The best vodka brands

January 12, 2023

Vodka has a long history, with origins dating back to the 8th century in Eastern Europe. It is believed that the first vodkas were made by the ancient Slavs, who used primitive distillation methods to produce a crude spirit from fermented grains or potatoes. Today, vodka is one of the most popular spirits in the world. Let’s see which vodka brands deserve your attention.

Ketel One

Ketel One is an old Dutch vodka brand. It has been owned by the Nolet family for more than four centuries. The company’s products are very popular in the United States. The recipe for Ketel One is both simple and ingenious: 100% quality wheat, the distillation in copper pots, filtration through loose charcoal and rest in tile-lined tanks.

Magic Moments

Magic Moments is the only non-European brand on our top list. It was launched in India in 2006 and is now the top-selling brand in this country. Magic Moments vodka is produced by triple distillation technology and has unusual tones of fruit and spices. It is a very unusual and original product.

Grey Goose

Grey Goose is a young but very famous brand of French vodka. Its peculiarity is the original idea of creating vodka as a premium class. All the ingredients used in production are of the highest quality. The company was founded in 1996 and quickly gained high popularity in the United States. Soon after, the company and production were sold to Bacardi for $2.2 billion.

Soplica

Soplica is the oldest of the Polish vodka brands. Its production began in 1891. Nowadays Soplica is produced as a traditional vodka, but variants with different flavors are also very popular, such as walnut, cherry or blueberry flavors. Such drinks contain 30 percent alcohol, not 40 percent like regular vodka.

Nemiroff

Nemiroff is another popular brand from Ukraine. This brand can be found on sale in more than 80 countries. The production has existed since 1872 and now the company is the largest exporter of vodka products from Ukraine.

Morosha

Morosha is a popular vodka brand in the world that is owned by company Global Spirits. Its peculiarity is that it is made with mineral water extracted from a spring in the Carpathian Mountains at an altitude of 470 to 1050 meters above sea level in a protected area.

Żubrówka

Zubrovka Bison Grass Vodka is a popular Polish vodka. Its production began in 1928. It is available in 80 countries and ranks 4th in popularity. It is special because each bottle of this vodka contains a bison grass blade. This grass is harvested by hand in the Bialowieza forest.

Khortytsa

Khortytsya is the most famous Ukrainian brand of vodka. The brand is named after the island near the production site. The company is primarily known as a vodka brand, but it also produces other liquors and low-alcohol beverages. “Khortytsya” is sold in 87 countries and is one of the three best selling vodkas in the world.

Absolut

Absolut is a Swedish vodka brand founded in 1879. The production is located in Åhus. Since 1979, export deliveries began. In 2008, the production and the brand were bought by the French company Pernod Ricard. Nowadays, Absolut is the third largest of all alcoholic brands in the world and is sold in 126 countries.

Smirnoff

Smirnoff is sold in 130 countries and is one of the best known and best-selling vodka brands worldwide. Production was started by the Russian “vodka king” Pyotr Smirnoff in the 1860s at a factory in Moscow. Later his company changed owners several times and is now owned by the British company Diageo.