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Chacha Premium Canadian Vodka 

Posted by Arctic Wolf on January 12, 2024

Chacha Premium Canadian Vodka is the creation of Will Webb, and is a 100% Canadian Owned Company who distill their vodka in Toronto, Ontario. According to Will it began with the positivity of enjoyment of being with the people he cared about.

” The summer of 2015, while boating with friends, I said “CHACHA” to them just for fun. They laughed and loved the expression, and naturally began to say it. All of a sudden, thousands of people enthusiastically said “CHACHA”, and people that I had never met before. To this day, they CHACHA!

From that moment, Will decided to build his vodka business around the love and positivity of that experience with his friends.

The vodka he produces is six time distilled from Canadian grain, and produced by the Toronto Distilling Group for Chacha Vodka.

Here is a link to my full review:

Review: Chacha Premium Canadian Vodka

“… the spirit demonstrated light wisps of lemon and lime aromas in the breezes above the glass with vague hints of mint as well. When I sipped, there was a light sweetness apparent, and the mild impressions of the nose translated well across the palate. It tasted nice especially as the flavour impressions were very mild as they should be when we taste vodka …”

Please enjoy my latest review which concludes with my cocktail suggestion, The Emissary.

Chimo!

 

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Review: Cap Diamant Vodka

Posted by Arctic Wolf on September 14, 2023

Cap Diamant (Cape Diamond) is a headland at the edge of the Promontory of Quebec where the St. Lawrence River narrows between its two shores upon which Quebec City is located. French explorer, Jacques Cartier  found what he thought were diamonds in the high cliffs and so he named the cape, Cap Dianmont. In a story that every Canadian is taught in Elementary School, James Wolfe and his troops (in 1759) scaled Cap Diamant toward the Plains of Abraham and conquered Quebec making it part of the British Empire.

Cap Diamont Vodka pays homage to this historic Canadian site.  This is a small batch spirit, distilled from 100% Canadian corn grain with water from one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world, the Laurentians. The vodka is filtered with coconut charcoal, and is meant to be enjoyed neat or on ice (or with your favourite cocktail).

Here is a link to my full review where I put Cap Diamont through the paces of my rigorous tasting sessions.

Review: Cap Diamant Vodka

“… Very little aroma was present, perhaps a wisp of lime and grain, but that was all. When sipped the vodka was smooth and slightly spicy with again perhaps a very light taste of lime.  And this is exactly what I expect from a good vodka! Only wisps of flavour with no burn or metallic tastes …”

I hope everyone enjoys the review of what has turned out to be a very good vodka!  Chimo!

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Review: Liberator Vodka (Highwood Distillers)

Posted by Arctic Wolf on May 16, 2022

The Liberator brand is an authentic small batch craft brand produced by Highwood Distillers to honor the WWII RCAF base that was located in their home town of High River as well as to honor the brave men and women who fought in WWII. This is a small volume craft offering created such that Highwood Distillers would have a 100% Alberta made craft spirits line produced for the local market.

According to Michael Nychyk, Operations Manager at the Distillery:

This is a small volume brand in our portfolio; but we are proud it honours the RCAF and their connection to High River. And not to mention the spirits are great quality!

Their Liberty Vodka is distilled in small batches using locally sourced wheat. The local aquifer fed by the nearby Rocky Mountains is used as their water source, and the vodka is polished through a multi stage charcoal filtration system prior to bottling which is done with hand-applied closures and labels. The small batch production is limited to a maximum of 300 cases per batch.

Here is a link to my full review:

Review: Liberator Vodka (Highwood Distillers)

“… When I took a sip, my impression was that the vodka was soft vodka on the tongue. The lemon and lime in the breezes were joined by impressions of mint. The spirit was also lightly spicy with a pop of rye-like grain spice livening the palate …”

Please enjoy my review which includes my serving suggestion, the Vodka Daiquiri.

Chimo!

 

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Review: Spring Mill Vodka

Posted by Arctic Wolf on April 25, 2022

The Spring Mill Distillery has roots in Upper Canada that stretch all the way back to 1836 when the Sleeman Family built a Distillery to augment the Brewery built 2 year earlier. While the Brewery became a Canadian success story, the Distillery was quite the opposite as it ceased operations almost immediately after it was founded. However, the seed of that distillery must have have stayed with the Sleemans, as 183 years later they did it all over again and launched the Spring Mill Distillery on the banks of the Speed River in Guelph, Ontario.

Spring Mill Distillery Vodka is produced from a base spirit of Red Winter wheat on copper stills which look like they would be perfectly at home in any Scottish Single Malt Distillery.

Here is a link to my full review of the Spring Mill Vodka spirit:

Review: Spring Mill Vodka

“… There are light indications of spicy grain and perhaps just a touch of wheat flour on the nose. As the spirit warms the spiciness becomes more intense a light indications of lemon grass and banana also appear …”

Please enjoy my review which conclude with a daiquiri/gimlet style cocktail I call Civility. The world could certainly use more civility right now …

Chimo!

 

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Review: Wheatley Vodka

Posted by Arctic Wolf on March 1, 2021

Wheatley Vodka is produced at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky, America’s oldest continually-operated distillery.  Buffalo Trace Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley is responsible for the brand which is distilled in small-batches using a one of a kind micro-still.  This is a wheat based vodka which is distilled a total of 10 times before being triple filtered and then bottled at 41 % alcohol by volume.

This is meant to be a craft spirit suitable to drink on its own or to mix in your favourite vodka cocktails.

When tasting Wheatley Vodka for the first time the spirit was chilled such that I would be tasting the spirit in roughly the same manner as my friends and I would normally enjoy the spirit. I sipped the spirit, downed a shot, tried a few food parings and then made a cocktail.

Then I repeated the entire sequence once again (on a separate day) This time with the vodka served at room temperature.

Here is a link to my full review and commentary:

Review: Wheatley Vodka

“… Despite the spiciness I did not notice any undo effects of alcohol astringency. The spirit seems relatively clean, albeit somewhat spicy. My first cautious sip brought a taste of lemon zest forward, with bits of heated grain spice and hints banana and wheat porridge …”

Please enjoy the review and my suggested serving, Maggie Mae. (I was chilling to the music of Rod Stewart while sipping the cocktail.)

Chimo!

 

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