Black Cow Vodka

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  Black Cow Miniature England Pure Milk Vodka 5 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-8249

  Tell someone you have vodka made from milk and you usually get a raised eyebrow. Five centilitres is exactly what it takes to end the argument — there is enough in the bottle for everyone round the table to check for themselves.

  Expert description

  Black Cow Pure Milk Vodka is an English Vodka from Black Cow in West Dorset, distilled from the whey of milk and bottled at 40% in a 5 cl miniature.

  The content is the same as in the full bottle: whey from the farm's milk is fermented, distilled and bottled by hand in Dorset. Only the volume differs, and volume is precisely what makes the small format so useful when somebody needs convincing.

  The miniature belongs in a tasting line-up of unusual raw materials. Set it against a vodka made from potatoes, one from grapes and one from grain, and the difference in mouthfeel becomes something you can point at rather than read about. The milk lays down a weight none of the others carry.

  As a gift it is easy to give. Small enough for a gift bag or an advent calendar, and it comes with a story the recipient has not heard before. It also takes up no room in a suitcase if the bottle has to travel to someone at the other end of the country.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Mild and lightly sweet, with a trace of condensed milk and a cool undertone.

  Palate

  Thick and velvety in the mouth. The sweetness is subdued, and there is no burn, only an even, round fullness.

  Finish

  Soft and short. It slips away without bitterness and leaves a faint dryness.

  Specifications

  Name: Black Cow Pure Milk Vodka
  Producer: Black Cow
  Region/Country: West Dorset, England
  Type: English Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 5 CL
  EAN no.: 5060323760086
  Serving suggestion: Chill the bottle and pour it neat into two small glasses, or use it for a single Espresso Martini.
  

  Flavour profile

  Velvety · Mild · Round · Lightly sweet

  Did you know?

  The curds from the same milk become cheese. The farm makes both cheese and vodka out of every litre it brings in, which means there is effectively nothing left over once both are finished.

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  • 1pcs.
    12,00EUR
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  Black Cow Pure Milk Vodka England 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-8248

  On a farm in West Dorset the cows stand out on grass, the milk comes in, and the cheese gets made as it always has. What used to run down the drain afterwards now ends up in a bottle. That is the whole story behind Black Cow — and it is every bit as odd as it sounds.

  Expert description

  Black Cow Pure Milk Vodka is an English Vodka from Black Cow in West Dorset, distilled from whey off grass-grazed cows' milk and bottled at 40%.

  The idea turned up in 2011 over a few drinks between two neighbours, one of whom, Jason Barber, is a fifth-generation dairy farmer. A year later the first bottle was ready, and Black Cow became the world's first vodka made purely from milk.

  The method follows the dairy. Milk is separated into curds and whey; the curds go to cheese, while the whey — usually a leftover — is set to ferment with a yeast developed specifically to turn milk sugar into alcohol. The resulting "milk beer" is distilled into a neutral spirit, which is then blended by the house's own process, triple filtered and bottled by hand on the farm.

  The raw material shows. Lactose ferments differently from the starch in grain or potatoes, and the trace compounds left after distillation pull towards something soft and lightly creamy rather than towards grain sweetness or peppery bite. This is not a vodka that tastes of milk, but nor is it a vodka that tastes like all the others.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Soft and faintly sweet, with an impression of whipped cream and a small fresh citrus edge.

  Palate

  Full and smooth with a clear creaminess that settles like a film across the tongue. The sweetness is mild and carries no sharp edge.

  Finish

  Clean and soft, medium in length. The creaminess lets go slowly, and a light mineral dryness arrives at the close.

  Specifications

  Name: Black Cow Pure Milk Vodka
  Producer: Black Cow
  Region/Country: West Dorset, England
  Type: English Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Distilled from fermented whey, triple filtered
  EAN no.: 5060323760000
  Serving suggestion: Neat and properly cold in a small glass, or as the base of an Espresso Martini where the creaminess has a part to play.
  

  Flavour profile

  Creamy · Soft · Mild · Round

  Did you know?

  The herd numbers around 250 cows grazing the fields around the distillery, and every single bottle is filled by hand on the farm itself. It is less than a mile from Jason Barber's dairy to the place where the vodka is made.

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  • 1pcs.
    46,75EUR