Goodnight Loving Vodka is a product that I’m awfully near, and I imply that actually: The distillery’s CFO lives a number of doorways down from me, and the distillery relies on a ranch close to Fredericksburg, about an hour away. Right here in Austin, yow will discover Goodnight Loving in numerous bars and liquor shops. Additional afield, maybe much less so.
The vodka is distilled from corn, however the firm says that the actual star of the present is its Artesian spring water, which is sourced from the ranch. Contemplating the completed product is 60% water, there’s most likely one thing to the thought. The identify, by the best way, is a reference to the Goodnight-Loving longhorn cattle path, which ran by means of these components within the 1860s.
The corporate dropped off a pattern bottle for me — two, really; the primary one was left in my mailbox and disappeared when the mailman presumably took it for himself — and I gave it a attempt. Ideas observe.
The vodka instantly presents a contemporary and barely candy high quality on the nostril, telegraphing a New World model that feels designed for mixing. Aromas of almond, coconut, and a contact of lemon are all represented, although none is especially dominant.
On the palate, the vodka stays true to its promise: An instantaneous nougaty almond high quality pairs effectively with a creamy, nearly buttery physique. There’s a contact of fruit after the preliminary nuttiness fades — adopted once more a little bit of lemon — culminating in eventually a punch of brilliant and biting ethanol. Any hospital notes are fleeting, however the influence is there, serving to the vodka to fade out on a cleaning observe.
Whereas the vodka is on the sweeter aspect stylistically, it’s a flexible product that may be a delight by itself however which inserts wonderful into any variety of cocktails. I wouldn’t make a martini with it, however in a chi chi? Goodnight.
80 proof.
A- / $19 / goodnightlovingvodka.com
Goodnight Loving Vodka
$19
