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Kanon Organic Vodka – Sweden (750ml) – $25

10% OFF DURING THE TASTING
You can say a lot of things about this vodka (and the people at Kanon do!). It’s apparently chock full of history, good intentions and very little else. Really, it’s all heart. See, the distillation process produces roughly three different parts, known as heads, tails and hearts. The heads and tails usually contain most of the impurities – the gristle, if you will. The heart is the filet mignon. Unlike most other premuim vodkas, which make use of the heads and tails after running them through multiple distillations, Kanon just chucks ‘em (well, actually they’re turned into biogas and sent off to power public transportion). The pure hearts are then mixed with fresh water and bottled – that’s it. To make it even warmer and fuzzier, Kanon uses 100% organic wheat. That and everything else that goes into making this vodka comes from within a three-mile radius of the old Gripsholm Distillery, which back in 1580 made booze for the locals. And yes, you guessed it, those villagers made cannons.

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