Absolut Vodka

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  Absolut Elyx Premium Swedish Vodka 70 cl 42,3%

  Item no.: 22227865479-124

  A distillery in Skåne, a copper column built in 1921, and a team of people who still run it by hand. Temperature and flow rate are not set by a computer here. They are adjusted lever by lever, exactly as the generation before did it.

  Expert description

  Absolut Elyx is a Swedish Vodka distilled from single estate winter wheat in a 1921 copper still and bottled at 42.3%.

  The column is called Column 51 and is built entirely from copper. It is operated manually by a small handful of people, led by Krister Asplund, and every handle, valve and level is set by hand. The copper is not merely construction material. It acts as a catalyst, capturing the heavier compounds in the spirit as it travels, and that accounts for much of the oily mouthfeel.

  The wheat comes from a single estate, Råbelöf in southern Sweden, where wheat has been grown since the 1400s. Dry cold winters and long warm summers suit winter wheat, and the grain carries the starch balance the distillery is looking for. The water is drawn from a local aquifer.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Clean and rich. Freshly baked bread and white chocolate sit on top, with a soft layer of cereal and mellow spice underneath.

  Palate

  Macadamia nuts and creamed cereal spread out, followed by white chocolate and buttery bread notes. The texture is thick without being cloying.

  Finish

  Rounded and mildly spiced with a fresh nuttiness. It lingers a long time and closes quietly.

  Specifications

  Name: Absolut Elyx
  Distillery: Absolut Elyx
  Region/Country: Åhus, Sweden
  Type: Swedish Vodka
  ABV: 42.3%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Manually operated 1921 copper column
  Serving suggestion: Over a single large ice cube, or in a Martini with a whisper of dry vermouth.
  

  Flavour profile

  Silky · Nutty · Bready · Mildly spiced

  Did you know?

  The copper inside Column 51 is consumed. Thousands of small copper packets sit within the column and are sacrificed as they pull unwanted compounds out of the spirit. They have to be replaced at intervals, because the metal itself is slowly eaten away by the process.

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  • 1pcs.
    80,25EUR
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  Absolut Elyx Single Estate Premium Swedish Vodka 1,75 liter 42,3%

  Item no.: 22227865479-125

  The fields around Råbelöf have been there since the 1400s. Winter wheat is sown in autumn, sits out the cold in Skåne soil and is harvested the following year — and the whole journey from that grain to this bottle covers less than a dozen kilometres as the crow flies.

  Please note: The image is a model photo.

  Expert description

  Absolut Elyx Single Estate is a Swedish Vodka made from winter wheat grown on one estate, distilled in copper and bottled at 42.3% in a 175 cl bottle.

  The large format is aimed at the bar and at the evenings where more than one round gets poured. The contents match the standard bottle: wheat from Råbelöf in Skåne, manual distillation in the 1921 copper column the house calls Column 51, and a bottling strength a couple of points above what a vodka usually carries.

  The copper does the work. The metal reacts with the spirit along the way and strips out the compounds that would otherwise leave sharpness, and what remains has a texture closer to cream than to water. That is exactly why it performs in drinks with nowhere to hide — a Martini, a Vesper, Elyx over ice.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Soft cereal and fresh bread, with white chocolate and a layer of mellow spice behind.

  Palate

  Rich and juicy. Macadamia first, then creamed cereal and a buttery sweetness that never tips into sugar.

  Finish

  Long and rounded. The nutty note holds while the spice falls away slowly.

  Specifications

  Name: Absolut Elyx Single Estate
  Distillery: Absolut Elyx
  Region/Country: Åhus, Sweden
  Type: Swedish Vodka
  ABV: 42.3%
  Size: 175 CL
  Distillation method: Manually operated 1921 copper column
  Serving suggestion: Pour it over one large ice cube, or build a Vesper where the texture carries the drink.
  

  Flavour profile

  Rich · Creamy · Nutty · Dry finish

  Did you know?

  Everything happens within fifteen miles. From the moment the wheat is sown at Råbelöf until the finished vodka stands in the bottle, Absolut Elyx keeps the entire chain inside a radius of roughly twenty-four kilometres around the distillery. Grain, water, distillation and bottling all sit in the same corner of Skåne.

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  • 1pcs.
    268,00EUR
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  Absolut Miniature Premium Swedish Vodka 5 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-8666

  The most recognisable bottle in the spirits world, shrunk to something that fits a coat pocket. The same curved shoulder, the same clear glass, the same lettering printed straight onto the bottle. Simply in pocket format.

  Expert description

  Absolut is a Swedish Vodka made from winter wheat grown at Åhus and bottled at 40% in a 5 cl bottle.

  Every single drop of Absolut comes from the same place. The wheat is grown around Åhus in southern Sweden, sown in autumn and harvested the following year, and the water is drawn from a deep local well. Distillation runs continuously rather than in batches, a method Lars Olsson Smith developed in the nineteenth century and which earned him the nickname Brännvinskungen, the vodka king.

  He launched Absolut Rent Brännvin in 1879. A hundred years later, in 1979, the brand was relaunched internationally in the bottle we know today — drawn from an old Swedish apothecary flask, without a paper label and with the text printed directly into the glass. The miniature is that same bottle in small format.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Clean and lightly bready. There is a fine grain character and otherwise very little to hold on to, which is the intention.

  Palate

  Soft and dry with a discreet grain sweetness. The alcohol registers as warmth rather than as sharpness.

  Finish

  Short and clean. It releases quickly and leaves no bitterness behind.

  Specifications

  Name: Absolut
  Distillery: Absolut
  Region/Country: Åhus, Sweden
  Type: Swedish Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 5 CL
  Distillation method: Continuous distillation
  EAN no.: 7312040017508
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold as a shot, or as the base of a single Vodka Tonic with lemon.
  

  Flavour profile

  Clean · Dry · Lightly grain sweet · Neutral

  Did you know?

  Lars Olsson Smith was known as Brännvinskungen, the vodka king. He took on the Stockholm spirits monopoly by selling his brännvin from Reimersholme, outside the city customs line, and ferried people out there so they could buy around the system. That business laid the foundation for Absolut.

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  • 1pcs.
    4,00EUR
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  Absolut Passionfruit Premium Swedish Vodka 70 cl 38%

  Item no.: 505956-498796-453-2

  Passion fruit tastes of two things at once: enough acidity to wake the mouth up, and a sweetness that lands afterwards. It is a fruit that can carry a whole drink on its own — and here it sits on top of a vodka from the grain fields of Skåne.

  Expert description

  Absolut Passionfruit is a Swedish Vodka carrying natural passion fruit flavour, bottled at 38%.

  The base is the same as everywhere else in the house: winter wheat from the land around Åhus and water from a deep well in the same place. The flavour comes from natural aromas, and no sugar is added. That detail matters, because sugar is what makes the fruit in many flavoured vodkas turn flat and syrupy after the first mouthful.

  Alongside the passion fruit sits a stroke of orange blossom. That floral note is why the bottle lifts a tonic rather than merely colouring it, and it gives you something to build on in drinks with ginger or lime. All of it bottled at 38%, the strength Absolut uses across its flavoured range.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Clear passion fruit with acidity at the edge, and behind it a floral note leaning towards orange blossom.

  Palate

  Fresh, juicy fruit fills the mouth. The sweetness is held back and the acidity keeps everything upright.

  Finish

  Lightly sweet and fruity, but short. It leaves cleanly without depositing anything sticky.

  Specifications

  Name: Absolut Passionfruit
  Distillery: Absolut
  Region/Country: Åhus, Sweden
  Type: Swedish Vodka
  ABV: 38%
  Size: 70 CL
  EAN no.: 7312040350339
  Serving suggestion: In a Vodka Tonic with lime, or in a Mule where the ginger meets the fruit.
  

  Flavour profile

  Passion fruit · Tangy · Floral · Lightly sweet

  Did you know?

  Passion fruit does not grow in Sweden. Everything else in the bottle does: the wheat comes from the fields around Åhus and the water from a well in the same place. The fruit aroma is therefore the only ingredient that travelled any distance to get there.

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  • 1pcs.
    22,75EUR
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  Absolut Vanilia Premium Swedish Vodka 70 cl 38%

  Item no.: 22227865479-7136

  Vanilla is the kind of aroma people react to before they have thought about it. It sits in childhood baking, in the cream on a cake, in anything warm. Absolut put it into a clear bottle and left the rest as vodka.

  Expert description

  Absolut Vanilia is a Swedish Vodka carrying natural vanilla flavour, bottled at 38%.

  The expression arrived in 2003 and rests on the same base as the rest of the house: winter wheat grown around Åhus in southern Sweden and water from a deep, protected well. Natural vanilla sits on top of that base. No sugar is added, which separates it from a number of other flavoured vodkas where the sweetness comes from syrup rather than from aroma.

  The result is more robust than the name suggests. The vanilla is of the warm, creamy sort, and beneath it lie butterscotch and a stroke of dark chocolate. Because there is no sugar in the bottle it dries out towards the end instead of turning sticky — which is exactly why it works in drinks that already carry sweetness from liqueur or coffee.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Warm bourbon vanilla with a breath of butterscotch. The aroma is clear without being perfumed.

  Palate

  Creamy vanilla fills the middle, followed by caramel and a suggestion of dark chocolate. There is enough body that it does not vanish in a mixed drink.

  Finish

  Drier than the opening promises. The chocolate hangs on while the sweetness pulls back.

  Specifications

  Name: Absolut Vanilia
  Distillery: Absolut
  Region/Country: Åhus, Sweden
  Type: Swedish Vodka
  ABV: 38%
  Size: 70 CL
  EAN no.: 7312040350100
  Serving suggestion: In a Vanilla Espresso Martini, or over ice with a strip of orange peel.
  

  Flavour profile

  Vanilla · Butterscotch · Dark chocolate · Creamy

  Did you know?

  There is not a gram of added sugar in the bottle. The sweetness you experience is pure aroma — the brain reads the vanilla scent as sweetness even though there is nothing sweet to measure. It is also why the finish dries out instead of clinging.

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  • 1pcs.
    22,75EUR