Earth and Creamy: Our Top Potato Vodka Picks
Unflavored vodka is a bit of a misnomer when it comes to potato vodkas. Though subtle, the flavor profile is on the earthy and creamy side. Vodka fans should try in martinis or on the rocks to get the full flavor experience.
Apr 15, 2023
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10Blue Ice American Potato Vodka is produced in Idaho using russet potatoes. Notably, it takes nearly 10 pounds of potatoes to make one bottle of Blue Ice. The vodka is filtered five times — passage through a filter press, charcoal, travertine, crystal, garnet and sub-micron. It is naturally gluten-free.
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9This vodka is made from a variety of "virgin new potatoes" from Cape Bjäre, Sweden — potatoes picked early in the season when the skin has just started to form. These varieties include solist, gammel svensk röd, princess, sankta thora, hamlet, marine and celine. Each varietal is distilled once through a copper-lined continuous still and then the separate distillates are blended together without charcoal-filtering.
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8Boyd & Blair is made from 100% Pennsylvanian potatoes and champagne yeast. Master Distiller Barry Young uses a 1200-liter copper hybrid still in its small batch production. The vodka bottle is filled, waxed, and corked by hand.
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7Chase Original Potato Vodka is made in Herefordshire by field-to-bottle Chase Distillery. Three types of potatoes are grown here: King Edward, Lady Claire, and Lady Rosetta. They are processed and distilled in a copper pot still named "Fat Betty." It takes about 250 potatoes to create each bottle.
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6Wisconsin-based La Crosse Distilling Co. is the maker of Fieldnotes Vodkas and Gins. They are a grain-to-glass distiller using organic ingredients from local and regional family farmers whenever possible. For their Organic Potato Vodka, regional organic potatoes are used. It is bottled at 40% ABV and is gluten free.
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5Distilled from 100% Idaho potatoes, Burbank and Russet, this release frorm 44 North is naturally gluten-free. It is brought down to 40% ABV using Rocky Mountain water. 44 North is named for the latitude that crosses through Idaho.
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4Luksusowa, Polish for "luxury", is a vodka distilled from potatoes. The vodka is copper column-distilled and rectified before adding water to bring to 40% ABV. The vodka is filtered for clarity.
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3This farm-to-bottle vodka is distilled from a trio of vodkas grown on their estate: Maris Piper, King Edward, and Cultra. All steps of production are done onsite in Angus, Scotland from harvesting to labeling the bottles. Bottled at 43% ABV.
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2This farm-to-bottle vodka uses 100% potatoes which are grown on their family farm just outside Aspen, Colorado. The potatoes, after mashing and fermentation, are distilled in their custom Carl stills. Naturally gluten-free, it's bottled at 40% ABV.
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1Chopin Potato Vodka was first launched in 1992 and was first introduced to the US in 1997. This family-owned brand produces single ingredient vodkas with no flavored vodkas in their portfolio. Their 100% potato vodka is made mostly from potatoes sourced within 25 miles of the distillery, some of which they grow themselves. They are cooked whole with their skins prior to fermentation. The vodka is distilled in a copper column-still. Bottled at 40% ABV.