FinlandiaVodka(700mL)

<p>The most famous export from Finland is a marriage of purest Spirit and glacial water. </p><p>The Rajamäki bottling plant that makes Finlandia Vodka were founded by <em>Dr. Wilhelm Justin</em> in <em>1888</em>. He chose the location because of a natural spring fed from melting glaciers nearby. Finland had its own<em> Prohibition movement,</em> but the distillery kept operating to supply antiseptic alcohols and fuels. When Prohibition ended the facilities were bought, sold, traded, and such. In 2000, the<em> Brown-Forman</em> company started acquiring ownership. Four years later they owned the whole thing.</p><p><em>Finlandia Vodka</em> is made from local six-row barley. The mash is fermented and then distilled in a set of seven custom column stills at the <em>Koskenkorva Distillery</em> — each one is 82-feet tall (25 meters). There are more than two hundred steps in the distillation process to remove any trace of impurity. And so the Spirit emerges very pure at 96.5% ABV. The Spirit is transported to the <em>Rajamäki plant</em> when the spring water bubbles up and is used to cut the Vodka to proof. Quality and purity are a big part of their ethos. At one time Finlandia had an advertising campaign who’s central message was, <em>“There are Vodkas for orange juice lovers and tomato juice lovers. Now a Vodka for Vodka lovers.”</em></p>