I recently met Allison Evanow who founded Square One Organic Vodka and I had to ask her: why do we need organic spirits? Isn’t it enough to distill a spirit to remove the impurities? She told me that to make a great spirit, you have to start with high quality ingredients; you have to start from “square one.” That said, she made the point that if an average spirit tastes delicious just through the distillation process, imagine what happens if you begin with a perfect , organic grain and what that flavor can become when it winds up as vodka! Square One Vodka is made from organic rye and has a crisp, bold flavor, not too neutral and not so overpowering that the taste takes over the glass. I was surprised how much I liked the vodka straight up, but as the base for a dirty martini it was positively ethereal.

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