Sound Spirits

Today we took a field trip to Sound Spirits, which is a local distillery in Seattle. They only make vodka and gin in very small batches; one batch produces 90 bottles. They only use Washington barley for their alcohol, but the gin uses several ingredients for flavoring and is distilled twice to remove the oils produced by the herbs and flavoring ingredients. When the vodka is originally distilled it's over 96% alcohol, it's then diluted to 40% alcohol or 80 proof.

We were allowed to try both the vodka and the gin at the distillery. The vodka tasted very much like vanilla. The gin was really complex, juniper was the most apparent taste. Both of these alcohols were very smooth, and even though I normally dislike neat alcohol, I enjoyed these very much.

Afterward we went back to school to take the midterm. I have to say the alcohol really took the edge off!