By
George Brozowski
I
swear you can take just about anything
with some sugar content and distill it into vodka. I'm really
surprised someone hasn't already tried to make vodka out of
watermelons! And so here we have vodka distilled from sweet
potatoes and according to the Souza family of the San Joaquin
Valley in sunny California that produces this vodka named
after their son, Corbin. It takes 10 pounds
of sweet potatoes just to make one bottle.
Not
surprisingly, potato vodka has ruled the super premium category
for quite a while. I'm referring to the humble, plain old
regular potato, so sweet potatoes wouldn't really be that
big a stretch. Lately, I've been enjoying some vodka made
from grapes, and I must admit I like it. Coincidentally, distillers
all over America are producing some darn fine vodkas these
days made from all sorts of grains and fruits and vegetables,
as well as vodkas flavored with just about every fruit and
vegetable out there, and the one thing they all have in common
is that they are getting really good at the science and art
of distillation and are producing very smooth and tasty vodkas.
Not only that, they are pricing their products well below
those Polish, Russian and French super-premium vodkas and
making quite an in-road into the market place.
OK,
so let's see where this sweet potato vodka stacks up! It comes
in a tall transparent bottle with the name Corbin in black
letters done in a fancy old French style font containing serifs
and spikes. The bottom of the bottle has small pressed glass
bumps that finish off that rather regal look. The nose is
clean and crisp with a touch of sweetness and a bit of earthiness
but absolutely no ethanol vapors. Those flavor profiles continue
on the palate. There is that hint of sweetness and that touch
of earthiness accompanied by a bit of white pepper. The finish
is also sweet and smooth with a hint of almonds and the barest
taste of smokiness and is slightly spicy and lasts a short
time. This is a very pleasant sipping vodka that really does
not require a chaser or even ice for that matter.
At
around $30.00 per 750ML bottle and 40% ABV, it's certainly
right up there with the other super premiums, right where
it belongs.
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