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  Our Vodka By Berlin Premium Vodka 35 cl 37,5%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1213

  Treptow is the kind of Berlin district where old industrial buildings stand shoulder to shoulder with workshops and galleries. In 2013 the first distillery in a family that has since spread across several continents opened here. Everything began in Berlin.

  Expert description

  Our Vodka By Berlin is a German Vodka from Our/Berlin in Treptow, bottled at 37.5%.

  Our/Berlin was the prototype. When the idea of a global brand with local distilleries had to be tried out in the real world, Berlin was picked as the first city, and the whole model — micro distillery in the city centre, local partners, local ingredients and the same recipe everywhere — was tested here before London, Detroit and the rest followed.

  The vodka is made from German wheat and water drawn from the ground in Treptow. The spirit is blended and hand bottled on site, and the labels go onto the bottles in the same room the production stands in. It is as much craft as manufacturing.

  The site is run by Jon and Pauline, who came to the project from PR and fashion, and that has shaped where the brand ended up. Our/Berlin has become a regular in the city's fashion, music and lifestyle circles and ranks among the best selling vodkas in Berlin's airports.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Soft wheat with a touch of white bread and a suggestion of anise. The aroma is low and straightforward.

  Palate

  Round and mild with clear grain sweetness. There is little bite, but a lightly saline note turns up towards the end.

  Finish

  Short and soft. The sweetness dries out slowly and only a faint warmth remains.

  Specifications

  Name: Our Vodka By Berlin
  Distillery: Our/Berlin
  Region/Country: Treptow, Berlin, Germany
  Type: German Vodka
  ABV: 37.5%
  Size: 35 CL
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold as a shot beside a beer, or in a Moscow Mule where the grain sweetness meets the ginger.
  

  Flavour profile

  Soft · Grain sweet · Mild · Lightly saline

  Did you know?

  Our/Vodka began as a secret project. The idea was developed in Stockholm by Åsa Caap together with colleagues from the agency Great Works, and they worked on it after hours and from their own homes for two years before Pernod Ricard approved a pilot in Berlin.

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  • 1pcs.
    20,00EUR
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  Our Vodka By Detroit Premium Vodka 37,5 cl 40%

  Item no.: 2227865479-1106-197280322-135

  Bagley Street sits in the part of Detroit where the brick facades carry murals and half the shopfronts have stood empty for years. Number 2545 became a distillery. Not as an investment, but as an argument that the neighbourhood was worth staying in.

  Expert description

  Our Vodka By Detroit is an American Vodka from Our/Detroit on Bagley Street, bottled at 40%.

  Detroit came second in the line. After Berlin had shown that a micro distillery could work in the middle of a large city, Our/Detroit opened in August 2014 as the first outside Europe. The model came with it: the same recipe as the rest of the family, ingredients sourced as close by as possible, and a team of local partners with a free hand to run the brand the way they felt the city deserved.

  The team behind it was local and women led, with Kate Bordine among the partners, and they chose to use the distillery as more than a production site. Mural competitions and neighbourhood events were held there, and sales were tied to the work of bringing life back to the surrounding streets.

  The vodka itself is slightly stronger than its sister bottles from London and Berlin. The 40 percent gives more body and a clearer warmth, which makes it sturdier in a drink and more direct when it is served ice cold.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Neutral with a pale grain character and a hint of green peel. The alcohol reads as a cool breath rather than a sting.

  Palate

  Firm and clean with moderate sweetness. The middle is dry, and a peppered warmth settles across the tongue.

  Finish

  Medium and dry. The warmth holds for a moment before everything withdraws.

  Specifications

  Name: Our Vodka By Detroit
  Distillery: Our/Detroit
  Region/Country: Detroit, Michigan, USA
  Type: American Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 37.5 CL
  EAN no.: 835229008816
  Serving suggestion: In a Bloody Mary with plenty of horseradish, or ice cold in a shot glass alongside a burger.
  

  Flavour profile

  Dry · Firm · Peppered · Clean

  Did you know?

  Our/Detroit was run by a women led team — a rarity in American distilling, where women have long been heavily underrepresented among owners and production managers.

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    20,00EUR
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  Our Vodka By London Premium Vodka 35 cl 37,5%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1211

  Under the railway arches at Hackney Downs the trains pass overhead every few minutes. Beneath them stands a distillery about the size of a workshop, filling vodka into bottles that look like something a milkman left on the step.

  Expert description

  Our Vodka By London is an English Vodka from Our/London in Hackney, bottled at 37.5%.

  Our/Vodka rests on a simple idea: one global brand, but a distillery in every city, run by people who live there. The recipe is the same everywhere, while the ingredients are sourced as close by as possible and each city gets its own name on the bottle. The distilleries are small enough to sit inside the city rather than out in a field.

  The London site opened in November 2015 and is run by Clive Watson, who is behind several London restaurants including Blixen, and Neil Chivers, operations director at the PR agency LD Communications with bands such as the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd on the client list. The space is production, tasting room and event venue in one.

  The bottle is the same in every city: a low, broad shape with a screw cap that borrows its look from an old fashioned milk bottle. The label is pure typography and the city name. There is no decoration to hide behind, which suits a distillery under a railway bridge rather well.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Clean and lightly grainy with a dry citrus tone. Something bakery like sits behind it, rather like a bowl of wheat flour.

  Palate

  Lighter in body than the 40 percent vodkas. Mild sweetness in the middle, after which a dry, almost chalky sensation takes over.

  Finish

  Short and clean with a small prick of pepper. It disappears quickly and leaves the mouth dry.

  Specifications

  Name: Our Vodka By London
  Distillery: Our/London
  Region/Country: Hackney, London, England
  Type: English Vodka
  ABV: 37.5%
  Size: 35 CL
  Serving suggestion: In a Vodka Tonic with cucumber and lemon peel, where the lower strength keeps the drink easy going.
  

  Flavour profile

  Dry · Light · Grainy · Citrus

  Did you know?

  The grain spirit for Our/London does not come from London but from a site just outside Birmingham. It was the closest place the team could find that could deliver the same purity every time — and they chose to be open about it rather than call everything local.

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  Our Vodka By Seattle Premium Vodka 37,5 cl 40%

  Item no.: 2227865479-1106-197280322-136

  Ballard was a fishing harbour long before it turned into a district of coffee bars and design studios. The rain still falls at the same grey pace, and the wheat still comes from the hills east of the city. That is what ends up in the bottle.

  Expert description

  Our Vodka By Seattle is an American Vodka from Our/Seattle in Ballard, bottled at 40%.

  Seattle was the third in the family. The distillery opened in April 2015 on Market Street in the middle of Ballard, after Berlin and Detroit had shown that a distillery can sit in a shopfront and still make serious spirits. Behind the site stand Nin Truong, Christa Thomas and Stephen Pleadwell — the first two are designers and run the studio WKND in the city.

  The raw material is winter wheat from the Palouse, the rolling farming region in eastern Washington where the fields run like dunes and have been worked for over a century. The wheat gives a soft spirit, which the team blends and hand bottles in Ballard following the same recipe every Our/Vodka city shares.

  Bottling at 40 percent makes it a little firmer than the European releases. That suits the local drinking culture, where vodka ends up in a brunch time Bloody Mary as readily as in an evening shot glass.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Clean wheat with a coolly sweet note reminiscent of fresh cut straw. A small breath of vanilla sits behind it.

  Palate

  Soft on entry and quickly dry. The grain fills the middle without turning sweet, and a fine mineral stripe runs through.

  Finish

  Clean and medium. It closes dry with a trace of white pepper.

  Specifications

  Name: Our Vodka By Seattle
  Distillery: Our/Seattle
  Region/Country: Ballard, Seattle, Washington, USA
  Type: American Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 37.5 CL
  EAN no.: 835229008830
  Serving suggestion: In a Vodka Gimlet with fresh lime juice, or cold and neat alongside smoked salmon.
  

  Flavour profile

  Dry · Wheat soft · Mineral · Clean

  Did you know?

  The Palouse, where the wheat comes from, is one of the most productive grain regions in the United States. Its hills were formed by wind blown dust over thousands of years, and the soil runs so deep that the fields can be farmed without irrigation — unusual in an area with so little rainfall.

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  • 1pcs.
    20,00EUR