Character issues—in an individual and in a vodka—simply ask Cardrona Distillery founder Desiree Reid. Reid grew so weary of the neutered style in vodka, a spirit we should admit is distilled to have little to no style, that she got down to make a vodka she needed to drink, the outcome was The Reid Vodka—a aromatic scrumptious single malt expression that’s completely suited to a world-class martini.

The distillery is located in New Zealand’s Crown Vary Mountains and was established in 2015 by Reid in an effort to boost the profile of spirits choices in New Zealand. Certainly, Reid’s imaginative and prescient has carried out a lot to raise New Zealand’s world popularity within the spirits business. All the things is produced grain-to-glass, that means each step of the manufacturing course of—from milling the grain to bottling—is carried out on-site. This whole and whole management is the canvas on which Reid and her Grasp Distiller Sarah Elsom had been impressed to create an unusual vodka, one which tasted of place, of one thing native. It’s not chill or charcoal filtered to make sure the character of the uncooked supplies shines via. The vodka is aromatic with botanical notes and even a contact of toffee and lemon. It’s a designer spirit to make certain and an ideal alternative for any martini. Beneath are a couple of of Reid’s urged martini cocktails:

The Reid Martini

Substances:

  • 3oz The Reid Vodka
  • 1/2oz French Dry Vermouth
  • 3 Olives

Directions: Mix vodka and dry vermouth in a cocktail mixing glass. Fill with ice and stir till chilled. Pressure into a calming martini glass. Garnish with 3 olives on a cocktail stick.

Vesper Martini

Substances:

  • .5oz Lillet Blanc (or any Blanco vermouth)
  • .5oz The Supply Gin
  • 2oz The Reid Vodka

Directions: Add ice into stirring glass. Stir till chilly and barely diluted. Pressure into a chilly coupe glass. Garnish with a twist of lemon peel (specific lemon oil)

French Martini

Substances:

  • 1oz Pineapple juice
  • 1oz Raspberry Liquor or raspberry syrup

Directions: Add components to shaker with ice. Shake and pressure with a Hawthorn strainer and mesh strainer right into a coupe glass.

The Reid Martini Highball

Substances:

  • 1.5oz The Reid Vodka
  • .5oz Dry vermouth
  • Prime with Soda or Tonic Water

Construct over loads of ice in a highball glass. Garnish with a lemon peel.