In The Welsh Wind Distillery in West Wales has struck gold and won the best in Wales title for its Three Grain Vodka the second time in three years at the World Vodka Awards.
Priced at £32 and available at inthewelshwind.co.uk/products/three-grain-vodka , Three Grain Vodka is built from barley, rye and wheat spirit. The barley and rye are grown in Wales and distilled at the distillery in Tanygroes, near Cardigan, while the wheat spirit is added to round things out.
Barley brings a soft sweetness, rye a little spice and the wheat spirit smooths everything together. While vodka is often made to be as neutral as possible, In The Welsh Wind has taken the opposite view. The distillery has built a vodka with a grain character people can actually taste.
It’s an approach that sits squarely with the distillery’s wider work – creating spirits that carry a sense of place rather than hiding it. The vodka is bottled at 43% ABV and presented in the distillery’s 70cl bottle.
Ellen Wakelam, founder of In The Welsh Wind, explained: “We’ve never been interested in making a vodka that tastes of nothing. Three Grain is our own
barley and rye, with wheat spirit brought in to smooth everything out, married slowly here in Tanygroes and bottled the way we like it, until it has a character all of its own.
“To win gold and be named Wales Country Winner once was something we were proud of. To win exactly the same prizes again, three years later, from the same panel, tells us we got something right and have stayed true to it. That consistency matters to us more than any single award.”
Three Grain Vodka is at its best sipped over ice or lengthened with a favourite mixer. The distillery recommends it with Double Dutch Cranberry and Ginger tonic water for a refreshing but grown-up serve. It also works beautifully in cocktails.
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