Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Armenian Family Distillery · Est. 2019
Spirits education, organic vodka deep dives, cocktail guides, and the story behind FLORENA — written from 10 McCoy Lane.
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Vodka is, at its most reduced definition, ethanol and water. Every other variable, base ingredient, distillation method, filtration approach, is in service of what those two components produce together in the glass. G...
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There is a strange invisibility to yeast in the public conversation about spirits. People know about base ingredients, corn, wheat, potato, rye. People know ...
vodka-ingredients
Distillation is the process by which alcohol is separated from a fermented liquid and concentrated. The number of distillation passes is frequently used as a...
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Aging is strongly associated with quality in the spirits world. Whiskey, rum, and brandy are evaluated partly by how long they spent in a barrel. Vodka works...
vodka-ingredients
Questions about gluten have become more common at the spirits shelf. Vodka is often part of that conversation, particularly for people managing celiac diseas...
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Vodka gets labeled as a clean and simple spirit all the time. Clear liquid, neutral taste, not much to it. But not all vodka earns that reputation in the sam...
vodka-ingredients
Vodka is usually thought of as a simple, clean spirit. But the production process behind any bottle involves energy, water, agricultural inputs, and transpor...
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Filtration is discussed frequently in vodka marketing but understood less clearly by most consumers. The process removes certain compounds from the spirit af...
vodka-ingredients
Vodka is often described as neutral, but that neutrality is relative. The base ingredient used in production does shape the texture, mouthfeel, and subtle fl...
