Surakas has quickly become one of the most interesting craft distilleries in Estonia. Most of the small producers distill gin, but Surakas operates in the area of flavored vodkas. Instead of following the footsteps of big producers and making another different version of cranberry or rhubarb vodka, Surakas goes his own…
Crystal Vodka is a trademark of Estonian alcohol producer Remedia Distillery. It’s made on imported rectified spirit, made from wheat. Like usual in Estonia, most of the vodka producers have also flavored versions, of which cranberry is one of the most popular. Remedia was bought in 2019 by Latvian Amber Distribution…
Altia Eesti, the Estonian subsidiary of the Finnish-Norwegian company Anora, is active in the Estonian market and maintains a selection of three vodka brands. Saaremaa is better known, Arsenitch a bit less popular and Eesti Standard Vodka is generally less known. It’s focused mostly on Finnish tourists, which come to Tallinn…
Arsenitch is a vodka originally made by Latvian Jaunalko. The brand was acquired by Altia Finland in 2012. Altia shut down the production in Latvia and moved it to Altia Eesti premises Estonia. At the same time they started to use the rectified spirit produced in Koskenkorva, Finland. Arsenitch Sandthorn is…
Zlota is a flavoured vodka from the Polish Żubrówka, better known as their bison grass flavoured vodka. Zlota is made from oak bark, vanilla, prunes and herbs collected from the Polish forest. Zlota was released in 2012 and is produced by a Polmos distillery in Bialystok, Poland. A 50 cl bottle…
Swedish Absolut is the second best-selling vodka in the world. It has been manufactured in Åhus, Sweden since 1879. Wheat grown near the factory is used as a raw material. Absolut Vanilla was developed in 2003, mainly because vanilla is simply one of the most beloved flavors in the world. According…
In 1866, the German pharmacist Jacob Kurberg bought the Moe manor and restarted the production of different spirits. Jacob was a specialist in the use of different medicinal plants and he also made various tinctures. Jacob Kurberg has given this name to this series of spiced spirits from Moe Distillery. The…
Alfalfa or Lucerne (Medicago sativa) belongs to the bean family. It is very proteinaceous and grows a blue-violet flower. It has been used as horse feed for millennia. The sprouts (germinated seeds) are mainly used for human consumption. The flowers of alfalfa have traditionally been used for tea or to flavor…
Zubrowka is a legendary Polish vodka, with each bottle inside a stalk or leaf of bison grass (Hierochloe odorata). This grass gives the vodka a very unique aroma. In addition to this, it contains a small amount of coumarin, a narcotic, why Zubrowka according to the original prescription is banned in…
Nipernaadi was a popular novel and road movie in Estonia at the 80’s and gave the name to this cranberry vodka. It’s made by Lithuanian alcohol company Stumbras, from the order of Estonian alcohol wholesaler Global Wine House. It’s made by rectified spirit, cherry juice and a slight amount of sugar.…