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Troubadour Texas Vodka
Distilled in Orange, Texas

            When you want a true handcrafted adult beverage, look no further.  Our Vodka's tradition is in reflux column distillation. Its the control of batch distillation, using the proper stills and employing tradition that allows us to bring to you this excellent hand-crafted Vodka.

 

                                         JUST WHAT DOES HAND-CRAFTED MEAN?

           It means that there is a person involved in the process, making decisions and performing tasks to bring this vodka to you. The grains are measured and added by hand, as is the water. And speaking of the water, it is a proprietary blend of reverse osmosis treated water and a one time worlds best rated water from a watershed thats been protected since the 1800's. Its been served aboard Air Force one and in the White House for decades. The distillation is carried out under the watchful eye of the distiller, who is watching the temperature, making adjustments to contol the reflux and purification. The distiller will then rectify and blend the final product by hand, taking measurements, recording data, tasting, smelling and verifying the product. It is then moved to bottling where each bottle is filled, corked, sealed and labeled. The distiller of your very bottle then signs the back label by hand,  verifying to you that he personally blended the vodka you hold in your hand. Yes, this limits the volume we can produce, but with Troubadour, we wouldnt want it any other way. 

The Botonist Islay Gin

                "The Botanist", small-batch, artisanal Islay gin uses nine of the classic gin aromatics – orris root, cassia bark, coriander seed, etc – and augment these with a heady harvest of 22 wild, native island botanicals, hand-picked by an expert foraging team from the windswept hills, peat bogs and atlantic shores of this Hebridean island of Islay.
                This truly seasonal and exotic cocktail is then slow "simmer" distilled in a unique and cherished lomond pot-still, "ugly betty". Betty prefers to work at low-pressure and won’t be rushed. So our precious botanicals are slowly and gently coaxed into releasing their complex, signature aromatics.
                This was a unique project for head distiller, Jim McEwan. Jim says he had to "learn a new dance" with Betty, and none of us knew what to expect from that first, achingly-slow 17 hour distillation. The result: a highly distinctive, complex, floral gin with outstanding finish and impeccable provenance. In an age of re-badged industrial gins, the Botanist stands out as a truly artisanal, small-batch, hand-crafted labour of love and distiller's art. A breath of botanical Islay in every glass.