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I have a fantastic micro-distillery down the street from my place in Columbus called Middle West Spirits (http://www.middlewestspirits.com/index.php/products/ h
by tibbon 16y ago
I have a fantastic micro-distillery down the street from my place in Columbus called Middle West Spirits (http://www.middlewestspirits.com/index.php/products/ http://www.middlewestspirits.com/index.php/products/).
Not only are the micro-distilling amazing vodka (and now whiskey and more soon), but they are trying to make it the most sustainable and local based business I have ever seen. Soon the building will be completely solar powered, they are buying everything local (from the raw wheat from local farmers, honey from local beekeepers, to having bottles custom made in lancaster, ohio). The byproducts of the business are being sold/given to various places that can use them positively (acetone goes to a cleaning company, etc). And the price of everything is in the mid $30-range, so they aren't killing us for pricing either. And they are working to get local laws modernized in a positive way to support local distilling, which unfortunately those 'big business' distillers are massively again.
Oh, and the product is outright amazing. Most vodka is downright boring to me, and I prefer scotch, but this is really something that excites me.
- tptacek 16y agoIs the whiskey any good? Vodka should be very easy. Good indie whiskey would be a huge accomplishment.
- tibbon 16y agoThe whiskey is rather good. I'm a scotch guy myself, otherwise I was considering even buying an entire small barrel of it for myself. Their vodka seems to go above and beyond, and actually has flavor.
- tptacek 16y agoYou know that unflavored vodka is specifically not supposed to have a flavor, right?
- tibbon 16y agoBut if something is made of a product (say wheat, which this vodka is) then it also stands to reason that there should be some flavor imparted by the materials it is made with. The definition of vodka as having 'no flavor' is just silly because every vodka out there has a flavor (your tongue knows there's something there), but just generally that flavor is one of bad alcohols that have been poorly distilled.
- 2arrs2ells 16y agoThanks for the heads up on Middle West Spirits! Between that and the happy hour at Bodega, coming back to Columbus to visit my parents just might be tolerable.
- tibbon 16y agoThey do free tours/tastings quite a bit, so definitely give it a shot.