Grand Teton Vodka is a craft spirit distilled from Idaho potatoes.
Production
Grand Teton Vodka is made from 100% Idaho potatoes and water drawn from the
Snake River
The Snake River is a major river of the greater Pacific Northwest region in the United States. At long, it is the largest tributary of the Columbia River, in turn, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Snake ...
watershed of the Teton Mountain Range. It is fermented through a proprietary process. Following fermentation, it undergoes a single pass through a pot and column
still
A still is an apparatus used to distill liquid mixtures by heating to selectively boil and then cooling to condense the vapor. A still uses the same concepts as a basic distillation apparatus, but on a much larger scale. Stills have been used ...
and then filtered with charcoal and garnet crystal. Production takes place in small batches at
Grand Teton Distillery, located in Driggs, Idaho near the water source.
History
Lea Beckett formed Grand Teton Vodka, Inc, in
Driggs, Idaho
Driggs is a city in the western United States in eastern Idaho, and is the county seat of Teton County. Part of the Jackson, WY-ID Micropolitan Statistical Area, it is located in Teton Valley, the headwaters of the Teton River. The populati ...
to launch Grand Teton Vodka in August, 2012. John Boczar is the head distiller in charge of all production operations at Grand Teton Distillery. As of early 2013 the vodka had distribution in seven states.
Reviews
In October 2012, Grand Teton Potato Vodka received a Gold Medal with a rating of 94 points (Exceptional) from the
Beverage Testing Institute The Beverage Testing Institute (BTI) is a marketing service company that provides reviews for spirits, wines, and beers. It uses numerical scores and publishes books of its test results.
The company's beer marketing program, the World Beer Champio ...
, which noted its "Clear. Bright aromas and flavors of nougat, custard, and pound cake with a silky, dryish medium body and a super smooth, dried fruit and delicate spice and mineral finish."
In April 2013 the
San Francisco World Spirits Competition
The San Francisco World Spirits Competition was founded in 2001 by Anthony Dias Blue as an off-shoot of the San Francisco International Wine Competition. It assesses hundreds of entrants annually (1,407 in 2013 from 63 countries) with tastings inv ...
awarded Grand Teton Potato Vodka a Double Gold Medal, which is only achieved if all judges unanimously rank the spirit at Gold level quality.
Proof66's aggregate rating, which incorporates these scores and others, ranks the spirit as the #1 potato vodka among all rated potato vodkas.
Proof66's aggregate rating ranks the spirit as the #3 vodka among all types of vodka. There are currently over 1,400 different vodkas ranked in the Proof66 database.
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Proof66.com Top Potato Vodka Scores
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