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What is Vodka? |
- a neutral spirit - distilled to a minimum of 96% (EU) - highly rectified, - and often filtered, - has few characteristics of the base material in the finished product |
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If grain is used, production of vodka is similar to... |
- whisky production - grain is ground, - mixed with water to make a mash, - cooked under pressure to hydrolyse the starch - malted barley may be added to aid in liquification - or added after cooking to aid conversion (or can add straight enzymes)
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Fermentation usually is... |
- relatively quick, around 40 hours - result is 6-10% abv, strength depends on sugars present in base ingredient - grain gives highest amount of alcohol per ton |
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Distillation is usually carried out in.... |
multiple column still in order to achieve purest spirit possible some use pot stills ex: ketel one (dutch for pot still one) 100% wheat uses a proportion on the second distillation |
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Water is important because... |
- end goal is to have as few congeners as possible -therefore contamination must be avoided at all costs - de-ionised, softened, and demineralized water is used - this is opposite to scotch whisky, as characteristics of the water are hidden by congeners, peat, and oak. |
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and it is also important because... |
- 40% of the liquid in vodka is water that has been added after distillation, - more than almost any other spirit - almost all vodka is unaged, can pick up on quality -Absolut ages a portion of the final blend |
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What other things can be done to distinguish vodkas? |
- add low strength spirit to final blend (like rum) - add glycerol for mouthfeel - polish vodka distillers distill to a slightly lower level to maintain some base material character - water quality - filtration - base material - still type |
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filtration? |
- chill filtration is popular, makes product crystal clear - carbon filtration popular (smirnoff) was necessary when distillation was less efficient to remove fusel oils - finlandia and absolut don't filter - multiple filtration possible (crystal head vodka filtered 7 times, 3 times through herkimer diamonds)
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100% malted barley is rarely used |
because it is not cost effective
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If Vodka is made with potatoes, they are cooked to the point of a mash |
when enzymes are added to aid conversion from starch to sugar |
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Wheat Vodka: |
vinous texture sweet midpalate finish dry with hint of anise ex: Swedish Absolut, French Grey Goose |
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Rye Vodka: |
soft clean spirit citrus aromas and flavours oily with a zesty spicy finish ex: Polish Wyborowa Polish Belvedere |
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Barley Vodka: |
low in oil, therefore have a tendency to be lightest in style ex: Finlandia Vodka |
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Potato Vodka: |
lower yielding than grain lower levels of congeners high levels of methanol, therefore need to run spirit through a demethylizing column full bodied creamy textured ex: English Chase Vodka |
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Corn Vodka: |
Soft and delicate ex: Canadian Crystal Head Vodka |
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Other base material vodkas... |
Glen's Sugarbeet Vodka (UK) Ciroc Grape Vodka (FRA)
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How is flavoured vodka made? |
maceration - ingredients steep cold compounding - essence of ingredients steamed and condensed, or cheap essential oils purchased and combined some use redistillation or redistillation after maceration at a low temp (belvedere)
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Absolut vodka's marketing strategy... |
modernity purity design premium quality - created a new category of vodka, super premium |
