Purity® Vodka Awarded Unprecedented 100th Gold Medal With Fifty Best Competition "Double Gold"

NEW YORK, June 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Purity Vodka, a Swedish small-batch, ultra-premium vodka, proudly announces its 100^th Overall Gold Medal in international blind taste competitions – a Double Gold from "The Fifty Best" 2015 Imported Vodka Competition, awarded for the second consecutive year.

"The Fifty Best" is a fine lifestyle guide that hosts more than 25 annual competitions across the food and beverage industry. "The Fifty Best" Vodka judging panel consisted of 15 pre-qualified spirits experts who conduct blind tastings and rank each vodka based on taste profiles.

Since 2002, Purity Vodka has been recognized with 100 gold medals from blind taste competitions around the world, including the International Spirits Challenge, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, International Wine & Spirit Competition, and Craft Spirits Awards International Competition. Purity® Vodka is also the first vodka brand to be named the Grand Spirit Master, as well as Grand Vodka Master four years in a row, by The 2014 Grand Spirits Masters Competition.

"It took me ten years to develop Purity Vodka. I was seeking the perfect balance between ingredients, distillation and cut to maintain flavor in the final spirit. In the early years, I started to compete to ensure that I was on the right path. But ever since we won the first gold medal at The International Wine & Spirit Competition in London, I have taken every chance to challenge the vodka industry on the title of the world's best vodka. Our hundredth gold medal is historic. No longer can anyone argue that all vodka is tasteless. By repeatedly winning major spirits competitions around the world, we have proven that vodka is all about taste," said Thomas Kuuttanen, Master Blender of Purity Vodka.

Recently at the Asian Spirit Masters 2015, Purity Vodka won the highest achievement, Master Medal, in the "Ultra Premium" and "Smooth" categories, as well as Gold Medals in "Organic," "Micro Distillery," "Europe," and "Scandinavia."

"From an ultra-premium vodka you'd expect depth and complexity, and a balanced spirit that is perfect sipped neat or mixed in a Martini – Purity Vodka is an exemplary example of the category," said Becky Paskin, Asian Spirits Master judge and Spirits Business editor.

CONTACT:
Thomas Kuuttanen, Purity Vodka, [email protected]
Brian Citron, Purity Vodka, [email protected]

ABOUT PURITY® VODKA
With its heritage based in the 13th Century Ellinge Castle in southern Sweden, Purity® Vodka was born from Master Blender Thomas Kuuttanen's lifelong quest to redefine the vodka category. Purity Vodka is made exclusively from natural ingredients including the very finest organic winter wheat and malted barley and is certified organic in Europe and the US. The heart of Purity Vodka is distilled 34 times. During the 34 distillations, 90 percent of the liquid is lost. The remaining spirit is so refined that no filtration is necessary, leaving all the natural flavors and character in the vodka.

For more information, please visit PurityVodka.com.

PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY Purity® Vodka. 40% Alc. by Vol. Distilled from Grain. Imported by Purity® Vodka, Manhasset, N.Y. Product of Sweden. © 2015 Purity® Vodka, Inc.

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