The Top Community Rated Vodkas From Last Week

This ultra premium vodka first hit the market in 2003. Stoli Elit is made using "freeze filtration" inspired by the old tradition of leaving casks outside in plummeting winter conditions. This grain based (winter wheat) vodka is bottled at 40% ABV.

The 2021 refresh of this vodka was created in concert with a collective of experts including chemists, professional bartenders, and a water sommelier to achieve the final product. The effect is meant to evoke the naturally occurring salinity and minerality of the waters surrounding its home town of San Francisco, made with vodka + soda drinkers in mind.

Chopin 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.

First introduced to the US in 1996 as a luxury vodka, Belvedere Vodka is distilled from 100% Polish Dankowskie rye. It is distilled using a four-column still process. Belvedere uses water drawn from wells situated in the grounds of the distillery to bring it to proof and then charcoal filters the vodka prior to bottling. The brand's name means "beautiful to see".

First introduced in 2006, this is Stoli's blueberry flavored vodka. Grain based (wheat and rye). Bottled at 37.5% ABV.

Established in 1938, Stolichnaya or Stoli as it is most often called, was first introduced to the US in 1972. This grain-based (wheat and rye) vodka is manufactured and bottled in Latvia using a rectified spirit tankered in from Russia. It is filtered through Russian birch charcoal and quartz sand. This is bottled and sold at an ABV of 37.5-40% depending on your location.

First launched in 1983, Ketel One is made from 100% GMO-free European wheat. It is distilled in a combination of column and pot-distillation, including the original 19th century coal-fired pot still named "Distilleerketel #1". The image of this still, or ketel, adorns each bottle. The two distillates are blended together along with water to create this vodka. Bottled at 40% ABV.

Absolut is produced in the town of Åhus in Sweden from locally-grown winter wheat. First introduced to the US in 1979, its iconic apothecary bottle is recognizable around the world. Absolut was first introduced in 1879 as Absolut Rent Brännvin (absolutely pure vodka) by Lars Olsson Smith. It is he who adorns the silver medallion on each bottle.

Created by Bertito "Tito" Beveridge, a Texas native, this vodka sold its first bottles in 1997. His distillery located in Austin, Texas, is the first legal distillery in Texas since Prohibition. Millions of bottles have been sold since. Tito's is made from 100% corn and is gluten free.

Grey Goose launched in 1997 and is one of the first super premium vodkas to hit the market. It is made from French winter wheat sourced from farms in Picardy in northern France. It is column-distilled and sent to Cognac where demineralized spring water from the region is added to bring the vodka to proof.