Deep Eddy Sweet Tea Vodka

Sweet Tea was the first Deep Eddy ever made. Clayton Christopher had already built Sweet Leaf Tea into a national brand when he and Chad Auler launched Deep Eddy in 2010 with a sweet tea vodka rather than an unflavored one — a Texas idea if there ever was one — and the original vodka followed. Named for the oldest swimming hole in Austin, and now part of Heaven Hill, the brand makes it from 100% corn vodka, column-distilled ten times in a 20-foot still and charcoal-filtered at the Dripping Springs distillery, infused with whole black Indonesian tea leaves and sweetened with real Texas clover honey and pure cane sugar, bottled at 35% ABV (70 proof). Naturally gluten-free. It pours the color of iced tea. Expect a nose of brewed black tea with honey and a faint lemon brightness, opening into a smooth, gently sweet palate that reads like a porch glass of sweet tea with a kick — real tea tannin, real honey, no artificial edge — finishing clean. Best Tasting Spirits notes everything's bigger in Texas, and the flavor here proves it. Honest note: it's a sweetened flavored vodka, and purists should reach for the original. The serve is Sweet Tea and lemonade over ice — a spiked Arnold Palmer in seconds — or Sweet Tea and club soda with a lemon wedge. Also with iced tea for a double-down, a peach-tea highball, or straight over ice on a hot Austin afternoon. The bottle that started it all.

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