ELG Vodka

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  ELG Danish Premium Vodka 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1350

  Most distilleries filter through charcoal, sand or ceramic. Here the alcohol vapour passes through gold. Not as decoration on the label, but as a physical part of the final distillation, up in North Zealand a stone's throw from Fredensborg.

  Expert description

  ELG Vodka is a Danish Vodka from Stone Grange near Fredensborg, distilled from wheat and bottled at 40%.

  Behind the ELG name stands Henrik Elsner, a trained bio-organic chemist who built the Stone Grange distillery from 2009 onwards. The name sounds English, but neither the address nor the production is: everything happens on Fredensborgvej, and the house also makes gin, aquavit, absinthe, vermouth and liqueur.

  The vodka is wheat based and run on a German hand-built copper column still. During the final distillation the alcohol vapour is led through two specially developed filters of 24 carat gold. The point is not luxury but chemistry: gold is close to chemically inert and gives up neither metallic flavour nor oxidation products to the spirit, the way less noble metals can.

  The result is a vodka that does not try to be anonymous. The wheat is allowed to lay down a mild grain sweetness that holds all the way across the mouth, and none of the sharp edges are there that otherwise make people drown vodka in juice. It stands up to a small glass on its own.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Pale and clean. A light sweetness from the wheat sits there with a hint of lemon peel, without any kind of harshness.

  Palate

  Round and smooth with an obvious softness from the outset. Grain sweetness fills the middle, and only right at the end does a small lift of white pepper arrive.

  Finish

  Short, dry and clean. The sweetness lets go quickly and leaves no bitterness behind.

  Specifications

  Name: ELG Vodka
  Distillery: Stone Grange
  Region/Country: Fredensborg, Denmark
  Type: Danish Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Copper column, filtered through two filters of 24 carat gold
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold in a small glass, or as the base of a Bloody Mary where the grain sweetness can carry the spices.
  

  Flavour profile

  Soft · Clean · Lightly grain-sweet · Round

  Did you know?

  Stone Grange also makes brandy and marc from grapes off the distillery's own vineyards. Danish vineyards rarely turn up in the same sentence as distilled spirits, yet here they end up in the bottle.

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  • 1pcs.
    38,75EUR
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  ELG Miniature Premium Danish Vodka 5 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1351

  Five centilitres is just enough to settle an argument. Line up three Danish vodkas side by side, pour a little into each glass, and let the wheat, the gold and the freezer speak for themselves.

  Expert description

  ELG Vodka is a Danish Vodka from Stone Grange near Fredensborg, distilled from wheat and bottled at 40% in a 5 cl miniature.

  The miniature is not a different recipe but the same vodka in a format that lets you take less. The content is wheat based, and as in the full bottle the alcohol vapour has passed through two filters of 24 carat gold during the final distillation.

  For a tasting, the small format is the most useful thing there is. Five centilitres covers two small glasses, and with two or three bottles on the table you can weigh Danish wheat vodka against Polish rye and English potato vodka without opening anything you then have to finish.

  Then there is everything else a small bottle can do. It takes up no room in hand luggage, it fits an advent calendar or a hamper, and it makes an easy gift for someone who likes Danish craft without necessarily collecting bottles.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Discreet and pale, with a suggestion of bread crust and a cool, faintly sweet tone.

  Palate

  Silky and light. The sweetness is restrained and settles evenly across the tongue without burning anywhere.

  Finish

  Short and dry. It disappears tidily and leaves only a faint warmth in the throat.

  Specifications

  Name: ELG Vodka
  Distillery: Stone Grange
  Region/Country: Fredensborg, Denmark
  Type: Danish Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 5 CL
  EAN no.: 5712510600025
  Serving suggestion: Chill the bottle and pour it into two small glasses, ideally for a comparison with another vodka.
  

  Flavour profile

  Silky · Light · Clean · Discreet

  Did you know?

  ELG Vodka is made in batches of 625 bottles. That is an unusually precise figure to publish, and it says something about the scale involved — the miniature in your hand comes out of a run like that too.

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  • 1pcs.
    8,00EUR