no sugar has been added.

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    67,00EUR
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  JJ Whitley Handcrafted Rhubarb Vodka 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-19628

  Rhubarb belongs in the English kitchen garden, somewhere between the gooseberries and the hollyhocks. The stalks push up before anything else, tart and pink, and are gone again before summer has properly started. JJ Whitley has poured that short window into a bottle.

  Expert description

  JJ Whitley Handcrafted Rhubarb Vodka is an English Vodka carrying natural rhubarb flavour, bottled at 38.6%.

  The range was launched in March 2016 by British drinks producer Halewood and started life as exactly four bottles: two gins and two vodkas, one of which was this. All four went out at the same strength. The inspiration was English countryside and kitchen garden rather than Eastern European tradition, and that runs right through the line-up.

  The rhubarb arrives as natural flavour after distillation, not as raw material in the still. The balance sits closer to compote than to raw stalk, so sugar carries further than acidity. That makes the bottle easy to drink over ice, and it holds its own against tonic or lemonade. If you want the edge back, add lemon.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Stewed rhubarb with sugar, direct and unmistakable. Underneath sits something green and stalky, close to fresh celery.

  Palate

  Sweetness lands first and takes up plenty of room. A dry stalk pulls through behind it, and right at the end a creamy note appears, like rhubarb fool.

  Finish

  Short and sweet with a slightly sticky feel. Acidity returns at the very end and tidies up.

  Specifications

  Name: JJ Whitley Handcrafted Rhubarb Vodka
  Producer: JJ Whitley
  Region/Country: England, United Kingdom
  Type: English Vodka
  ABV: 38.6%
  Size: 70 CL
  Serving suggestion: Over ice with a wedge of lemon, or topped with tonic and a mint leaf.
  

  Flavour profile

  Sweet · Rhubarb · Soft · Lightly tart

  Did you know?

  The name comes from the Whitley family, who began making spirits in Daresbury, Cheshire in 1762. The same line gave its name to Whitley Neill Gin, which belongs to the same house.

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    33,50EUR
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  Ketel One Vodka 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-19610

  Schiedam sits wedged in just west of Rotterdam and has been burning grain since the seventeenth century. At the town's peak, several hundred distilleries and malt mills stood side by side. A handful are left today, and one of them has had the same family in charge since 1691.

  Expert description

  Ketel One Vodka is a Dutch Vodka from the Nolet Distillery in Schiedam, distilled from 100% wheat and bottled at 40%.

  The Nolet family has run the distillery for eleven generations, but the vodka is young by house standards. Carolus Nolet put it into production in 1983, and the name comes from Distilleerketel #1, a coal-fired copper pot still from 1864 that still stands on the floor in Schiedam. Part of the spirit comes off that still, the rest from modern columns, and the two are blended at the end.

  After distillation the spirit runs over loose charcoal and then rests in tile-lined tanks until bottling. Every single batch is tasted by a member of the family before it is approved. It sounds like marketing, but it is how the house has worked from the start.

  The combination of pot still and column is the whole difference. The column cleans, the copper pot still adds weight, and the result is a vodka that is neither empty nor heavy. That middle position is why it has ended up among the most called-for vodkas behind the bar in the world's best bars, as measured by trade titles such as Drinks International.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Fresh and clean with a clear stroke of lemon peel. Underneath sits a pale wheat note and a suggestion of honey.

  Palate

  Crisp and light in the mouth. The wheat gives a fine sweetness, citrus lifts the middle, and a short dry warmth arrives towards the end.

  Finish

  Long by vodka standards and distinctly dry. The citrus note lingers without any sharp edges appearing.

  Specifications

  Name: Ketel One Vodka
  Distillery: Nolet Distillery
  Region/Country: Schiedam, the Netherlands
  Type: Dutch Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Natural colour: Yes
  Distillation method: Distilled from 100% wheat in copper pot still and column, filtered over charcoal
  EAN no.: 8711566013701
  Serving suggestion: Cool and neat in a small glass, or in a Dirty Martini where the citrus note carries the olive.
  

  Flavour profile

  Crisp · Citrus · Honey · Dry

  Did you know?

  The Nolet family has raised a windmill beside the distillery in Schiedam. It is called De Nolet, ranks among the tallest windmills in the world and supplies power to the production. Sails turning above a distillery are an unusual sight in a town otherwise known for its chimneys.

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    40,00EUR
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  Koskenkorva Organic Vodka Finland 70 cl 37,50%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-1972804301

  Koskenkorva is not something a marketing agency invented. It is the name of a village in flat, windswept Ostrobothnia, where the barley fields run right up to the distillery gate and the grain often travels less than twenty kilometres to reach its final destination.

  Expert description

  Koskenkorva Organic is an Organic Finnish Vodka distilled from barley grown on the distillery's own and neighbouring fields, bottled at 37.5%.

  The Koskenkorva distillery has been running since 1953 and is today one of the largest grain processing plants in the Nordics. The barley arrives as whole grain, is cooked, fermented and sent through a tall column, where the distillate passes more than 250 distillation stages on the way up. That kind of plant produces a very clean, nearly characterless spirit, and everything after that depends on what you do with it.

  Here it is diluted with Finnish spring water and left alone. The organic barley is grown without artificial fertiliser or pesticides, and because it is not hidden behind added flavourings you can actually taste it: a dry, grainy tone under the clean surface. At 37.5% the mouthfeel is a shade lighter than a 40% vodka, which makes it easy to mix with.

  Finns treat Koskenkorva as an everyday spirit in the best sense of the phrase. It is as common in the kitchen as behind the bar, and it gets drunk ice cold from small glasses at summer cabins right through July. The brand belongs to Anora, which also runs the bioenergy plant sitting next door to the distillery.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Dry and cool with a clear grain character. No sweetness, no perfume, just clean barley and a hint of wet flour.

  Palate

  Light and mild rather than forceful. The barley shows up as a coarse, almost bready tone halfway through, and the alcohol stays in the background.

  Finish

  Short to medium and thoroughly dry. A small rasp of grain husk hangs on, and then it is gone.

  Specifications

  Name: Koskenkorva Organic Vodka
  Distillery: Koskenkorva
  Region/Country: Koskenkorva, Finland
  Type: Organic Finnish Vodka
  ABV: 37.5%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Continuous column distillation from organic barley
  EAN no.: 6412700558813
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold in a small glass alongside food, or as the base of a Moscow Mule or Bloody Mary.
  

  Flavour profile

  Dry · Grainy · Light · Clean

  Did you know?

  The barley husks from production are not thrown away. They are burned in the distillery's own bioenergy plant and cover a large share of its heating needs, while starch and protein from the grain go on to food products and animal feed. Very little of a barley kernel goes unused at Koskenkorva.

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  • 1pcs.
    26,75EUR
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  København Klassisk Nordic Gin House Vodka 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865666-5552

  The name says Copenhagen. The contents are distilled in Sweden. That is not a mistake but a reminder that the Øresund strait is narrower than most labels let on, and that Nordic spirits rarely stay inside one border.

  Expert description

  København Klassisk Vodka is a Swedish Vodka from Nordic Gin House, made from winter-harvested barley and bottled at 40%.

  Nordic Gin House stand behind the whole København range, which holds gin in several styles, a single malt whisky and this vodka. The name is a greeting to the Danish capital, while the distilling happens at Bergslagens Destilleri in Sweden. The series built its reputation on the gin side, where the classic bottling in particular has taken prizes home.

  Barley is a less common choice for vodka than wheat or rye. The grain brings a rounder and slightly fuller character with clearer cereal sweetness, and the winter harvest reinforces it: the long growing season gathers more starch in the kernel. This is a vodka that is soft rather than sharp, which is why it holds up neat.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Pale and mild. Dry grain and a touch of white bread, with a very faint citrus note behind.

  Palate

  Round and soft with a cereal sweetness filling the middle. The alcohol reads as warmth more than bite.

  Finish

  Short and dry. The sweetness falls away quickly and leaves a clean, lightly floury impression.

  Specifications

  Name: København Klassisk Vodka
  Producer: Nordic Gin House
  Region/Country: Sweden
  Type: Swedish Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Serving suggestion: As a Screwdriver with a slice of orange, or cold and neat in a small glass.
  

  Flavour profile

  Soft · Round · Cereal sweet · Mild

  Did you know?

  The København range also holds a Navy Strength Gin and a Single Malt Whisky. It is rare for a gin house to take the step across into whisky, and rarer still to do it under the same city name.

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  • 1pcs.
    46,75EUR
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  Lignell & piispanen Gustav Dill Vodka Finland 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865423147395-0

  Dill belongs to a Finnish summer the way a swimming jetty and boiled new potatoes do. It goes in the crayfish pot, it goes over the grilled salmon, and at Lignell & Piispanen in Kuopio it has gone into the still.

  Expert description

  Gustav Dill Vodka is a Finnish Vodka from Lignell & Piispanen in Kuopio, aroma distilled from Finnish dill and bottled at 40%.

  The house goes back to 1852, when Gustav Ranin founded the business in Kuopio, and the Gustav range carries his first name. The company is still officially called Oy Gust. Ranin and sits to this day in the same town beside Lake Kallavesi in Northern Savonia.

  The dill is not added as an essence afterwards. It is aroma distilled in small batches, so the herbal character is drawn out through distillation itself rather than through blending. It is a handmade way of working, and it gives a noticeably cleaner dill character than a flavoured vodka usually carries.

  The result is dry rather than sweet. The dill lies as a green, faintly aniseed tone across a smooth vodka base, with a mild spiced warmth through the middle. It stands up to being drunk neat from a cold glass, but it truly shows itself with tonic, where the quinine and the dill pull in the same direction.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Freshly cut dill, clear and clean. A touch of fennel seed and green apple sits behind it.

  Palate

  Dry and smooth. The dill fills the middle with a light aniseed sweetness, and a mild peppery spice comes through towards the end.

  Finish

  Medium and herbal. The green note hangs on while the alcohol leaves almost without heat.

  Specifications

  Name: Gustav Dill Vodka
  Distillery: Lignell & Piispanen
  Region/Country: Kuopio, Finland
  Type: Finnish Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Aroma distilled from Finnish dill, handmade in small batches
  EAN no.: 6435302618617
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold in a Vodka Tonic with a sprig of dill, or neat in a small glass alongside cured salmon.
  

  Flavour profile

  Dill · Dry · Herbal · Smooth

  Did you know?

  The distillery runs both a factory outlet and an Arctic Bar in Kuopio, where you can taste your way through the range on site. The Gustav name covers more than vodka too: there is a gin and a lingonberry and cloudberry liqueur under the same first name.

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  • 1pcs.
    33,50EUR
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  Merchant's Choice Classic Vodka 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 505956-498796-451-3

  Some bottles are built for the other side of the bar. Merchant's Choice was put together for bartenders who need an English vodka that does its job and otherwise keeps out of the way of everything else in the shaker.

  Expert description

  Merchant's Choice Classic Vodka is an English Vodka distilled from British grain and bottled at 40%.

  The brand comes from Symposium, an independent British spirits merchant that assembled a range of craft spirits with bar use in mind. Alongside the vodka there is a London Dry Gin in the same range, and the two are meant to stand side by side behind a bar rather than on a collector's shelf.

  The vodka itself is distilled from grain in Great Britain and aims at a clean, crisp mouthfeel. There is neither botanical nor added flavouring in it; the whole ambition is that it should carry a cocktail without drawing attention to itself.

  It is not empty for all that. A clear citrus note sits at the front, and beneath it a soft vanilla that means it can also be drunk neat if it is cold enough. Pepper arrives only right at the very end and reads more as a sensation than an actual flavour.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Pale and clean with obvious citrus peel. A hint of vanilla sits underneath it.

  Palate

  Crisp and smooth with sharp citrus notes up front. The vanilla comes in halfway and rounds the edges off.

  Finish

  Short and dry with a discreet press of pepper. No bitterness is left behind.

  Specifications

  Name: Merchant's Choice Classic Vodka
  Producer: Merchant's Choice
  Region/Country: England, Great Britain
  Type: English Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Distilled from British grain
  EAN no.: 5021692001149
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold in a small glass, or as the base of a Vodka Collins or a Cosmopolitan.
  

  Flavour profile

  Clean · Crisp · Citrus-led · Soft vanilla

  Did you know?

  Vodka is one of the most tightly defined spirit types in law: the distillate has to be purified to at least 96% alcohol before it is diluted back down. That is why the difference between two vodkas so often lies in the water and the filtration rather than in the raw material.

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  • 1pcs.
    26,75EUR
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  Nemiroff Orignial Vodka Ukraine 100 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865423150348-

  Nemyriv is a small town in Podillia, surrounded by some of the most fertile wheat fields in Europe. Spirit has been distilled here since 1872, and the town has lent its name to a vodka that now stands on shelves in more than 80 countries.

  Expert description

  Nemiroff Original is a Ukrainian Vodka from Nemiroff in Nemyriv, distilled from wheat, flavoured with caraway and honey and bottled at 40%.

  Production began in 1872, when the largest distillery in the district opened in Nemyriv, and the house has stayed in the same town ever since. The water comes from artesian wells beneath the distillery and the wheat is grown in the surrounding countryside. Nemiroff is today the largest vodka exporter in Ukraine.

  Original is the house black label, launched in 1999. Unlike the plain bottlings in the range it is not entirely neutral: a very small amount of caraway and honey is added, sitting as a tone rather than as a flavour. You have to know it is there to put words to it, but it is there.

  After distillation the vodka passes nine stages of filtration before bottling. That is what gives the round, almost softly polished character which lets the litre bottle sit on a dinner table without anybody asking for ice. It works with food and in drinks alike.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Clean and mild. A pale grain note with a fine touch of honey and a hint of caraway behind it.

  Palate

  Soft and round. The wheat gives a muted sweetness, while the caraway lays a warm, almost bread-like spice through the middle.

  Finish

  Short and clean. The spice hangs on for a moment and leaves a dry, faintly honeyed impression behind.

  Specifications

  Name: Nemiroff Original
  Producer: Nemiroff
  Region/Country: Nemyriv, Ukraine
  Type: Ukrainian Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 100 CL
  Distillation method: Distilled from wheat and filtered in nine stages, flavoured with caraway and honey
  EAN no.: 50706100
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold from the freezer in small glasses alongside food, or in a Moscow Mule where the caraway meets the ginger.
  

  Flavour profile

  Caraway · Honey · Soft · Wheat

  Did you know?

  Original is also called Nemiroff Black after the colour of its label, and that name is still used in many markets. The town of Nemyriv sits in Podillia, one of the classic wheat districts of Europe, which is why the house chose wheat over potatoes in the first place.

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  • 1pcs.
    33,50EUR
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  Nikka Coffey Japanese Vodka 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865403-7104

  In a valley outside Sendai, between two rivers and a wood of broadleaf trees, stands a column still from 1963. It was bought second-hand in Scotland, shipped to Japan and has been running there ever since. Nikka uses it for whisky, for gin and for this vodka.

  Expert description

  Nikka Coffey Japanese Vodka is a Japanese Vodka from Nikka Whisky, distilled from corn and malted barley in a Coffey still at the Miyagikyo distillery and bottled at 40%.

  A Coffey still is an old-fashioned column, named after the Irishman Aeneas Coffey who patented it in 1830. It is less efficient than a modern column, and that is the entire point. Because it does not strip the distillate all the way down, body and texture come across with it, the very things a modern column would have shaved away.

  Nikka brought its Coffey still to Japan in 1963 and still runs it. The grain is a mixture of corn and malted barley, where the corn brings round sweetness and the malt lays a soft layer underneath. It is the same thinking about raw material that sits behind the house Coffey Grain Whisky, only without the cask.

  Finally the vodka is filtered through white birch charcoal. White birch is soft, porous wood, and its charcoal works gently: it takes the edges without dragging the sweetness along. The result is a vodka where texture is the first thing you notice and purity arrives second.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Soft and clean. Cooked corn and a touch of lemon peel, with a distant floral note behind.

  Palate

  Creamy and lightly sweet. Corn sweetness fills the middle, the malt lays a soft layer beneath, and there is a suggestion of white pepper at the edge.

  Finish

  Short and velvety. The sweetness slips quietly away and leaves a clean, almost powdered impression.

  Specifications

  Name: Nikka Coffey Vodka
  Distillery: Nikka Whisky
  Region/Country: Miyagikyo, Sendai, Japan
  Type: Japanese Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Distilled from corn and malted barley in a Coffey still, filtered through white birch charcoal
  EAN no.: 3700597303276
  Serving suggestion: Neat and cool in a small glass, or in a Vodka Martini where the texture gets room without too much vermouth.
  

  Flavour profile

  Creamy · Lightly corn-sweet · Clean · Soft texture

  Did you know?

  The same Coffey still is used for the house Coffey Grain Whisky and Coffey Malt Whisky. So Coffey never refers to coffee at Nikka, even though the name makes plenty of people assume it does. It is a surname.

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  • 1pcs.
    50,75EUR
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  Nyborg Destilleri Fionia Organic Danish Vodka 70 cl 38%

  Item no.: 22227865480-67093-0114

  For 125 years freight wagons were repaired in the workshop halls beside the railway station in Nyborg. The tracks are still there. Inside the buildings there is copper now, and the smell has shifted from oil and iron to fermenting wheat malt.

  Expert description

  Fionia Vodka is an Organic Danish Vodka from Nyborg Destilleri on the island of Funen, triple distilled from organic wheat malt and bottled at 38%.

  Nicolai and Niels Rømer fitted the distillery into the old railway halls in 2017 and put a restaurant beside it. The house is today one of the largest producers of organic spirits in the country, and organic is not an option box here — it covers the whole range, from whisky through gin to rum.

  Fionia is built on malt rather than unmalted wheat, and it shows. Malting releases sugar and leaves a bready character that three distillations do not scrub away entirely. Bottling at 38% instead of the usual 40% does the rest: a little less alcoholic bite, a little more room for the grain.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Soft and pale. Fresh bread dough and a hint of lemon peel, with no sharp alcohol edge.

  Palate

  Light and gliding. Malt sweetness sits mid-tongue, followed by something herbal and a slender peppery warmth.

  Finish

  Clean and brief. A dry malt trace lingers while everything else lets go quickly.

  Specifications

  Name: Fionia Vodka
  Distillery: Nyborg Destilleri
  Region/Country: Nyborg, Funen, Denmark
  Type: Organic Danish Vodka
  ABV: 38%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Triple distilled from wheat malt
  EAN no.: 5708636500530
  Serving suggestion: Cold in a small glass with fish and shellfish, or in a Vodka Tonic with a strip of lemon peel.
  

  Flavour profile

  Soft · Malty · Light citrus · Clean

  Did you know?

  Fionia is the Latin name for Funen. The range is called Fionia Spirits and also covers gin, white rum and dark rum, each carrying the same nod to the island on the label.

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  • 1pcs.
    40,00EUR