{"title":"Polugar","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePolugar is Russian vodka as it existed before the state destroyed it. Until the late 19th century, Russia's grain spirit was called bread wine — pot-distilled at low proof, oily and weighty, smelling of the fresh-baked bread it came from, closer to a white whisky than to the neutral spirit we call vodka today. In 1895 Tsar Alexander III, monopolizing the trade, ordered every pot still in the country destroyed and restricted distillation to taxed government column stills. The old style vanished. A century later, vodka historian Boris Rodionov found the original recipes — some dating to 1745 — in documents at the Russian National Museum. Because Russian law still forbids the method, he and his sons restored an old distillery in a forest in Poland, reconstructing copper pot stills from 18th-century drawings that look more like Cognac alembics than anything in a modern vodka plant. Every Polugar ferments its own wash from malted grain, triple distills in those pots, clarifies with fresh egg whites in the old winemaking manner, and filters through birch charcoal, bottled at 38.5% ABV with natural spring water. The range runs from single-grain bread wines — Classic Rye, Wheat, Barley, Buckwheat, Single Malt Rye — through the numbered infusions of the Russian nobility: Garlic \u0026amp; Pepper, Caraway, Honey \u0026amp; Allspice, Horseradish, Juniper, and Dry Cherry. Spirits Review called the barley a new standard for unaged grain spirits, \"delicious enough to make a brave Russian weep.\" Built for the zakuski table, ice cold, with herring and black bread.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBrowse our full Polugar collection with fast nationwide shipping delivered straight to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"polugar-cherry-vodka","title":"Polugar Cherry Vodka","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePolugar is what Russian vodka tasted like before the state broke the stills. Until 1895, Russia's grain spirit was \"bread wine\" — pot-distilled at low proof, smelling of fresh-baked bread, closer to a white whisky than the neutral spirit we call vodka today. Then Tsar Alexander III ordered every pot still in the country destroyed and restricted distillation to taxed government column stills, and the old style vanished. Boris Rodionov, a vodka historian, rediscovered the original recipes in 18th-century documents held in the Russian National Museum — and because Russian law still forbids the method, he built Rodionov \u0026amp; Sons in a forest in Poland, reconstructing copper pot stills from 18th-century drawings and using natural spring water rather than reverse-osmosis. Dry Cherry is one of the traditional flavored polugars: a wheat-based bread wine, triple distilled, macerated with cherries, clarified with fresh egg whites and filtered through birch charcoal, bottled at 38.5% ABV (77 proof). It is emphatically dry — no syrup, no candy — with cherry pit, almond, and the faint sourness of real fruit over the oily, bready weight of the base spirit. Spirits Review called it marvelous and suggested it could replace your Luxardo entirely. Serve it ice cold with pickled herring, dark rye bread, and salted fish the way it was meant to be drunk, or use it in an Aviation or a Blood and Sand where a dry cherry note earns its place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBuy Polugar Cherry Vodka online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Chips Liquor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45175682892032,"sku":"C0008836L","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/PopularCherry.jpg?v=1716002858"},{"product_id":"polugar-classic-rye-vodka","title":"Polugar Classic Rye Vodka","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eClassic Rye is Polugar's purest single-grain statement — 100% rye bread wine, the spirit that Difford's Guide calls the original Russian style of vodka, and the base for the caraway-scented No. 3. Rye was the grain of Russia, and until 1895 its spirit was pot-distilled at low proof, tasting of the bread it came from. Then Tsar Alexander III ordered every pot still in the country destroyed and restricted distillation to taxed government column stills, and the old style disappeared for more than a century. Vodka historian Boris Rodionov rediscovered the original recipes — some dating to 1745 — in documents held at the Russian National Museum, and because Russian law still forbids the method, he built Rodionov \u0026amp; Sons in a forest in Poland, reconstructing copper pot stills from 18th-century drawings. Classic Rye ferments its own wash from malted rye, triple distills it in those copper pots, then clarifies with fresh egg whites and filters through birch charcoal, bottled at 38.5% ABV with natural spring water. Expect dark rye bread and a faint peppery grain spice on the nose, opening into an oily, weighty palate with genuine sweetness from the malt, a whisper of dried herbs, and a long, warming, bready finish with none of the neutral burn of modern vodka. This is the historical ancestor of both vodka and rye whiskey, and it drinks like the link between them. Ice cold with herring, pickles, and black bread — the way it was always meant to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBuy Polugar Classic Rye Vodka online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Chips Liquor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45175682990336,"sku":"C0008837L","price":72.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/PolugarRye.jpg?v=1716003188"},{"product_id":"polugar-no-1-rye-wheat-vodka","title":"Polugar No.1 Rye \u0026 Wheat Vodka","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePolugar No. 1 is the foundation of the entire range — the unflavored bread wine that every numbered infusion is built on, and the purest look at what Russian vodka tasted like before 1895. That was the year Tsar Alexander III ordered every pot still in the country destroyed and restricted distillation to taxed government column stills, wiping out the traditional spirit in a single decree. Vodka historian Boris Rodionov rediscovered the original recipes in 18th-century documents at the Russian National Museum — and because Russian law still forbids the method, he built Rodionov \u0026amp; Sons in a forest in Poland, reconstructing copper pot stills from period drawings that look more like Cognac alembics than anything in a modern vodka plant. No. 1 is a blend of rye and wheat, malted and fermented traditionally, triple distilled in those copper pots to a deliberately low proof so the grain character survives, then clarified with fresh egg whites — an old winemaking technique that softens astringency — and filtered through birch charcoal, bottled at 38.5% ABV. Expect fresh-baked bread on the nose, a heavy, oily, almost viscous body, and a taste Wine Bros compared to dense Russian rye with a wheat aftertaste — \"absolutely deadly smooth.\" It's what vodka was before it became neutral: a white whisky in all but name. Serve ice cold with the zakuski table, or use it in any vodka cocktail and taste the difference body makes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBuy Polugar No.1 Rye \u0026amp; Wheat Vodka online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Chips Liquor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45175687807232,"sku":"C0008839L","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/PolugarNo.1.jpg?v=1716003532"},{"product_id":"polugar-no-10-juniper-vodka","title":"Polugar No.10 Juniper Vodka","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePolugar No. 10 is the closest thing Russia ever had to gin — juniper-infused bread wine, a style the aristocracy drank centuries before London Dry existed. It's built on the same foundation as every Polugar: bread wine, the pot-distilled grain spirit that was Russian vodka until 1895, when Tsar Alexander III ordered every pot still in the country destroyed and restricted distillation to taxed government column stills. Vodka historian Boris Rodionov rediscovered the original recipes in 18th-century documents at the Russian National Museum, and because Russian law still forbids the method, he built Rodionov \u0026amp; Sons in a forest in Poland, reconstructing copper pot stills from period drawings. No. 10 starts from a rye-and-wheat bread wine, triple distilled, with juniper berries added before the final run so the resinous, piney character binds into the spirit; it's clarified with egg whites, filtered through birch charcoal, and bottled at 38.5% ABV. What separates it from gin is the base: where gin sits on neutral spirit, this rests on an oily, bready grain distillate with real weight and sweetness, so the juniper reads warm and forest-floor rather than sharp and botanical — think genever's rustic cousin more than a martini gin. Expect crushed juniper, pine, fresh rye bread, and a hint of citrus peel on the nose, with a rounded, slightly sweet palate and a long, dry, piney finish. Serve it ice cold with game, smoked meats, or dark bread — and try it in a Martinez.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBuy Polugar No.10 Juniper Vodka online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Chips Liquor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45175689576704,"sku":"C0008840L","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/PougarJuniper.jpg?v=1716003690"},{"product_id":"polugar-no-2-garlic-pepper-vodka","title":"Polugar No.2 Garlic \u0026 Pepper Vodka","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePolugar No. 2 is the savory heart of the range — garlic and pepper, an infusion that sounds strange until you've had it ice cold beside a plate of pickles and smoked fish, at which point it makes perfect sense. It's built on bread wine, the pot-distilled grain spirit that was Russian vodka until 1895, when Tsar Alexander III ordered every pot still in the country destroyed and handed distillation to taxed government column stills. Vodka historian Boris Rodionov rediscovered the original recipes in 18th-century documents at the Russian National Museum, and because Russian law still forbids the method, he built Rodionov \u0026amp; Sons in a forest in Poland, reconstructing copper pot stills from period drawings. No. 2 starts from a rye-and-wheat bread wine, triple distilled, with fresh garlic and black pepper added before the final distillation so the aromatics fuse into the spirit rather than floating on top; it's then clarified with egg whites, filtered through birch charcoal, and bottled at 38.5% ABV. Expect roasted garlic, cracked black pepper, and fresh rye bread on the nose with a whisper of dill, opening into an oily, weighty palate where the garlic reads as warmth and savory depth rather than raw bite, the pepper building slowly, and the bready sweetness of the grain underneath, finishing long and dry. It's a food spirit through and through — herring, salo, pickled cucumbers, borscht, grilled meat — and a secret weapon in a Bloody Mary or a savory martini.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBuy Polugar No.2 Garlic \u0026amp; Pepper Vodka online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Chips Liquor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45175690887424,"sku":"C0008841L","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/PolugarGarlic.jpg?v=1716003829"},{"product_id":"polugar-no-3-caraway-vodka","title":"Polugar No.3 Caraway Vodka","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePolugar No. 3 tastes like Borodinsky bread — the dark, molasses-sweetened Russian sourdough rye flavored with coriander and caraway — and that's exactly the point. It's built on Polugar Classic Rye bread wine, the pot-distilled grain spirit that was Russian vodka until 1895, when Tsar Alexander III ordered every pot still in the country destroyed and handed distillation to taxed government column stills. Vodka historian Boris Rodionov rediscovered the original recipes in 18th-century documents at the Russian National Museum, and because Russian law still forbids the method, he built Rodionov \u0026amp; Sons in a forest in Poland, reconstructing copper pot stills from period drawings. No. 3 follows the classic recipe of 19th-century Russian highborn vodkas: caraway and coriander go in before the third distillation so the spice binds into the spirit itself, then it's clarified with egg whites, filtered through birch charcoal, and bottled at 38.5% ABV. Expect a rich, dense bouquet of dark rye bread, abundant caraway, coriander, dried dill, cut grass, wildflowers, prune, and black pepper on the nose, opening into an oily palate that Wine Bros describes as \"nicely spicy liquid bread\" — soft, open, slightly sweet, elegant, and balanced. The pairings are the classics of the zakuski table: sauerkraut, pickled herring, salmon with herbs, lightly salted fish, duck, and dark buttered bread. Serve it ice cold, and try it with a cigar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBuy Polugar No.3 Caraway Vodka online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Chips Liquor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45175694655744,"sku":"C0008842L","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/PolugarNo3.jpg?v=1716004011"},{"product_id":"polugar-no-4-honey-allspice-vodka","title":"Polugar No.4 Honey \u0026 Allspice Vodka","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePolugar No. 4 recreates one of the classic infused vodkas of the Russian nobility — honey and allspice, a pairing that shows up in 18th-century recipes for the \"highborn\" bread wines served in aristocratic households. It starts from the same foundation as every Polugar: bread wine, the pot-distilled grain spirit that was Russian vodka before Tsar Alexander III ordered every pot still in the country destroyed in 1895 and gave distillation to government column stills. Vodka historian Boris Rodionov rediscovered the original recipes in documents held at the Russian National Museum, and because Russian law still forbids the method, he built Rodionov \u0026amp; Sons in a forest in Poland, reconstructing copper pot stills from 18th-century drawings. No. 4 begins with a rye-and-wheat bread wine, triple distilled, with honey and allspice added before the final distillation so the flavors integrate into the spirit rather than sweetening it from the outside. It's clarified with egg whites, filtered through birch charcoal, and bottled at 38.5% ABV. Expect warm honeycomb, allspice, clove, and fresh bread on the nose, opening into an oily, rounded palate where the honey reads as aroma and warmth rather than sugar, with baking spice, a touch of black pepper, and the rye-wheat base underneath, finishing long and gently spiced. It's the most approachable flavored Polugar — serve it ice cold with cheese, cured meats, or dark bread, or sip it with a cigar after dinner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBuy Polugar No.4 Honey \u0026amp; Allspice Vodka online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Chips Liquor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45175698456832,"sku":"C0008843L","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/PopularHoney.jpg?v=1716004151"},{"product_id":"polugar-no-5-horseradish-vodka","title":"Polugar No.5 Horseradish Vodka","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHorseradish vodka — khrenovukha — is one of the oldest flavored spirits in Russia, a fixture on the zakuski table for centuries, and Polugar No. 5 is the historically faithful version. It's built on bread wine, the pot-distilled grain spirit that was Russian vodka until Tsar Alexander III ordered every pot still in the country destroyed in 1895 and handed distillation to taxed government column stills. Vodka historian Boris Rodionov rediscovered the original recipes in 18th-century documents at the Russian National Museum, and because Russian law still forbids the method, he built Rodionov \u0026amp; Sons in a forest in Poland, reconstructing copper pot stills from period drawings. No. 5 starts from a rye-and-wheat bread wine, triple distilled, then infused with fresh horseradish root before the final distillation so the heat and aroma bind into the spirit rather than sitting on top of it. It's clarified with egg whites, filtered through birch charcoal, and bottled at 38.5% ABV. Expect fresh-grated horseradish and warm rye bread on the nose with a whiff of dill and black pepper, opening into an oily, weighty palate where the horseradish arrives as a clean, sinus-clearing heat over a bready, faintly sweet base, finishing dry and warming rather than harsh. This is a food spirit first: ice cold with smoked fish, pickled herring, jellied meats, and dark rye bread, or as the base for the best Bloody Mary you've ever built.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBuy Polugar No.5 Horseradish Vodka online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Chips Liquor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45175699177728,"sku":"C0008844L","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/PoluHorse.jpg?v=1716004282"}],"url":"https:\/\/chipsliquor.com\/collections\/polugar.oembed","provider":"Chips Liquor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}