Arbikie Tattie Bogle Potato Vodka

Tattie Bogle is a Scots phrase for a scarecrow in a potato field, and this was the vodka that started Arbikie — Scotland's first potato vodka, and the first product from the Stirling family's farm on the Angus coast near Arbroath, Scotland's first single-site, field-to-bottle distillery. The potatoes are the point: Maris Piper, King Edward, and Cultra, all grown on the family's own fields, harvested at the moment their creamy character peaks, mashed, fermented, and distilled on the estate, then bottled at a stronger-than-usual 43% ABV. Potato vodka is a different animal from grain vodka, and Travel Distilled found exactly that: a neutral nose with a slight vanilla creaminess, then a palate with more cream, more vanilla, citrus, black pepper, licorice, and an earthiness — the way agave lends earth to tequila, the potatoes do it here — with a thick body and a luscious mouthfeel that belongs in the freezer. Master distiller Kirsty Black also uses it as the base for Kirsty's Gin and the Chilli Vodka. Gluten-free, vegan, and traceable to the field it grew in. Honest note: it drinks stronger than the 43% suggests, and it has real texture — which is exactly why potato vodka lovers seek it out. For a Martini with genuine body, a vodka soda with a lemon twist, or ice-cold shots with smoked salmon, it's Scotland's answer to Chopin. Farm-grown, farm-distilled, farm-bottled.

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