Full Review

The Community Spirit Co.

The Community Spirit Co.
Vodka

Category: Unflavored Vodka

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 40%
87 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$32

The Community Spirit Co.
Vodka

Category: Unflavored Vodka

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 40%
Clear color. Aromas and flavors of ethanol, sweet corn, and vanilla with a satiny, crisp, dry medium body and a tingling, delightful, carefree finish with suggestions of cream corn, vanilla, black pepper, and ethanol. Very clean and neutral with a slightly creamy and rounded mouthfeel.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: ethanol, sweet corn, and vanilla
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with suggestions of cream corn, vanilla, black pepper, and ethanol
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails and neat
Cocktail Cocktails: Bloody Mary, Moscow Mule, Vodka Martini
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Very clean and neutral with a slightly creamy and rounded mouthfeel.

The Producer

LaForce

The Producer
47-07 32nd Place
Long Island City, NY 11101
USA
1 646-438-4030

Their Portfolio

87 The Community Spirit Co. Vodka 40% (USA) $32.00.

Unflavored Vodka

Spirits Glass Shot Clear.jpg
Serve in a Shot Glass
Unflavored vodka is defined in the US as a "neutral" spirit devoid of color, aroma, and taste, however, the finest unflavored vodkas are served neat and do have a subtle taste, sometimes of the base grain or ingredient, citrus or even anise. But most vodkas are used for cocktails, often mixed with fruit juice (cranberry juice for Cosmopolitans or orange juice for Screwdrivers.), tonic, or soda for the ubiquitous bar-hopper favorite Vodka & Soda. To which craft bartenders these days like to say, "vodka pays the bills."

Unflavored vodka is made by fermenting and then distilling the simple sugars from a mash of pale grain or vegetal matter. Vodka is produced from grain, potatoes, molasses, beets, and a variety of other plants. Rye and wheat are the classic grains for Vodka, with most of the best Russian Vodkas being made from wheat while in Poland they are mostly made from a rye mash. Swedish and Baltic distillers are partial to wheat mashes. Potatoes are looked down on by Russian distillers, but are held in high esteem by some of their Polish counterparts. Molasses, a sticky, sweet residue from sugar production, is widely used for inexpensive, mass-produced brands of Vodka. American distillers use the full range of base ingredients, but most are made from the abundant supply of corn from the US heartland.