666 Pure Tasmanian Vodka

Cape Grim, on the northwest tip of Tasmania, has the cleanest air on earth — the Australian Bureau of Meteorology has measured it there since 1976, because the wind that hits it has crossed thousands of miles of empty Southern Ocean — and 666 Pure Tasmanian Vodka is made with the rain that falls from it. Named for the Tasmanian devil, it's distilled in northwest Tasmania from 100% Tasmanian barley, triple-distilled in copper pot stills and charcoal-filtered, then cut with Cape Grim water and bottled at 40% ABV. It took Gold at the 2010 San Francisco World Spirits Competition and became a fixture of Australia's best bars — Eau de Vie, Vue de Monde — and the business-class pour on Virgin Australia's international flights. Cocktails & Bars called it pure evil in the best way: a characteristic smooth, clean flavor from a pristine environment, good in a Dirty Martini or mixed drinks, and clean enough to sip in a shot glass alongside oysters or caviar. Expect a soft, faintly sweet nose of barley and clean mineral water, opening into a smooth, rounded palate with a subtle grainy sweetness the copper pot stills preserve, finishing crisp and clean with no burn. Honest note: it's a purity-first vodka, and drinkers who want a flavored or heavily textured spirit should look elsewhere — this one is about what isn't there. The black bottle with the devil is a bar-cart piece. Tasmania's cleanest air, in a glass. Serve it from the freezer, with something from the sea.

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