Federatsiya is produced by Russian company ALKO Group. It was established in 1996 and it exports alcohol products to all ex-Soviet Union countries and a few others like Germany and Israel. There are ten different alcohol producers in the group. Vodka is diluted from ground water pumped from 180m deepness. Water…
The production of Maker’s Mark started in 1954 at premises, which previously belonged to Burks Distillery. It was bought by William Samuels, the founder of the company. The first bottling came out in 1958 and already has the dipped red wax over the cap, which since has been the trademark of…
Koch strawberry liqueur are made on berries picked by Maarjamaa farmhouse at western-Estonia. Infused 2 months on strong alcohol, sweetened by sugar. Aroma is natural and also colour shows that there are no artificial colourings used. Strawberry aroma is deep, taste is thick, sweet and natural. There is a small ethanol…
Moskovskaya is one of the oldest Russian vodka brands. Even the name says, it’s not produced anymore in Russia, but in Latvia by Latvijas Balzams. Moskovskaya Silver is a special edition vodka with six times distillation and silver filtration process. There the rectified alcohol and water solution is mixed with powdered…
Moskovskaya vodka has been produced since 1894. It’s one of the oldest Russian vodka brands. It has been continuously produced, only exception was the First World War time until 1924, when it was restored. It’s now produced by Latvias Balzams at Riga, who is also the exporter of it for Europe…
Slavjanka is produced by Lithuanian company Vilniaus Degtine. For sure it is not a high priority product from them, as there is hardly any infos for it, even on the producer homepage. Krepkaja Oblepiha means sea-buckthorn, which is used to flavour this vodka. It is widely available in Latvian and Lithuanian…
Arsenitch was originally made by Latvian Jaunalko, founded in 1996. It was bought by Finnish alcohol gigant Altia in 2012. Year later Altia closed the Jaunalko distillery and moved the production to Estonia and changed the to use the rectified spirit made at Koskenkorva factory. There is a story of 150…
Aroma de Herbes is a liqueur serie from Lithuanian company Sanitex. Žolelių Užpiltinė - Herbal infusion is made in Latvia and on sale only Sanitex own Promo Cash&Carry stores around Lithuania. 20cl bottle was discounted to 2.52€. Nose is quite light, there are some typical herbal flavours and some sweetness. Taste…
Meukow Xpresso was launched in 2012. It’s a blend of coffee liqueur and VS cognac from Meukow, later flavoured with pomerance and vanilla. Matured for a short period and bottled. 50cl bottle was 16.99€ at Selver. There is not a coffee on the nose at all, but some kind of matured,…
Jim Beam Black was launched in 1978. It was originally called Double Aged, which means double the maturation age of original Jim Beam, so 8 years. Later it’s name changed to Triple Aged, which means three times the time, which is needed for straight bourbon, so 6 years. Anyway, Triple Aged…