Distilled at the foot of the majestic Teton range of the Rocky Mountains, Vodka 14 is wholly dedicated to a single, simple proposition: that by combining exceptional ingredients and meticulous distillation, our small, independent, family run company based in Boulder, Colorado can offer a product superior to mass-market brands both imported and domestic. If the finest ingredients are the heart of a remarkable vodka, exceptional distillation is the soul. In crafting Vodka 14 we blend five generations of distilling heritage with the best of modern technology: a four-column continuous distillation system. In a continuous still the mash (the fermented grain) is heated until it becomes a vapor, rising towards the top of the still. As it rises, the distillate vapors condense back into a liquid state and cascade back down, beginning the process anew. This cycle allows the mixture inside the column to be re-distilled continuously, whereas in a conventional still the vapors would pass into a gas state once and then be collected. Some vodka makers boast about distilling their products repeatedly, and the savvy vodka drinker knows from these claims that all this indicates is that the vodka is distilled in a conventional pot still. A pot still is a technology little changed in five hundred years, rich in tradition and well-suited to aged spirits such as whiskey, but unable to match the purity achieved using a continuous distillation system, making it poorly suited to crafting fine vodka. In fact, it might take hundreds of distillations in a traditional pot still to rival the purity achieved by distilling the vodka using a continuous distillation system.

After distillation, Vodka 14 is passed through an advanced activated carbon and crystal filtration process. Combining this sophisticated distillation technology with the meticulous attention inherent in small-batch production, Vodka 14 achieves a purity of distillation befitting its remarkable organic ingredients. Continue on to learn more about why organic ingredients matter.