Estonia: Crafting Best Alcohols

Tradition and innovation go hand in hand in crafting the best, and when it comes to alcohol it is the blenders ingenuity that adds to excellence. In Estonia traditional wines, liqueurs and Vodka are leading the market from the front in Europe. Products like Vana Tallin are not only exported but taken as gifts by numerous visitors to the charismatic land on the shore of the Baltic Sea.

According to the experts Estonia has a substantial presence in liquor production with many distilleries like Lahhentagge, Liviko and Saku making their mark across the globe. Vodka is a regular drink, and was supplied in good quantities to Russia, Lithuania, Lativia and Finland.

Over four million liters of hard spirits are exported every year to Europe and the rest of the World. If we include all the spirits produced in Estonia than the volume surpasses 10 million liters according to Estonian Alcohol Producers Association. This does not include illegal production which has come to fore due to high incidence of taxes in the Baltic country.

Speaking of innovation and ingenuity, Lahhentagge Distillery a recently formed group has handcrafted award winning alcohols. Its first produce was Osel Dry gin which was handcrafted to perfection, and has won many awards in events like IWSC. The nonalcoholic beverages the distillery churned out recently won awards as well in prestigious events. Flaneur and Flaneuse have made a mark as gin alternatives by winning awards. They have done this on their first international appearance. They are ideal spirits for consumption in cocktails as well as straight. They retain the spirit flavor as alcohol is extracted after distillation keeping the impact of botanicals as it is.

The distillery is regularly increasing its product range, and it has recently come out with a gin liqueur which contains mild amount of alcohol as compared to Osel Gin. Lahhentagge is growing by leaps and bounds thanks these bold innovative steps and excellence in quality. The distillery is situated in the salient confines of Saaremaa County in Estonia which is also a UNSECO Heritage Preserve. It is here that the best herbs and roots are found whence fresh botanical are the order of the day for its handcrafted gin.

Lahhhentage distillery is also famous for producing high quality tonic soda label Estonic with spruce as one of the flavors, for tradition bound it also sells tonic flavored using lemon and juniper.

Liviko Distillery is much older and larger and is well known for award winning liqueur Vana Tallinn which is exported in good enough amount to Europe and elsewhere. It is a strong player in the spirit market importing class wines and spirits for redistribution besides exporting a number of its produces to other countries. The company also distills a vodka label called Viru Valge which won a silver in an international competition IWSC.

The prestigious international awards are a recognition of class, high standard and innovation of a tradition bound alcohol producing country. Not only this the country excels in the production of beer on the National scale as well as tradition bound in some quarters of the country.’ For those visiting Estonia, Saku beer is as much a try as Vana Tallinn and for the spirit bound get your hands on Osel Gin. There is more to it for abstainers and teetotalers in shape of Flaneuer and Flaneuse both excellent nonalcoholic beverages.

Well known for its pure spirits Estonia is best place to buy alcohol when on tour of EU. It is not only the tradition that is shaping high quality alcohol production in the country. It is the innovative spirits and organized production infrastructure is as much to be attributed for excellence. The range is simply bewildering and you realize this whence you step onto the Estonian shores.

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