Crystal Head Vodka

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  Crystal Head Aurora Limited Edition Premium Canadian Vodka 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-1972626

  The northern lights never hold still. They change colour while you watch and vanish before you have found the camera. The Aurora bottle attempts the same trick in glass: turn it a quarter of a rotation and the surface slides from green to violet to copper.

  Expert description

  Crystal Head Aurora is a Canadian Vodka distilled five times from English wheat and bottled at 40%.

  Aurora reached the market in 2016 as the second expression from Crystal Head. Where the original is built on corn, the raw material here is English wheat, and that moves the flavour noticeably. Wheat delivers a tighter, more peppery spirit, while corn pulls towards creamy sweetness. The spirit is blended with Newfoundland water and nothing is added along the way.

  The purity comes from five distillations and seven filtrations. The last three filtrations pass through layers of Herkimer diamonds, the semi-precious quartz crystals the house has used from the start. The bottle gets its metallised surface through a process that lays the colour unevenly across the glass, which is why no two bottles look quite the same.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Crisp and dry. Delicate floral notes sit on top with a discreet breath of anise beneath them.

  Palate

  Warm and clearly peppercorn driven from the first sip. A small sweetness sits underneath, but the wheat leads all the way.

  Finish

  Dry, clean and warming. The pepper releases slowly and nothing sticky is left behind.

  Specifications

  Name: Crystal Head Aurora
  Distillery: Crystal Head Vodka
  Region/Country: Newfoundland, Canada
  Type: Canadian Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Five times distilled
  EAN no.: 62704041159
  Serving suggestion: Cold in a Vodka Martini, where the peppercorn note is allowed to carry the drink.
  

  Flavour profile

  Peppery · Floral · Dry · Warming

  Did you know?

  No two Aurora bottles are identical. The iridescent metallised surface settles differently on every single unit, so the play of colour varies from bottle to bottle and shifts depending on the angle the light arrives from.

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  • 1pcs.
    80,25EUR
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  Crystal Head Miniature Premium Canadian Vodka 5 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-197280086

  The whole idea shrunk down to the palm of your hand. The same skull shape, the same lead free clear glass, the same vodka inside — only in a format that fits a coat pocket or sits at the top of a Christmas hamper.

  Please note: The bottle is supplied with a red ribbon.

  Expert description

  Crystal Head Miniature is a Canadian Vodka distilled four times from corn and bottled at 40% in a 5 cl skull bottle.

  The contents are exactly the same as in the full size bottle. The raw material is peaches and cream corn, distilled four times into neutral spirit and then blended with water from Newfoundland. The vodka is finally filtered seven times, three of those passes running over Herkimer diamonds. No glycerol, no citrus oils and no sugar are added.

  This is the smallest format Crystal Head makes. The house moulds bottles in five sizes, from 5 cl all the way up to 3 litres, and the miniature is the one most people meet first. It holds just enough for two proper tastes and stays small enough to end up as an ornament on the shelf afterwards.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Neutral grain aroma with a fine dusting of citrus. There are no sharp edges to watch out for.

  Palate

  Silky with a suggestion of sweetness and vanilla. The corn supplies body without turning heavy.

  Finish

  Short, sweet and creamy. It closes without bite, which is rather the point of a taster.

  Specifications

  Name: Crystal Head Miniature
  Distillery: Crystal Head Vodka
  Region/Country: Newfoundland, Canada
  Type: Canadian Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 5 CL
  Distillation method: Four times distilled
  EAN no.: 627040411452
  Serving suggestion: Cold as a taster in a small glass, or poured over ice with a strip of lemon peel.
  

  Flavour profile

  Soft · Creamy · Lightly sweet · Neutral

  Did you know?

  Crystal Head deliberately makes no flavoured vodka at all. The house treats the spirit as a blank canvas for the drinker to build on, so there are no vanilla, berry or citrus expressions in the range — only different raw materials and different bottles.

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  • 1pcs.
    10,50EUR
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  Crystal Head Onyx Vodka Premium Canadisk Blue Weber Agave Vodka 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 222255554-8887

  Black glass shuts the light out. No label, no transparency, just a skull shape in glossy onyx standing like a shadow among all the clear bottles. Inside, Mexican agave meets water from Newfoundland — two places with nothing whatsoever to do with one another.

  Expert description

  Crystal Head Onyx is a Canadian Vodka made from Blue Weber agave grown on a single farm in Mexico and bottled at 40%.

  Onyx arrived in 2020 as the third expression in the range. The first was built on Canadian corn, the second on English wheat, and here the raw material is agave — the same plant behind Tequila. The agave comes from one single farm, and the spirit is then blended with Newfoundland water like the rest of the family. No oils, no sugars, nothing else added.

  Crystal Head filters through Herkimer diamonds, semi-precious quartz crystals mined in Herkimer County in New York State. Whether the stones do anything chemically is open to argument, but the house has stuck with the method since 2008. What matters with Onyx is that the raw material is not distilled away. The agave sits waiting in the middle of the mouth.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Freshly cut grass and white pepper, with a thread of citrus behind it. Drier and greener than a skull bottle usually promises.

  Palate

  Soft opening with a touch of spice and sweetness, until the agave arrives with its earthy grip. Sweet without ever turning sugary.

  Finish

  Medium. Green grass, pepper and citrus peel hang on while the sweetness slowly withdraws.

  Specifications

  Name: Crystal Head Onyx
  Distillery: Crystal Head Vodka
  Region/Country: Newfoundland, Canada
  Type: Canadian Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  EAN no.: 627040411872
  Serving suggestion: Cold in a small glass, or in a long drink with lime and grapefruit soda where the agave has room.
  

  Flavour profile

  Green · Peppery · Agave sweet · Dry finish

  Did you know?

  The black bottle is a tribute to the stone itself. Onyx is described as a protective stone, and Crystal Head points out that it lets no light through at all — the darker the stone, the more energy it is credited with. Glass and cap are therefore held in the same deep black.

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  • 1pcs.
    60,25EUR
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  Crystal Head Premium Canadian Vodka 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-300-70cl

  In September 2008 the first pallet stood ready in southern California. 5,400 cases. They vanished so fast that retailers began rationing customers to one bottle each, and the rest of the United States had to wait until the following year. Nobody had seen a bottle shaped like a head before.

  Expert description

  Crystal Head Vodka is a Canadian Vodka distilled four times from corn and bottled at 40%.

  Behind the bottle stand actor Dan Aykroyd and artist John Alexander. The idea came from the story of the thirteen crystal skulls said to have been held by native peoples of the Americas — the Navajo, the Aztec, the Maya — and to project positive energy. The two insisted that the bottle was not a skull but a head: a symbol of life rather than of death.

  Production takes place in St. John's, Newfoundland, at one of the last government owned distilleries in the world. The raw material is peaches and cream corn, distilled four times into neutral spirit before the spirit is cut with local water down to 40%. The vodka is then filtered seven times, three of those passes running over Herkimer diamonds. Nothing is added — no glycerol, no citrus oils, no sugar.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Calm and grainy with a fine citrus edge. There is no spirit sting even when you go in close.

  Palate

  Corn sweetness settles in the middle of the tongue, soft and almost milky, with vanilla laid over the top.

  Finish

  Creamy and sweet, but short. It leaves neatly, without bite and without bitterness.

  Specifications

  Name: Crystal Head Vodka
  Distillery: Crystal Head Vodka
  Region/Country: Newfoundland, Canada
  Type: Canadian Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Four times distilled
  EAN no.: 0712475339485
  Serving suggestion: Cold in a small glass, or in a White Russian where the corn sweetness meets the coffee liqueur.
  

  Flavour profile

  Soft · Creamy · Vanilla sweet · Neutral

  Did you know?

  The legend of the thirteen crystal skulls is the entire reason for the bottle's shape. The story says the skulls must be brought together again to grant humanity insight. Aykroyd and Alexander borrowed the image but reversed its meaning: their version is a head, not a skull, and is meant to read as a symbol of life.

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  • 1pcs.
    67,00EUR
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  Crystal Head Rainbow Premium Canadian Vodka 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-19922

  Put it in a window in the afternoon. The light hits the glass at an angle and the skull throws colour across the worktop — red at one end, violet at the other. This is not a bottle you can set down discreetly.

  Expert description

  Crystal Head Rainbow is a Canadian Vodka distilled four times from Canadian corn and bottled at 40% in a rainbow coloured skull bottle.

  The release is a limited edition made to mark Pride and to celebrate diversity and equality. Crystal Head works with LGBTQ+ communities year round and uses the bottle as a canvas: the decoration is applied through a process the house developed for itself, and the colours sit directly on the glass rather than on a label. Crystal Head bottles carry no paper label at all.

  The liquid is the original vodka. The corn comes from Canadian fields, the spirit is run four times and then blended with water from Newfoundland. No glycerol, no citrus oils and no sugar are added, and filtration happens seven times, with three of those passes running over Herkimer diamonds.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Neutral and grainy with a fine citrus note laid on top. The aroma is discreet and free of any alcohol sting.

  Palate

  Silky the whole way. A suggestion of sweetness is followed by clear vanilla, without ever turning perfumed.

  Finish

  Sweet and creamy. It closes gently and leaves a lightly milky impression behind.

  Specifications

  Name: Crystal Head Rainbow
  Distillery: Crystal Head Vodka
  Region/Country: Newfoundland, Canada
  Type: Canadian Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Four times distilled
  Edition: Pride, limited edition
  Serving suggestion: Cold in an Espresso Martini, where the vanilla has something to push against.
  

  Flavour profile

  Soft · Vanilla sweet · Creamy · Neutral

  Did you know?

  There is not a single piece of paper on the bottle. Crystal Head has never used labels — all text and all decoration sit directly on the glass, and on the Rainbow edition that means the colours are part of the bottle rather than something that can be peeled off.

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  • 1pcs.
    71,00EUR
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  Crystal Head Rainbow Vodka Premium Canadisk Vodka 175 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-19922-175cl

  Lift it with two hands. A 175 cl skull in heavy moulded glass is not something you pour from with a flick of the wrist, and that is exactly why it ends up in the middle of the table rather than at the back of the cupboard. The colours handle the rest.

  Expert description

  Crystal Head Rainbow is a Canadian Vodka made from Canadian corn, distilled four times and bottled at 40% in a rainbow coloured 175 cl skull bottle.

  The large format is the same Pride edition as the 70 cl bottle, simply in the size you bring out when there are several glasses to fill. The vodka inside is the house original: corn from Canadian fields, four distillations, water from Newfoundland and seven filtrations, three of which run through Herkimer diamonds. Nothing added.

  The glass itself is worth a moment. The shape was drawn by American artist John Alexander and is moulded at Bruni Glass in Milan, and in the large format the detail sharpens: cheekbones, teeth, eye sockets. The rainbow decoration is applied straight onto the glass so the colour follows the curved surfaces instead of lying flat like a label.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Mild grain character with a bright touch of citrus peel. The aroma is restrained and entirely free of sharpness.

  Palate

  Round and soft with clear vanilla. Sweetness from the corn fills the middle without turning thick.

  Finish

  Creamy and short. It closes with a soft pull and leaves the glass ready for the next mouthful.

  Specifications

  Name: Crystal Head Rainbow
  Distillery: Crystal Head Vodka
  Region/Country: Newfoundland, Canada
  Type: Canadian Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 175 CL
  Distillation method: Four times distilled
  Edition: Pride, limited edition
  Serving suggestion: Pour it cold into Moscow Mule mugs with ginger beer and lime for a larger gathering.
  

  Flavour profile

  Round · Vanilla sweet · Creamy · Light

  Did you know?

  The bottle took more than two years to develop. John Alexander drew the shape, Dan Aykroyd advised along the way, and production was placed with Bruni Glass in Milan. When the first prototype was finally finished, the glassworks itself called it the most complex bottle they had ever produced.

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  • 1pcs.
    160,75EUR