CL255 Food and Beverage Operations Management

Week Five: August 8th, 2011: Sound Spirits

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Today we took a field trip to Sound Spirits, which is a local distillery in Seattle and only a few miles North of the AIS campus. They only make vodka and gin in very small batches; one batch produces 90 bottles. Sound Spirits only uses Washington barley for their alcohol, but the gin utilizes several ingredients for flavoring and is distilled twice to remove the oils produced by the herbs, citruses, and spices. When the vodka is originally distilled it's over 96% alcohol, it's then diluted to 40% alcohol or 80 proof.

We were allowed to try both the vodka and the gin at the distillery. The vodka tasted very much like vanilla. The gin was really complex, juniper was the most apparent taste. Both of these alcohols were very smooth, and even though I normally dislike neat alcohol, I enjoyed these very much. I even bought a bottle of gin to bring home to my boyfriend Kellan, he liked it so much that 1/3rd of the bottle was gone in only a couple of hours!

Sound Spirit's Ebb+Flow vodka and gin can be found in Washington liquor stores and a few local bars and restaurants.

Sound Spirits Website