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.…
Nemiroff is one of the major Ukrainian vodka brands. Nemiroff vodka production began 150 years ago in the small town of Nemyriv, 250 kilometers southwest of Kiev. Nemiroff is owned and manufactured by Lvn Limited TOV, headquartered in Nemyriv neighboring city in Vinnytsia. Nemiroff is the only one of the major…
The Latvian craft distillery Walk has several distillates, based on its hand made sugar-based rectified spirit. Walker is vodka matured in oak barrels; oak chips have also been added to add flavor. The vodka has matured in the barrel for at least one month, after which it is filtered and bottled.…
Surakas is a small Estonian handicraft distillery. They make a variety of flavored spirits, using rectified spirit distilled from organic grown rye. The herbs are first soaked in rectified spirit, then the distillery distills them again with its own equipment. All herbs used are also grown organically. Ginger and mint flavored…
Surakas is a small craft distillery in northern Estonia. The company uses rectified spirit made from organic rye grown in Estonia, also distilled in Estonia. In addition to the basic unflavoured vodka, they have two flavored spirits. The manufacturer distills them with their own equipment, adding the hand-picked herbs to the…
Arsenitch is originally Latvian vodka. It was bought by Altia in 2012 and switched to using a rectified spirit made in Koskenkorva in Finland. Blended with cherry juice, sugar and spirits, Ruby Cherry is one of many Arsenitch flavored vodkas. The price in Estonia is about 7.50 € for a half…
In addition to pure vodka, a few flavored spirits are made in Rajamäki, at Altia spirit factory in Finland. According to the producer, Blueberry & Juniper is made from blueberry and juniper berry extracts, but they fail to say where and how the extracts were made. A 70cl bottle price was…
Latvian craft distillery Walk has a selection of different flavoured vodkas. Blackcurrant infused vodka is one of them. Due to the company, they are infusing full blackcurrant on rectified spirit, which the company produces itself from sugar. After infusing, it is filtered, diluted with filtered groundwater and a bit of sugar…
Koskenkorva 7 Botanicals is another flavoured vodka from Finnish company Altia. I like their basic vodka, it’s smooth and has a nice barley aroma. Anyway, most of their flavoured vodkas have been disappointing. The big company way of trying to please everyone makes the products too less flavoured and boring. 7…
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…