The Best American Vodkas
These American vodkas are highly rated by the Distiller Tasting Table! Click any American vodka to learn more about where it comes from, what it tastes like and what others who have tasted it have to say.
Nov 17, 2024
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10This 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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9This vodka from St. George Spirits in Alameda, California is made from a base of pears and grain. Bartlett pears, the same the distillery uses in their pear brandy, are distilled to 95.1% ABV. They then blend this with a non-GMO grain base spirit. Bottled at 40% ABV after filtering for impurities.
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8Crop Organic Vodka is made with USDA certified organic corn grown in the US for the neutral grain base. The vodka is bottled at 80 proof.
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7Distilled in Atchison, Kansas, TILL American Vodka aims to celebrate the American heartland. Distilled from wheat, its name refers to the farm tool used to work soil. The brand is owned by MGP Ingredients, which is widely known for contract whiskey distilling out of its Lawrenceburg, Indiana distillery.
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6Blaum Bros is a craft distillery housed in Galena, Illinois. A true artisanal affair, the brothers use only local grains that are milled and fermented on location. The vodka is made of wheat and rye and a return to a historic grain-focused style.
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5Spring 44 seeks to harness the purity of their water source in their Colorado born spirits. The spring is located in Buckhorn Canyon at 2,000 feet elevation and surrounded by 160,000 acres of National forest. Made from a blend of wheat, corn and rye.
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4Wheatley Vodka is distilled at the Buffalo Trace Distillery under supervision by master distiller, Harlen Wheatley and his team. Primarily a wheat-based vodka, there are other grains that are used in its production. Distilled in a "micro-still", the vodka is triple-filtered and bottled at 82 proof.
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3OYO Vodka is the flagship of Columbus, Ohio’s Middle West Spirits distillery, an operation committed to showcasing the region’s grain through the lens of craft distillation. The grain used for the vodka is local soft red wheat. Sold as a “whiskey lover’s vodka,” the grain character is embraced and not meant to be hidden. As a result, it is unfiltered after distillation. Bottled at 80 proof. A fun trivia fact: Oyo is the original word for Ohio.
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2This vodka from Tenmile Distillery is named for the road where the distillery is situated. It's made from 80% wheat and 20% barley grown in NY state and is distilled in small batches on a custom made 14-plate column still with a reflux condenser on top. It is bottled at 92 proof.
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1This Midwestern spirit is crafted from 100% white wine grapes in Bloomington Indiana. Distilled to 190.5 proof, the goal is to maintain some of the grapes’ inherent flavor. Charcoal-filtration is employed to remove any unwanted flavors.