Crystal Head Vodka Prices Guide 2022

Crystal Head Vodka Prices

If you’ve read our previous articles like From Grape To Potato – What On Earth Is Your Favorite Vodka Made From, you’ll have heard that the price of alcohol is typically a reflection of its processing methods. Which leads us to our next point on Crystal Head Vodka.

Not only is Vodka made from a wide range of raw materials, like wheat, rye, barley, potatoes or basically anything that contains starch and sugar, but it is distilled various times through either column or pot stills to create the desired outcome that the producer is seeking.

One of the final decisions that a recipe maker has is how they filter the liquid (if they decide to filter at all) & what water will they use to dilute the 95% ABV spirit to one of 40%.

These two decisions will highly contribute to the mouthfeel of the final product which will also determine the price point.

One attribute of the Crystal Glass Vodka pricing is the design of the bottle. The notorious skull shape, designed by John Alexander took over two years to manufacture by Bruni Glass, a Milan based company. The process involves electrically charged powders in a sealed and pressurised chamber and the defect rate is at 40%.

Filtration - How it affects Quality and Price of Vodka

We know what you might be thinking, vodka is a neutral spirit, why are there so many options out there?

Well, you’d be surprised just how many things a connoisseur could tell you about the taste of vodka.

From peppery to creamy, to brioche and vetegal notes, there's a world of flavor that can be extracted by someone with a trained palate. They’ll may also remark on what you mix with the vodka. It could complement or clash, kind of like peanut butter and jelly, or toothpaste and orange juice.

Commonly, vodka filters through charcoal which will give it a ‘mouthfeel’ of medium body. If the desired outcome is for something with a super fine texture, the producer will run the liquid through the charcoal, twice. Contrarily, if they are after a thicker or heavier feel, they could use something like a metal filter. 

Crystal Head Vodka also rocks a big name, having movie stars attached. The concept for the Vodka developed during the making of the movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The producer Steven Spielberg was impressed & served the juice at the movie premiere.

Pricing - What are the Different Filtration Techniques that Vodka Brands Use?

Let’s start off with Grey goose, your standard higher class vodka that appeals to the masses. The brand uses winter wheat that has been milled for 24 hours, and the liquid is distilled five times in a column still. Lastly, the Vodka uses calcium-rich water that is filtered through limestone.

• Average price for a 750ml Grey Goose vodka is $35.99

Belvedere Vodka Unfiltered, the “Whiskey Drinker’s Vodka” uses bakers grade Rye grain which is distilled four times. The liquid is not filtered at all, giving it a full & rich mouthfeel. Unfiltered Vodkas have the benefit of savoring the taste of the initial raw material - in this case giving a freshly baked bread, caramelized taste.

• Average price for a 750ml Belvedere vodka is $39.99
  

Compare this to another Rye based vodka, Square One Organics. The brand does not believe in distilling, claiming that it strips the vodka of all its initial character. They give it one quick run through a 4 column distiller & utilize a simple micro-paper filter. Their methodology being, if the product is pure to begin with, why tamper with it?

• Average price for a 750ml Square One Organics is $33.99

The second coolest Vodka we have discovered is Reyka Vodka, who uses the natural wonders of Iceland for production; its glacier water with filtration through lava rocks. The idea is that the earth’s Volcanic layer soaks up any impurities within the liquid, and leaves the best bits behind.

• Average price for a 750ml Reyka vodka is $18.99

But, what about Crystal Head Vodka?

Can you guess?

Yep - this has to be the coolest for us; Crystals. Unique quartz crystals are known as Herkimer diamonds - the brand uses 10,000 of them, to be exact.

Crafted by one of the sweetest and most tender corns ever developed, the ferment is distilled four times and blended with water from Newfoundland, Canada. Crystal Head Vodka is filtered seven times in total, with three of them being through the diamonds. To finish nothing extra is added to the Vodka. 

What does this do for the Vodka?

Well, there is new age belief that quartz crystals encourage human healing and wellbeing while radiating positive energy.

The only experiments include those of consumers who have trialed the product both with and without the filtration through the precious gemstones.

The diamond batch always won with comments like “it's smoother” & “just tastes better.”

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