ISN’T VODKA MADE FROM POTATOES?
Actually no. This is one of the most common misconceptions of vodka. This misconception can be traced back to a time when potatoes were the cheapest raw material for vodka. In fact, the vast majority of vodkas on the market are made from fermented grains such as corn or wheat. Not to get all sciency here but in order to get alcohol, you need sugar. Since there is no sugar in grains or potatoes, you need to convert those starches in the grain and turn those starches into sugar. The yeast then turns that sugar and into alcohol. In fact, ALL alcohol is made directly from sugar. Of course there are other flavors from the base material that will come though which is why you usually get some grain taste with most vodkas. This is all fine and dandy, but vodka is supposed to be an “oderless, tasteless” spirit. The word “vodka” is literally a diminutive of the russian word “voda” which means “water”. Voudoux Vodka is distilled from 100% pure non-GMO cane sugar only. If yeast eats sugar and turns it into alcohol, why use anything else that will flavor the vodka? Our philosophy is “less taste going in, better vodka coming out”.
ISN’T ALL VODKA MADE THE SAME WAY?
Technically the answer to this is MOST OTHER vodkas are. Yes, the vast majority of vodka IS made the same way: distilled 24/7 through massive continuous stills in mega-distilleries to maximize the amount of vodka the company can produce. There’s nothing wrong with doing it this way, but this is the “quantity over quality” method of distillation. Voudoux Vodka is different because it is distilled in small batches more like a whiskey would be distilled. This allows us to remove all of the nasty stuff that is usually left in other vodkas. Only the absolute purest portion of each distillation run is kept and blended to eventually become Voudoux Vodka. Does doing it our way take way more time? Yes. Do we care? No. Voudoux Vodka is all about the “quality over quantity” mentality.
THE MORE EXPENSIVE THE VODKA, THE BETTER IT IS, RIGHT?
Wrong. What you’re really paying for is company overhead. The “super cool” custom blown glass bottle, the fancy schmancy packaging, the “meteorite” (yes that’s really a thing) that it’s filtered through, all of that stuff costs the manufacturer much more money to produce. Voudoux Vodka uses zero gimmicks. Our bottle is as plain and simple as you can get. We don’t have any fancy packaging. We don’t send people to the jungles of Borneo to mine precious gems to filter it through. We care more about what’s INSIDE the bottle than what’s on the outside. Yes, we dip it in a little wax because we like the way it looks, but we pour all of our energy and effort into producing the finest vodka we possibly can and keeping that amazing vodka as affordable as possible for YOU.
IF IT’S MADE FROM CANE SUGAR, IS THERE SUGAR IN IT?
Absolutely NOT! There is zero sugar in Voudoux Vodka. All of the sugar content in the fermenters is “consumed” by our yeast during the fermentation process and turned into alcohol.
HOW MANY CALORIES ARE IN VOUDOUX VODKA?
A 1 ounce serving of Voudoux Vodka contains approximately 64 calories. A 1.5 ounce serving of Voudoux Vodka contains approximately 95 calories.
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