Vodka

Smirnoff No. 21

Origin

🇷🇺Russia/

🇬🇧UK

Strength37.5%

Price Tier

₹₹₹₹₹

LIBRARIAN'S VERDICT

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The ultimate blank canvas. While it lacks the 'soul' of craft vodkas, its technical purity and neutrality make it the absolute standard for commercial mixing.

The Library Note

Founded in Moscow by Pyotr Arsenievich Smirnov in 1864, Smirnoff pioneered the use of charcoal filtration in the 1870s. After the Russian Revolution, the family fled to Europe and eventually the US, where Smirnoff helped ignite the American vodka craze of the 1950s.

Sommelier's Perspective

THE NOSE

Neutral and clean with a very faint grain sweetness.

THE PALATE

Remarkably smooth and clear with zero character—exactly what a base vodka should be.

THE FINISH

Short, clean, and crisp.

Sensory Profile

THE PERFECT SERVE

The 'Moscow Mule': 2 oz Smirnoff, 0.5 oz lime juice, top with ginger beer. It was the drink that made Smirnoff—and vodka—famous in the West.

Composition

Grains

Distilled Water

EXPERT TECHNIQUE

Triple-distilled from grain and filtered ten times through a unique system of seven columns of sustainable birch charcoal.

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Archival Status

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