Boardroom Spirits, a craft distillery based out of Lansdale, PA, recently launched two new fruit-infused vodkas—Fresh Cranberry and Fresh Citrus. These 100% natural vodkas are made with real fruit, without using shortcuts or adding juices or concentrates. Town Dish author Arne Morin gave both vodkas high praise after tasting them during a visit in October.
In a market where candy-flavored or gimmicky vodkas crowd the shelves, Boardroom Spirits is looking to change the status quo and provide an alternative beverage for many consumers who have written off the genre.
Fresh Cranberry is a gluten-free, organic sugarcane vodka infused and distilled with unsweetened raw cranberries. The aroma, flavor and deep red color of Fresh Cranberry are derived entirely from the natural, unadulterated fruit. It is a low-calorie, low-sugar alternative to cranberry juice giving the consumer a superior, natural quality product as opposed to an artificially sweet, synthetic or caloric one.
Replace vodka and cranberry juice with Fresh Cranberry and club soda and save half the calories. Skip the juice and your Cosmopolitans and Cape Cods will lose their sugary, caloric, watered-down juice taste. Fresh Cranberry is also enjoyable on the rocks with a squeeze of lime—perfectly tart with a clean, smooth finish.
Fresh Citrus is an organic wheat-based vodka infused with a combination of genuine orange, lemon and lime peel and zest. Like Fresh Cranberry, there are no concentrates, sweeteners, preservatives or coloring added. Fresh Citrus and Cranberry clearly list each natural ingredient on their labels for full product transparency. Citrus is pleasant on the rocks, topped with club soda or used in traditional vodka cocktails from a classic Vesper or lemon drop martini to a citrus-laced Bloody Mary.
The clear 750ml bottles show off Cranberry’s bright, berry-red hue and Citrus’ ethereal greenish yellow. In line with their goal for total transparency, Boardroom Spirits clearly lists all ingredients used on each bottle of Fresh vodka. This practice is unheard of in this category of the spirits industry but one Boardroom feels is crucial to their mission.
Fresh Cranberry and Citrus are sold in Boardroom Spirits’ Lansdale, PA, distillery for $25 and are available online in 33 states.
“The Fresh line is the result of our desire to change the flavored vodka category through innovation along with our mission for complete product and brand transparency,” said Marat Mamedov, founder of Boardroom Spirits. “Choosing to launch nationally with Cranberry and Citrus was a strategic decision. Fall is cranberry season, citrus fruit peaks in winter and everyone is always looking to trim a few calories wherever they can, especially during the holidays.”
Visit the distillery from 4–9 p.m., Wednesdays–Fridays; 11 a.m.–9 p.m. on Saturdays; and 11 a.m.–8 p.m. on Sundays. Follow along on Facebook and Instagram to learn more about Boardroom’s upcoming events.
Find Boardroom Spirits at 575 W. Third St. in Lansdale; phone: (267) 642-9961.
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