American Harvest Organic Spirit, a sustainable vodka | MNN ...

It?s getting easier and easier to be sustainable with all my imbibing. Not only do I have a regular rotation of sustainable wines that I purchase, I?m finding there are all sorts of sustainable spirits to keep in the liquor cabinet. There?s a new one I?ll be including regularly ??American Harvest Organic Spirit.

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The people at American Harvest sent me a sample of this vodka, and when I pulled the bottle out of the box, something seemed very familiar. It took me a while, but I finally figured out that I had tasted American Harvest Organic Spirit before.

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A few months ago, I was dining at One 53, a wonderful local foods-focused restaurant just outside of Princeton, N.J. The bartender brought the bottle out for my friend Michelle and me to have a tasting of this new organic spirit they had just started carrying. I liked it enough that I made notes on it for future reference.

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?Very smooth,? I wrote in my notes. ?Could drink this on its own. Need to try in mixed drinks.?

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Like most vodkas, there isn?t a distinct flavor to American Harvest. I?d best describe it as smooth, crisp and easy-drinking.

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Here are a few of American Harvest Organic Spirit?s sustainable highlights.

• Made in small batches from organic winter wheat grown on a family owned and sustainably managed American farm.?
• One-third of the monthly electrical consumption at the distillery comes from local wind generated power.
• Distillation waste is used as cattle feed.
• The bottles are coated and decorated with organic inks and water-soluble varnishes.

American Harvest can be used like any vodka ? on the rocks, in a martini, or in any mixed drink that calls for vodka. Here are the two drinks I made with it over the weekend. They were both very pleasant.

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In a rocks glass combine:

• 2 parts American Harvest Organic Spirit

• 1 1/2 parts fresh squeezed orange juice

• 1 part R.W. Knudsen?s Just Cranberry juice

• 1/2 part agave nectar

Stir well, garnish with an orange slice

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Harvest Moon

In a cocktail shaker with ice combine:

Shake well and pour into a martini glass or other appropriate glassware. Garnish with a lemon twist.

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Wine, beer and spirits disclaimer:?I am not paid by any producer of wine, beer or spirits to write about their product, although the company may provide me with a sample of the product. I am not a professional reviewer of wine, beer or spirits. I?ll write about the product if it?s something that I like and if I think the producer is working toward making the product in an environmentally friendlier fashion.

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