Cuba Vodka

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  Cuba Dry Lemon Flavored Vodka Spirit Drink 70 cl 30%

  Item no.: 2229-101778

  The rest of the family is about colour and sugar. Dry Lemon declines. Tart lemon over a clean vodka base, and not a great deal else, which is the entire reason it exists.

  Expert description

  Cuba Dry Lemon is a Danish Vodka Spirit Drink from Spritfabrikken Danmark in Kolding, made with triple distilled vodka carrying a lightly tart lemon flavour and bottled at 30%.

  It is the driest bottle in the range and was developed for people who do not want things too sweet. Where the strawberry and orange lean on boiled sweets, this one sits closer to the peel of a lemon, and the sugar has been turned down noticeably.

  The base is vodka distilled three times, and because the strength is set at 30% the label reads spirit drink made with vodka. The producer recommends it chilled, shaken with ice or lengthened with soda or juice, and it is built for long drinks rather than for sipping neat.

  In the glass it behaves like a mild vodka with the lemon already added: you do not need to bring nearly as much acid of your own. The house suggestions are a Lemon Drop or a Tom Collins, but it also works with plain sparkling water and a slice of lemon.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Fresh lemon peel first, bright and light. Behind it sits a mild sweetness and a trace of elderflower.

  Palate

  Tart and crisp with the lemon up front. Sweetness is present but takes up less room than in the rest of the range, and the vodka base gives structure without sharpness.

  Finish

  Short and dry. The citrus peel lingers for a moment, and there is no syrupy tail behind it.

  Specifications

  Name: Cuba Dry Lemon
  Producer: Spritfabrikken Danmark
  Region/Country: Kolding, Denmark
  Type: Danish Vodka Spirit Drink
  ABV: 30%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Triple distilled
  Serving suggestion: Shaken with ice in a Lemon Drop, or long in a Tom Collins with sparkling water and a slice of lemon.
  

  Flavour profile

  Tart lemon · Fresh · Dry · Light

  Did you know?

  One of the range’s best known drinks was invented behind the bar at the old Crazy Daisy in Haderslev. A bartender mixed the caramel variant with lime and green soda, and the result was named Champusbrus because it tasted like the ice lolly of the same name.

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    20,00EUR
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  Cuba Orange Flavored Vodka 70 cl 30%

  Item no.: 22227865479-10132

  Pour it out and you get blue. Taste it and you get orange. Cuba Orange is one of the few bottles where colour and flavour deliberately disagree, and that is exactly why it ends up in so many drinks.

  Expert description

  Cuba Orange is a Danish Vodka Spirit Drink from Spritfabrikken Danmark in Kolding, made with triple distilled vodka flavoured with sweet oranges and bottled at 30%.

  The clear blue colour is not a mistake but the whole point. It makes it easy to build drinks that look like something without keeping blue curacao on the shelf. Mixed with clear soda the glass turns turquoise, and with orange juice it lands somewhere between green and brown.

  On the palate this is ripe orange rather than orange peel. The sweetness is obvious, the acidity is held back, and the base is vodka distilled three times. The strength of 30% is why the label reads spirit drink made with vodka instead of vodka.

  The house classic is called Isbjørn and consists of Cuba Orange and Sprite, while Viper uses lemon soda. The producer also points to a less obvious route: a splash in coffee, topped with whipped cream and grated chocolate.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Sweet orange straight away, more juice than peel. Behind it sits a light candied edge and a touch of sugar.

  Palate

  Juicy and round. The orange fills the middle with barely any acidity, and the vodka stays below the surface the whole way through.

  Finish

  Short and sweet with a last brush of citrus before the sugar lets go.

  Specifications

  Name: Cuba Orange
  Producer: Spritfabrikken Danmark
  Region/Country: Kolding, Denmark
  Type: Danish Vodka Spirit Drink
  ABV: 30%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Triple distilled
  EAN no.: 5706844501059
  Serving suggestion: With clear soda over plenty of ice, or a splash in coffee topped with whipped cream and grated chocolate.
  

  Flavour profile

  Sweet orange · Citrus · Sweet · Mixable

  Did you know?

  The name Cuba has nothing to do with the island. It was chosen in 1998 because it suggested beach, party, colour and salsa, and the entire range is developed and produced in Denmark.

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    20,00EUR
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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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    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