Haku Japanese Craft Suntory Vodka, 70cl

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Of course, if you're feeling creative, you can always come up with your own Haku Vodka cocktail recipe.

While it doesn't age in the bottle, proper storage ensures the flavor and quality remain consistent. The original vodka by Fair Distillery – famously, distilled using organic quinoa – was tasty enough to begin with, but the French distillery (staffed by veterans of the Cognac region) takes things to the next level – by maturing the aforementioned quinoa spirit ex-whisky barrels.Handpicked in Sri Lanka, this hero ingredient is then blended with a base spirit that has been made using rainwater from the Hunter Valley. White rice, a staple in Japanese culture, imparts a slightly sweet taste, ensuring the vodka is smooth and subtle on the palate, unlike regular grain-based vodka. Alongside the product put out by Archie Rose, this Hartshorn expression is one of Australia’s most awarded – even sneaking in kudos as the ‘World’s Best Vodka’ (at the 2018 edition of the World Vodka Award). Small-batch production helps to give this vodka the smooth, tea-tinged finish that sets it apart; and its persistent element of freshness is something that marries very well with Camelia-themed cocktails in the vein of a mixer-and-tonic or Earl Grey Martini. A classic cocktail with a Haku twist, this martini is made with Haku Vodka, dry vermouth, and a dash of orange bitters.

Any self-respecting at-home bartender would know that having some of the best vodka readily available is as essential as having that award-winning wine for when dinner’s ready, or that chilled dark beer for when the temperature drops. Whatever your preference – if any – a couple of the more popular expressions include peach, apple, or red berry. Shinjiro overcame numerous hardships to make his dream a reality, creating wine, whisky and brandy, and launching Hermes Vodka – the first Suntory Vodka – in 1956. Made with snap-frozen grapes from the Gaillac and Cognac regions of France, Ciroc undergoes a five-time distillation process – among a small handful of global vodkas to be produced in this way.Let us know if we need instructions for where to find your house or want us to leave your wine in the shed! In a pinch, we think it also works as a baseline for Vesper Martinis or the underrated Botanic Flip (a kind of improvised vodka sour). Suntory Whisky brings people together through the passion and precision of our artisans and the forces of Japanese nature itself. Myth has it that the recipe was created by Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev – reportedly the creator of the ‘standard’ distillation method for Russian vodka. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising.