We’ve all heard bourbon aficionados go long on barrel chars, mash-bills, and other minutiae. Vodka, on the other hand, is wrongly reduced to a “neutral spirit” with no distinct taste, often simply ...

Two vodkas—one from Latvia’s icy Baltic shore, the other for Florida’s yacht set—show that “neutral” spirits can be anything ...

Why do consumers buy what they buy? Why do they choose what they choose? As a cocktail writer, nowhere has this question fascinated me more than around vodka brand preferences. Legally speaking, until ...

PROVIDENCE — In this new golden age of cocktails and spirits, artisan distillers are pushing the envelope in the most creative of ways. The latest example comes from The Industrial Spirit Company ...

You'd expect Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood to be the home of a small, microbrewery. You might not expect it to be the headquarters of an artisan vodka distillery that produces 2,000 bottles each ...

With glasses, a plaid shirt and blue jeans, John Koehler doesn’t fit the image of a modern-day bootlegger. The 56-year-old former engineer is gearing up to join the liquor-production business made ...

Vodka is fermented, distilled, and filtered to ensure it's mostly neutral in color, taste, and scent. There are no restrictions on what vodka can be made from, but it's mostly made from grains or ...