Review: Salvation Spirits Vodka

“Drink better vodka,” a ringer around the neck of Salvation Spirits Premium Vodka commands. Presumably, the instruction relates to the bottle in hand — made in Fredericksburg, Texas from a mystery process that the company doesn’t reveal. Per Salvation: “Here’s what we can tell you: premium ingredients, advanced technology, the removal of greed from the distillation process, and the addition of love and attention gave birth to this exceptional spirit.”

So yeah, we don’t even know what this is made from.

Salvation also makes a pretty good gin, and they’re cagey about what’s in that, too.

Anyway, let’s try it.

Salvation Spirits Vodka Review

Salvation Spirits Vodka effectively blurs the line between Old and New World vodka expressions, its nose moderately medicinal but featuring brighter elements of lemon and mint, though both are faint at best.

The palate eschews the sharp Band-Aid elements visible on the nose from the jump, leaning into a modest creaminess that evokes coconut nectar, almond nougat, and spun sugar — before finally taking a half-step back and letting some of the vodka’s sharper notes add some heat. This burn is however decidedly mild — much more nuanced than the nose would connote — with nuttier notes, heavy on marzipan, building as the finish approaches.

The overall experience is clean and engaging, and this is a vodka that drinks perfectly well on its own or in tall drinks, even at room temperature. With dry vermouth the calculus is a little less balanced, as Salvation feels a bit too sweet on the tongue to make for a solid martini, but if you play with the cocktail’s ingredient ratios I think you can muddle through with it.

80 proof. Reviewed: Batch #10.

B+ / $34

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