Silverton, Oregon · ADI Gold 2019 · SFWSC Silver 2019
A Vodka
Worth Finding
Ultra-Premium Potato Vodka · 80 Proof
Clean and smooth with a creamy finish that arrives a moment after you swallow. The kind of vodka that holds its shape in a Martini and drinks like a finished thing, not a halfway thing.
Plate I · Silverton Vodka, 750ml
80
Proof
40%
ABV
750ml
Bottle
Potato
Base Spirit
The Vodka
An ultra-premium potato vodka,
built around the creamy finish.
Silverton Vodka is our flagship. We chose a potato base because it drinks differently than a grain vodka, more body and a softer edge, a creamy finish that arrives a second after you swallow. That difference matters most in two places: neat over a single large rock, and inside a classic cocktail that does not forgive a thin spirit. A Martini is an honest test. A Vodka Sour is another. Silverton passes both.
Every bottle is brought together, labeled, and packed by hand at our room in Silverton, Oregon. No automated line runs this stuff. Every label has been touched. Every cap has been screwed on. Every bottle has been held a few minutes before it left the building.
1905
The Year on the Label
1905, in Silverton.
The illustration on every bottle of Silverton Vodka is a 1905 street scene from downtown Silverton, Oregon. Not a barn. Not a farmhouse. A real block of First Street as it actually looked, period storefronts, period signage, the year a place came into focus.
We picked 1905 because it is the moment Silverton stopped being a frontier crossing and started being a town with a posture. Streetlights. Bricks. A bank. Three opera houses, briefly. The year the town agreed to be a town. We borrowed that year for our bottle because the spirit underneath has the same posture: finished, settled, on purpose.
No. I
First Street
The wide block of period storefronts that runs through the label illustration, photographed from the corner of Oak.
No. II
The Posture
Silverton in 1905 stopped looking like a settlement and started looking like a town that intended to stay. We borrowed the year for the same reason.
No. III
The Bottle
Full body, soft edge, a finish that arrives after you swallow. The same posture as the street it came from.
A Fair Second Opinion
Two panels.
One pour. Both impressed.
Gold
American Distilling
Institute
2019
Silver
San Francisco
World Spirits
2019
Medals matched the first opinion, the one we had at our own counter when we first knew we had something worth bottling. The second opinion confirmed it. The third opinion, the one we actually track, is whether the person who opens the bottle pours a second drink.
Tasting Notes
How Silverton reads in the glass.
Potato vodka tasting notes are different from grain vodka. More body. A softer edge. A finish that stays.
No. I
Nose
Clean, subtle sweetness
Smooth.
No. II
Palate
Soft, round, a whisper of cream
Smooth.
No. III
Finish
Long, creamy, deliberate
Smooth.
No. IV
Body
Full, Martini-ready
Smooth.
The Silverton Difference
Potato, not grain. There is a reason.
Most vodkas are grain. Most vodkas are trying to be invisible. Silverton is not trying to be invisible.
Silverton Vodka
Potato base
More body. Softer edge. A creamy finish that arrives a second after you swallow. Holds its shape in a chilled pour and carries a cocktail without thinning out. This is the difference we set out to get right.
Most Vodkas
Grain base
Lighter body. Sharper edge. Cleaner pour by design, built to disappear behind whatever it is mixed with. It has its place. That place is not what we were trying to pour.
In the Glass
Popular Cocktails with 
Twelve vodka cocktails in our book are built around Silverton. Here are six we pour most.
Where to Buy
Find a bottle of
We do not sell direct. Silverton is carried at Oregon liquor stores statewide.
Oregon Liquor Search
The fastest way to find Silverton at a store near you. Search by city, zip, or store name and confirm availability before you drive out.
Find a BottleSilverton Liquor
Our hometown store, a few blocks from where the vodka came together. They carry every release and most of the time they know us by name.
Visit Silverton LiquorQuestions
, briefly.
What are the best vodka cocktails to make with Silverton Vodka?
The Cosmopolitan, the Vodka Martini, the Bloody Mary, the Cape Cod, the Espresso Martini, the Lemon Drop, the Vodka Sour, and the Vodka Collins are all classics that land beautifully with Silverton Vodka. Twelve vodka cocktails are in our full book, including the Pink Martini, the Kamikaze, and the Dirty Shirley.
What makes Silverton Vodka different?
Silverton Vodka is an ultra-premium potato vodka built around a creamy, long finish. Potato vodka drinks differently than grain vodka, more body and a softer edge. It reads well in a Martini and holds up neat over a single large rock. ADI Gold 2019 and SFWSC Silver 2019.
Is Silverton Vodka a good vodka for cocktails?
Yes. The cleanest test of a vodka is whether it can stand up in a Martini without disappearing, and whether it can carry a sour without leaving a rough edge. Silverton does both. Our book lists twelve classic and popular vodka cocktails built around it.
Where can I buy Silverton Vodka?
Silverton Vodka is carried at Oregon liquor stores statewide. Use Oregon Liquor Search to locate a bottle near you. In Silverton, find us at Silverton Liquor. We do not currently sell direct to consumers.
Is potato vodka smoother than grain vodka?
Potato vodka tends to carry more body and a softer mouthfeel than grain vodka, which most drinkers describe as smoother. It also holds up better in chilled, unmixed pours. That is most of why we chose a potato base for Silverton.
What is the easiest cocktail to make with vodka?
A Vodka Tonic is the easiest. Two ingredients, no shaker, one glass: build over ice, top with cold tonic, finish with a lime wedge. The potato base gives the drink real weight against the quinine bitterness. A Cape Cod is the next step up: vodka, cranberry, lime. Three ingredients, still no shaker.
What vodka is made in Oregon?
Silverton Vodka is distilled and bottled by hand in Silverton, Oregon. We are a small Oregon distillery making an ultra-premium potato vodka in the Willamette Valley, an hour south of Portland. ADI Gold Medal 2019 and SFWSC Silver 2019.