Clear color. Aromas and flavors of vanilla nougat, pancake batter, and cinnamon with a velvety, crisp, bone-dry light-to-medium body and a warming, delightful, snappy finish revealing shades of proofed bread dough, vanilla, cinnamon sugar cookie batter, and dried dates. Super clean and neutral with just a tease of spice on the palate but it is more cinnamon spice than alcohol burn.
Tasting Info
 | Style: | Crisp & Lively |
 | Aroma: | vanilla nougat, pancake batter, and cinnamon |
 | Flavor: | Same as aromas with shades of proofed bread dough, vanilla, cinnamon sugar cookie batter, and dried dates |
 | Smoothness: | Warming |
 | Enjoy: | in cocktails, neat and on the rocks |
 | Cocktails: | Bloody Mary, Moscow Mule, Vodka Martini |
 | Bottom Line: | Super clean and neutral with just a tease of spice on the palate but it is more cinnamon spice than alcohol burn. |
The Producer Alvisa USA
Unflavored Vodka
Unflavored vodka is defined in the US as a “neutral” spirit devoid of color, aroma, and taste, however, the finest unflavored vodkas are served neat and do have a subtle taste, sometimes of the base grain or ingredient, citrus or even anise. But most vodkas are used for cocktails, often mixed with fruit juice (cranberry juice for Cosmopolitans or orange juice for Screwdrivers.), tonic, or soda for the ubiquitous bar-hopper favorite Vodka & Soda. To which craft bartenders these days like to say, “vodka pays the bills.”
Unflavored vodka is made by fermenting and then distilling the simple sugars from a mash of pale grain or vegetal matter. Vodka is produced from grain, potatoes, molasses, beets, and a variety of other plants. Rye and wheat are the classic grains for Vodka, with most of the best Russian Vodkas being made from wheat while in Poland they are mostly made from a rye mash. Swedish and Baltic distillers are partial to wheat mashes. Potatoes are looked down on by Russian distillers, but are held in high esteem by some of their Polish counterparts. Molasses, a sticky, sweet residue from sugar production, is widely used for inexpensive, mass-produced brands of Vodka. American distillers use the full range of base ingredients, but most are made from the abundant supply of corn from the US heartland.
