Sommeliers Choice Awards 2024 Winners
Graybeard Distillery
Category: Distillery
Country: United States
Date:20/06/2018
OVER 170 YEARS AGO, AMIDST AGRICULTURAL DEVASTATION AND BUREAUCRATIC INSIPIDITY, THE ANCESTORS OF OUR FOUNDER WERE ABLE TO TURN HARDSHIP INTO HEAVEN. IMPORTING RICE AVAILABLE FROM FRANCE, AND APPLYING THEIR TRADITIONAL IRISH DISTILLING ACUMEN REFINED OVER 7 CENTURIES, THEY CREATED A LITTLE BEDLAM IN THEIR NATIVE LAND. A CLEAR, UNAGED SPIRIT, LIGHT ON THE NOSE, AND COMPLEX ON THE PALATE. IT WAS TRADITIONALLY DISTILLED FOR THE FAMILY, FOR WEDDINGS, FOR TRADE AND BARTER, AND TO SIMPLY REBEL AGAINST AUTHORITARIAN RULE. IN THE LATE 1800’S, IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE SHORES OF AMERICA WHEN THE FAMILY IMMIGRATED, DISTILLED AGAIN IN RESPONSE TO PROHIBITION AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION. AND LIKE MANY THINGS DONE AS AN ACT OF REBELLION, IT PASSED INTO THE FAMILY HISTORY AS A STORY TOLD FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT. WHEN OUR FOUNDER AND HIS GRANDFATHER DISCUSSED FAMILY HISTORY OVER HOLIDAY DINNERS AND CHERISHED MOMENTS, LITTLE DID ANYONE KNOW THAT NEARLY 7 YEARS LATER THE FAMILY SECRET WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE AND INTRODUCED TO THE WORLD. MADE FROM LONG-GRAIN WHITE RICE SOURCED FROM LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS, BEDLAM VODKA USES THE SAME STRAIN OF RICE THAT WAS USED 170 YEARS AGO. IT IS NATURALLY GLUTEN -FREE, AND MADE 100% GRAIN-TO-GLASS IN OUR DISTILLERY IN NORTH CAROLINA. WE’VE UTILIZED THE MOST ADVANCED DISTILLING TECHNOLOGY TO BLEND THE ANCIENT WITH THE CUTTING EDGE AND PRODUCE A VODKA THAT IS UNLIKE ANY YOU’VE EVER HAD. FLAVORFUL, SMOOTH AND COMPLETELY LACKING IN THAT ANTISEPTIC BURN YOU’VE BEEN FORCED TO SUFFER THROUGH FROM VODKAS BEFORE, BEDLAM IS A VODKA YOU CAN MATCH WITH YOUR FAVORITE MIXER, OR SIMPLY ENJOY ON ITS OWN. EVERYTHING ABOUT BEDLAM IS GEARED TOWARD CREATING DISRUPTION IN THE SPIRITS INDUSTRY. FROM ITS UNIQUE GRAIN AND FLAVOR, TO ITS SUPERBLY CRAFTED BOTTLE AND THE FAMOUS “DOUBLE HEADED RAVEN” LOGO. A BLEND OF GAELIC AND CELTIC ICONOGRAPHY, IT IS THE MODERN EQUIVALENT OF THE SYMBOLS THAT OUR ANCESTORS WOULD HAVE USED TO QUIETLY DISTRIBUTE CONTRABAND. INFORMATION BASE | RICE GLUTEN FREE ALCOHOL CONTENT | 40 % ALC / VOL PROOF | 80 BOTTLE SIZE | 750 ML & 50 ML