Modern Ancient - 'Good Grain' Vodka (750ML)

Modern Ancient's "Good Grain" Vodka is a distinct and character-rich spirit, meticulously crafted in Sonoma, California, from 100% non-GMO heirloom corn varieties, including yellow and Mexican June white corn. Produced using a week-long open fermentation with proprietary yeast, it is then distilled in a 16-plate column still to preserve the full personality of its heirloom corn base. Bottled at 50% ABV with no additives, this vodka offers a bold, textural experience unlike standard neutral grain spirits. Perfect for sipping neat or using as the foundation for high-proof, complex cocktails like Martinis and highballs, this vodka promises a full-bodied and flavorful adventure.

Designed to change your perception of what vodka can be. Collectively produced by a few small forward-thinking distillers from local, high quality grain, it will elevate the quality and flavor of anything from a simple vodka & soda to the most complex ingredient-driven cocktails.

Led and blended by Modern Ancient’s bartender-turned-distiller Rob Easter, this spirit is the result of over a decade of experience at every level of the game, from growing grains to pouring drinks. After a seemingly infinite line of people have reached out to Rob throughout the years asking him to produce a vodka at the same level as his Workhorse Rye and Modern Ancient products, he finally obliged.

The narrative of vodka has been muddled over the years. Between the deceptive marketing of top-shelf vodka and some of the more cocktail-focused consumer perspectives of “it’s all the same” and “there’s no taste to it”, we forget that it doesn’t have to be like this. It’s true that most of the vodka at your liquor store all tastes the same. But that’s because much like industrial-scale whiskey, rum, and tequila, most vodka is all the same and comes from the same low grade grain.
That’s where GOOD GRAIN VODKA comes in. Rob wanted to make something that shows you vodka doesn’t have to mean mundane. At its heart vodka, like all other spirits we drink, is made from plants. How those plants are grown matters, and producing spirit from quality grains that benefit the soil (and the farms workers who tend that soil), changes everything from the impact on the environment to the flavor profile, as well as your overall drinking experience.

This vodka is fundamentally high quality and artistically advanced in that each batch is thoughtfully blended from organic corn and malted barley, then slowly proofed down to keep the heirloom grain flavor intact and vibrant. With every batch this vodka becomes more complex, on purpose. It is bottled at 100 proof, which is different for a vodka; this provides a more useful bar bottle for both mixing cocktails and making infusions, keeping flavors intact, and ships the drinker less water per ounce than the standard 40% ABV.