Arbikie Vodka

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  Arbikie Chilli Vodka Highland Estate 70 cl 43%

  Item no.: 22227865466332-889

  In a field above Lunan Bay, chilli plants grow between the potato rows. They are picked, smoked and left to steep in vodka. Arbikie Chilli Vodka is the loudest bottle on the estate, and there is very little like it in Scotland.

  Expert description

  Arbikie Chilli Vodka is a Scottish Vodka from Arbikie Distillery, built on the house potato vodka and steeped with home-grown chipotle chillies, bottled at 43%.

  Chipotle is smoke-dried jalapeño, and it is the smoke rather than the burn that carries this bottle. Arbikie grows the chillies on the farm in Angus and drops them in whole. No extracts, no colourings, no concentrates, which is why the liquid sits pale brown instead of clear.

  The base is the same potato spirit the distillery began with. Potato distillate has a weight and a creaminess that grain does not deliver in the same way, and that texture is exactly why the chilli never turns sharp or dusty. The heat settles on top of the softness rather than cutting through it.

  Flavoured vodka carries a mixed reputation, and syrup and flavouring compounds are usually to blame. Neither appears here. The chilli steeps until it has given up both smoke and heat, and the bottling strength of 43% gives the spice room to spread.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Smoke first, like a bonfire on its way out. Behind it sits dried chilli, a touch of sweetness and something earthy close to baked potato skin.

  Palate

  Creamy and full at the start, almost soft. Then the chilli arrives: a deep, smoked warmth that builds rather than strikes. Clearly present without ever punishing.

  Finish

  Long and warm. The smoke hangs on longest while the spice slides slowly down the throat.

  Specifications

  Name: Arbikie Chilli Vodka
  Distillery: Arbikie Distillery
  Region/Country: Angus, Scotland
  Type: Scottish Vodka
  ABV: 43%
  Size: 70 CL
  Serving suggestion: In a Bloody Mary where the chilli replaces the tabasco, or ice cold as a shot alongside barbecue.
  

  Flavour profile

  Smoky · Spicy · Creamy · Earthy

  Did you know?

  Chipotle is not a chilli variety but a condition. It is a jalapeño left to ripen until it turns red and then dried over smoke, and that is precisely the treatment these chillies get before they meet the vodka.

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  • 1pcs.
    49,50EUR
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  Arbikie Haar Wheat Vodka Highland Estate 70 cl 43%

  Item no.: 227865444111266-98

  On some mornings you cannot see the North Sea from Arbikie, even though it sits right there. The cold coastal fog the Scots call haar rolls in across Lunan Bay and settles around the distillery like a sheet. This bottle is named after that fog.

  Expert description

  Arbikie Haar Wheat Vodka is a Scottish Vodka distilled from Zulu wheat grown on the Arbikie Distillery fields and bottled at 43%.

  The wheat variety is called Zulu and grows in the fields known as Black Laws, a short walk from the distillery. That both the variety and the field can be named says something about the way the place works: the raw material is followed all the way through rather than bought in as finished neutral spirit.

  Wheat gives a softer and sweeter distillate than barley, and Arbikie has chosen not to strip that character out. Vanilla and caramel sit in the glass as a result. Those are notes usually associated with cask maturation, but here they come from the grain and the distillation alone.

  The distillery suggests it in an Espresso Martini, or with cloudy apple juice, soda and a squeeze of lime. Both play on the caramel sweetness sitting at the bottom of the bottle.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Apple and caramel, clear and inviting. Behind them sit a thread of baked wheat and a faint floral note.

  Palate

  Creamy and round with vanilla up front. Caramel follows, and a light spice arrives last to keep the sweetness in check.

  Finish

  Medium and soft. Vanilla and caramel fade out while the spice stays behind.

  Specifications

  Name: Arbikie Haar Wheat Vodka
  Distillery: Arbikie Distillery
  Region/Country: Angus, Scotland
  Type: Scottish Vodka
  ABV: 43%
  Size: 70 CL
  EAN no.: 5060398440104
  Serving suggestion: In an Espresso Martini, or with cloudy apple juice, soda and a squeeze of lime.
  

  Flavour profile

  Creamy · Vanilla · Caramel · Lightly spiced

  Did you know?

  Arbikie also makes whisky, but has decided to release it only at 14, 18 and 21 years old. Each bottling will carry both the vintage and the name of the field the barley grew in.

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  • 1pcs.
    49,50EUR
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  Arbikie Nadar Vodka Highland Estate 70 cl 43%

  Item no.: 22786544411555-887

  A pea pulls nitrogen out of the air and leaves the soil better than it found it. That does not sound like something belonging in a vodka bottle. At Arbikie it is nonetheless the entire starting point.

  Expert description

  Arbikie Nadar Vodka is a Scottish Vodka distilled from peas grown at Arbikie Distillery and bottled at 43%.

  Peas are legumes and fix their own nitrogen. They therefore need no synthetic fertiliser, and fertiliser is otherwise one of the heaviest entries in the ledger when grain becomes spirit. The sums end with each 70 cl bottle saving more than 1.53 kg CO2e beyond what it costs to produce.

  Behind the bottle sits five years of doctoral research by distillery master distiller Kirsty Black in partnership with Abertay University. A gin came first, in 2020, and the vodka followed the year after as the first climate positive vodka in the world.

  In flavour terms it is not neutral, and that is deliberate. The peas leave something green and floral that grain vodka never delivers, and 43% gives the spice room to open out.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Fresh and floral with crushed white pepper behind it. A green, almost vegetal breath sits underneath the whole thing.

  Palate

  Intense and lively. The spice arrives early and broadly, yet the mouth fills at the same time with a creamy sensation that softens the edges.

  Finish

  Long and distinct. The pepper draws out while the floral note returns right at the end.

  Specifications

  Name: Arbikie Nadar Vodka
  Distillery: Arbikie Distillery
  Region/Country: Angus, Scotland
  Type: Scottish Vodka
  ABV: 43%
  Size: 70 CL
  EAN no.: 5060398440524
  Serving suggestion: Neat and cool in a small glass, or in a Martini where the floral side has room.
  

  Flavour profile

  Floral · Spicy · Creamy · Green

  Did you know?

  The name comes from the Gaelic word for nature. Arbikie used it first on a gin in 2020, and that one is equally climate positive. The ledger for the gin bottle reads minus 1.54 kg CO2e.

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  • 1pcs.
    67,00EUR
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  Arbikie Tattie Bogle Potato Vodka Highland Estate 70 cl 43%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-197280011

  Before the potato fields above Lunan Bay turned into vodka, scarecrows stood in them. The Scots called them tattie bogles, and they kept watch over the rows for generations. The name has stayed with a bottle that still begins in the same place: down in the soil.

  Expert description

  Arbikie Tattie Bogle Potato Vodka is a Scottish Vodka distilled from three potato varieties grown on the Arbikie Distillery fields and bottled at 43%.

  The varieties are Maris Piper, King Edward and Cultra, and they are lifted when the starch is at its best. Potatoes give a heavier, fatter distillate than grain, and that weight is what carries the whole flavour picture. This is vodka with a body, not one polished down to water.

  Arbikie calls the method field to bottle. Growing, harvesting, fermenting, distilling, bottling and labelling all happen on the farm in Angus, so every bottle traces back to the field the crop stood in. That is rare in vodka, where most producers buy neutral spirit in from elsewhere.

  The bottle was named UK Vodka of the Year at the World Drink Awards, and it shows itself best where texture matters. A Dry Martini with a dry vermouth is the place to start.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Creamy and mild with black pepper at the edges. Behind it sits something faintly sweet and floury, like potatoes just off the boil.

  Palate

  Silky and full. Black pepper arrives halfway through, and underneath it lies a suggestion of pear and cooked grain. No sharp edges anywhere.

  Finish

  Soft and medium length. The pepper lingers while the weight slowly releases its grip.

  Specifications

  Name: Arbikie Tattie Bogle Potato Vodka
  Distillery: Arbikie Distillery
  Region/Country: Angus, Scotland
  Type: Scottish Vodka
  ABV: 43%
  Size: 70 CL
  EAN no.: 5060398440005
  Serving suggestion: In a Dry Martini with a dry vermouth, or cold in a small glass where the texture has room.
  

  Flavour profile

  Creamy · Silky · Peppery · Full-bodied

  Did you know?

  The very first spirit to run off the Arbikie stills was this potato vodka. The distillery is built into an old cattle shed on the farm, and the vodka reached the market before both the gin and the whisky followed.

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  • 1pcs.
    49,50EUR