Vodka

Vodka is composed primarily of water and ethanol with traces of impurities and flavorings. Vodka is made from any one of these fermented substances: grain, rye, wheat, potatoes, rice, or sugarbeet molasses.

Vodka’s alcoholic content usually ranges between 35 to 50 percent by volume; the standard Russian, Lithuanian, and Polish vodkas are 40 percent alcohol by volume (80 proof). Historically, this alcoholic-proof standard derives from the Russian vodka quality standards established by Tsar Alexander III in 1894. The Muscovite Vodka Museum reports that chemist Dmitri Mendeleev determined the ideal alcohol content as 38 percent; however, because in that time distilled spirits were taxed per their alcoholic strength, that percentage was rounded upwards to 40 percent for simplified taxation calculations.

For such a liquor to be denominated “vodka,” governments establish a minimum alcohol content; the European Union established 37.5 percent alcohol by volume as the minimum alcohol content for European vodka.)

All our vodkas are 80 proof.

Wodka ($6) is A Polish rye vodka.

Tito's ($7) is produced in Austin in the first legal distillery in Texas, from yellow corn.

Dripping Springs ($7) is also made from corn.

Ketel One ($7) is a wheat vodka from the Netherlands. The vodka is produced at Nolet Distillery (founded 1691).

Deep Eddy Ruby Red Grapefruit Vodka ($7) is made in Austin. It's infused with ruby red grapefruit juice and sweetened with pure cane sugar.


"Vodka's vodka. It's been favored for its neutrality since the '50s. Very indicative of that zeitgeist, impending modernity, and a regrettable homogenization of taste."