Category: vodka
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Distilling Honey Into Vodka: An Interview with Caledonia Spirits Owner/Distiller Ryan Christiansen
Years ago when I first heard of – and tried- Barr Hill Gin, it was a revelation. The gin is neutral spirits with added juniper and honey- that's it. The honey brings with it other aromatics from the flora the bees feed on. The gin is made by Caledonia Spirits in Vermont. A recent press…
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A Visit to MGP’s Lawrenceburg Distillery
A visit to the MGP distillery where most of America’s rye whiskey is made.
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A Visit to the Bently Heritage Estate Distillery
A visit to the brand new massive estate distillery Bently Heritage Estate. You’re gonna want to see this.
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A Belvedere Distillery Visit and Vodka Terroir in the Single Estate Series
I visited Poland with Belvedere Vodka to see how the vodka is made and to learn about the then-forthcoming Single Estate Rye series of vodkas, in which the same rye was grown in two different parts of Poland and separate, unfiltered vodkas were made from each. We got super deep into the science of terroir.
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Vodka Made from Fog Water on Popular Science
In my latest story for PopularScience.com, I wrote about the new Hangar 1 Fog Point Vodka, which was diluted with fog-harvested water from San Francisco; most of it from beneath Sutro Tower on Twin Peaks.
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How Many Potatoes are in One Bottle of Vodka?
How many potatoes are in one bottle of Karlsson’s Vodka? Answer: This many.
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Enzymes in Spirits: What Are They and What Do They Do?
Exploring enzymes in spirits. What are they, what they do, and how they’re used in different spirits.
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When Vodka Was Made From Potatoes
Despite the common belief that all vodka is made from potatoes, very little of it is. We’ll look at when and where vodka was first made from potatoes as we trace the spirit’s history.
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The Potato, Explained
The potato is native to the Andes mountains in Peru, and was the most important crop of the Incas. There are about 5,000 potato varieties worldwide. Three thousand of them are found in the Andes alone, and all potatoes came from this single place of origin.
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Making Gin and Hophead Vodka at Anchor Distilling
Anchor Distilling currently has just three tiny stills in one corner of the large brewery on Potrero Hill in San Francisco. Two of them make their rye whiskeys and Genevieve. The other one makes Junipero gin and Hophead vodka. In this post we’ll look at the history and production of the spirits produced in one…