Full Review

Lovton Farms

Lovton Farms
Gentlemen’s Reserve Vodka

Category: Unflavored Vodka

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 40%
92 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$24
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Lovton Farms
Gentlemen’s Reserve Vodka

Category: Unflavored Vodka

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 40%
Clear color. Aromas and flavors of fennel seed, wet granite and petrichor, dill, and licorice with a velvety, crisp, bone-dry light-to-medium body and a tingling, rapid finish with shades of whisper of anise, salt, and coconut water. A super clean and delicate, almost refreshing Vodka.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Crisp & Lively
Aroma Aroma: fennel seed, wet granite and petrichor, dill, and licorice
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with shades of whisper of anise, salt, and coconut water
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, shots and on the rocks
Cocktail Cocktails: Bloody Mary, Moscow Mule, Vodka Martini
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A super clean and delicate, almost refreshing Vodka.

The Producer

Loveton Farms Distillery

The Producer
11620 Crossroads Cir Unit H
Middle River, MD 21220
USA
1 800-278-0131

Unflavored Vodka

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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.