Heavy Water Vodka

Difford's Guide

alc./vol: 40%

Proof: 80°

Vintage: Non-vintage

Aged: Unaged

Named after the isotope, D20, which scientists call ‘heavy water’ and packaged in an Action Man-like squat bottle with a chunky, knurled plastic closure. A plastic rod bearing the Heavy Water name hangs inside the bottle - we presumed a reference to the use of heavy water in nuclear reactors.

Heavy Water vodka is distilled using a five column process from Scandinavian-grown winter wheat and filtered through activated Norwegian Black Birch charcoal. It is blended and bottled by P&J Nordic at the Bloomberg estate, near Källby in southwest Sweden, on the shore of Northern Europe’s largest lake, Lake Vänern.

We were pondering the benefit of a printed plastic tube dangling in a bottle of vodka, but the press release handily explained that the brand owners, Heavy Water International, claim this to be the “World’s first aerated vodka” and “the ‘world’s’ only vodka, that benefits from a built-in aeration rod [so that what it is] which infuses oxygen into every pour.” It goes onto say, “Releasing aerated aromatics and oxygenated flavours make our vodka taste unique and unlike any other vodka produced.” Sadly we failed to spot any bubbles coming from the bottom of the tube as we poured.

By the way, in case you were wondering, ‘heavy water’ is water enriched in the hydrogen isotope deuterium and is about 11% denser than water. Apparently, if a large proportion of the water in our bodies were to be replaced by heavy water this would result is cell dysfunction and death. So you’ll be relieved to hear that despite the name, heavy water is not used in the production of Heavy Water Vodka. Instead everyday potable water drawn from an underground lake is filtered and purified by reverse osmosis.

Heavy Water Vodka was launched in October 2005.

Review and Tasting


Sampled on 31/01/2012

Appearance:

Crystal clear.

Aroma:

Mineral, dusty nose with faint hints of burnt toast and fennel.

Taste:

Clean palate with faint cereal bran, aniseed and slightly burnt toasted almonds.

Aftertaste:

Prickly cracked black pepper finish with faint cream of soda.

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Closure: Screw / Stelvin cap

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Owned by: Heavy Water International AS
UK distribution by: Drinks21 Limited
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