Build Your Texas Bar: The Vodkas

We begin our Build Your Texas Bar series with a photo inventory of the major Texas-based vodka brands, presented below in random order. Browse around even just a little bit, and you'll discover exciting variety emerging among the Texas vodka producers. 

Certain profile entries below include a category called "Distillery Notes by Texas Spirits Geek." Proudly, we've collaborated with Texas spirits expert Andy Creel (aka, the Texas Spirits Geek) to share detailed information he's collected from his personal visits to distilleries across Texas. Clicking on the Distillery Notes entry will take you directly to the Texas Spirits Geek website, where you can read more about the featured brand.

Also note that certain profile entries below include a category “Kindred Spirits.” In this category, we identify spirits brands (vodka or otherwise) made by the same distiller/producer.

Important Disclosure: This Build Your Texas Bar is a series about patronage, and pride. It’s a guide to help you identify spirit brands that, one way or another, have roots in Texas. Some roots grow deeper than others. Bourbons like Garrison Brothers Texas Straight Bourbon, for example, owe nearly all of their production to activities in Texas, from farm to bottle. Other Texas whiskey brands, in contrast, buy their bourbon from Kentucky, and then mature it further here in Texas. The same can be said for many “Texas” vodkas, and of course all tequilas, by definition, are produced in Mexico, never in Texas. We’re including them all in the Build Your Texas Bar series. While their degree of Texas authenticity varies, all of the brands we’ll be highlighting share a common denominator: Texans are behind the effort.

If you're a producer of Texas vodka, and we have not included your brand below, or, if you’re a producer and have additions or corrections to this guide, please send us a note to hello@fourstjames.com.

This inventory was last updated January 23, 2015. Texas-based vodka spirit brands not photographed and/or represented as of publication are: 

- Blue Norther Vodka, Denison, Texas
- Railean Vodka, San Leon, Texas
- Spike Vodka, San Antonio, Texas

To read other entries in the Build Your Texas Bar eight-part series, follow the links below: 

The Rums
The Gins
The Whiskeys
The Agave Spirits
The Specialty Spirits
The Mixers
The Moonshines

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Space City Vodka
Parent Brand: Whitmeyer’s Distilling Co.
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Notable: Family and veteran owned business
Kindred Spirits: Whitmeyer’s Texas Peach Flavoured Whiskey; Whitmeyer’s Texas Moonshine Whiskey; Whitmeyer’s Texas Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Website: www.whitmeyers.com
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Dirk's Vodka
Parent Brand: Kiepersol Enterprises
Hometown: Tyler, Texas
Notable: Distilled from grapes 
Kindred Spirits: Jimmy’s Bourbon; Pierre’s Rum
Distillery Notes by TX Spirits Geek
Website: www.kiepersol.com 
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Smiths Premium Vodka
Parent Brand: Bone Spirits
Hometown: Smithville, Texas
Notable: Artisan distillery; small batch, triple-distilled vodka made from local Texas grains
Kindred Spirits: Fitch’s Goat Whiskey; Fitch’s Goat Moonshine; Moody June Gin
Distillery Notes by TX Spirits Geek
Website: www.bonespirits.com
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Starlite Vodka
Parent Brand: Graham Barnes Distilling Co. dba Treaty Oak Distilling Co.
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Notable: Gold Winner, 2012 Microliquor Spirit Awards
Kindred Spirits: Treaty Oak Barrel Reserve Rum; Graham’s Texas Tea; Red Handed Bourbon; Waterloo Antique Gin; Treaty Oak Platinum Rum; Waterloo Gin
Distillery Notes by TX Spirits Geek
Website: www.starlitevodka.com
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Findlay’s Vodka
Parent Brand: Brushy Creek Distilling

Website: www.findlaysvodka.com
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Banner Natural Vodka
Parent Brand: Banner Distilling Co. 
Hometown: Manor, Texas
Notable: Made with all organic ingredients and Texas rainwater
Kindred Spirits: Banner Texas Wheat Whiskey
Distillery Notes by TX Spirits Geek
Website: www.bannerdistilling.com
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Deep Eddy Cranberry Vodka
Parent Brand: DE Spirits
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Kindred Spirits: Deep Eddy Vodka; Deep Eddy Ruby Red Vodka; Deep Eddy Sweet Tea Vodka
Website: www.deepeddyvodka.com
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Western Son Texas Vodka
Parent Brand: Jem Beverage Co. 
Hometown: Carrolton, Texas
Kindred Spirits: Southern Son Vodka; Red River Texas Bourbon Whiskey; South House Moonshine; Stingray Spiced Rum; Brazos Gin
Website: www.jembevco.com

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 Savvy Vodka
Parent Brand: Savvy Distillers
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Notable: Texas grains; water is spring-sourced at Fall Creek Ranch in the Texas Hill Country
Website: www.savvyvodka.com
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Longhorn Vodka
Parent Brand: Oceansize Brands
Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
Notable: Grain derived from white corn
Kindred Spirits: Longhorn Lemonade Vodka
Website: www.longhornvodka.com
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Deep Eddy Sweet Tea Vodka
Parent Brand: DE Spirits
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Kindred Spirits: Deep Eddy Vodka; Deep Eddy Ruby Red Vodka; Deep Eddy Cranberry Vodka
Website: www.deepeddyvodka.com
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Graham’s Texas Tea
Parent Brand: Graham Barnes Distilling dba Treaty Oak Distilling Co.
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Kindred Spirits: Starlite Vodka; Treaty Oak Barrel Reserve Rum; Red Handed Bourbon; Waterloo Antique Gin; Treaty Oak Platinum Rum; Waterloo Gin
Distillery Notes by TX Spirits Geek
Website: www.treatyoakdistilling.com
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DASH Vodka
Parent Brand: Limited Spirits 
Hometown: Brookshire, Texas
Notable: Distilled from organic wheat and sun-dried Thompson raisins; polished by coconut husks
Distillery Notes by TX Spirits Geek
Website: www.dashvodka.com
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Cinco Vodka
Parent Brand: Azar Distilling
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Notable: Distilled European style, using winter wheat
Website: www.cincovodka.com
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Troubadour Texas Vodka
Parent Brand: The Original Texas Legend Distillery
Hometown: Orange, Texas
Kindred Spirits: Troubadour Bourbon; Troubadour Blended Whiskey
Website: www.theoriginallegendtexasdistillery.com
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1876 Vodka
Parent Brand: San Luis Spirits
Hometown: Dripping Springs, Texas
Notable: Named for the year the Texas Constitution was adopted
Kindred Spirits: Dripping Springs Orange Vodka; Dripping Springs Artisan Gin
Website: www.1876vodka.com
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Enchanted Rock Ultra-Premium Vodka
Parent Brand: Rebecca Creek Distillery
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Kindred Spirits: Enchanted Rock Peach Vodka; Rebecca Creek Fine Texas Spirit Whiskey 
Website: www.texasvodka.com

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Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Parent Brand: Fifth Generation, Inc. 
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Notable: Distilled from 100% corn; certified gluten-free
Website: www.titosvodka.com

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LoneSpur Texas Peach Vodka

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BJ Hooker’s Premium Vodka
Parent Brand: BJ Hooker’s Distilleries
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Distillery Notes by TX Spirits Geek
Website: www.bjhookersvodka.com

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1835 Lone Star Vodka
Parent Brand: North Texas Distillers
Hometown: Lewisville, Texas
Kindred Spirits: 1835 Bourbon Whiskey
Website: www.northtexasdistillers.com