Karlsson's Gold Vodka

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Borje Karlsson was in town last week, and I found something very interesting about the vodka. Like grapes with wines, the character of his vodka is greatly dependent on the growing conditions the potatoes have seen each year. As a result, the vodka can taste different from vintage to vintage. We tested that at the recent Memorial Day bash. I have a bottle from last year and one from a recent delivery. We tasted both side by side and they were indeed different (both very nice), just like premium wines from different vintages. Karlsson wanted to vintage date the vodka, but the US Government in their own inimitable way told him he couldn't because they allow vintage dating only on some spirits, like single malt Scotch, but not on vodka. What a load of dreck!!