Score

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Score is a 40% ABV vodka from Ukraine. It is filtered with Gold and Silver Thread. The vodka is produced by Argo LLC Ukraine and imported by A.B.A. International LLC. The quality is considered to be amazing. The average price is around $14.99 per 750mL. Rated 5 out of 5 based on 5 reviews.

The bottle states the following:

Born following an old traditional recipe, gourmet vodka score is produced using the purest water taken from 375 meters deep artesian well. Distilled from the finest premium winter grain, processed through gold and silver threads that infuse ions that completely remove fusel oils. Organic grain exhibits a smooth sweetness on the palate. Produced in small batches in an old-fashioned pot-still, it is filtered seven times, including our final unique milk-based filtration for improved purity and pleasant taste. Created with passion to uncompromised quality and superbly balanced this gourmet vodka will be your great companion.

Score vodka is certified Kosher.

Score Vodka Review

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Score Vodka bills itself as “gourmet vodka.” That’s not a term used often in the American vodka market. This phrase got me interested. The more I researched the methodology behind Score, the more it became clear: applying a centuries-old technique with modern high-technology to food products is the very heart of gourmet.

It’s easy to forget that vodka is a food product, but juxtaposing the centuries-old technique of milk filtering brings more focus to the food aspect of vodka. Milk, as it turns out, binds with fusel oils (that’s German for “bad liquor”) in vodka. The milk and fusel oil particulates are removed and the resulting vodka is made better.

Earlier in the process Score is filtered through strands of gold and silver. I was skeptical but I found both scientific and anecdotal evidence that this high-tech methodology does result in a better tasting vodka.

You can’t put a unique vodka like this in a normal bottle. Score found a unique pouring system that also doubles as a cap. I’ll try to paint a picture. The top is wrapped in a solid red plastic cylinder. As you rotate the plastic cylinder counter clockwise, a clear-white plastic tube emerges as though you are screwing the plastic cylinder down while the white tube is stationary. Inside the plastic tube is a cone shaped system that looks like the front of a jet engine on an airplane. It seems designed to make the vodka pour into a vortex shape. As I used it, I found that it actually made the vodka incredibly easy to pour. I didn’t end up with dripping and it poured at a rate that was easy to control.

With a perfect pouring mechanism and a filtering system, both unique in the current market, Score is a promising package, but the vodka is what’s important.

Straight

Score Vodka is very smooth with a slightly sweet taste in the mouth. It has a little kick at the end, and I’m not left wanting a chaser. The vodka, as one might expect from Ukraine, is Eastern European in style, but Score is smoother than any other vodka in that ilk that I have tasted. I can only attribute this to the unique filtration methods. Score is an exemplary vodka.

Mixed

I tried Score Vodka with my two favorite cocktails: Orange Juice and Pomegranate, and the Ice Pick.

I mixed one part Score with two parts orange juice and two parts pomegranate. This cocktail usually takes a little bit of adjusting to get to a good point where the orange juice doesn’t get bitter, so you may need to play with it to suit you. Score punches up the tartness of the pomegranate without overpowering the sweetness of any of the fruit juices.

The ice pick has become a testing measure for me because, as a Southerner, I’m pretty in tune with my sweet tea. I know my sweet tea well enough that I can pick out how the vodka affects it. I was pleasantly surprised with the smoothness of Score in an ice pick. It’s really easy to drink and doesn’t harsh up the tea. It doesn’t compete with the flavor a of the tea and the inherent sweetness bumps up the tea’s sweet accents a little.

Final Thoughts

Does Score qualify as a gourmet vodka? Definitely. Old world techniques with modern technology yields a product that’s great in a cocktail and even better straight.

Rated 5 out of 5.

Robert Brodrecht

  • Score Vodka Review By bob

    4 *****

    Not a review, but rather a question. Came to my small liquor store today and looked at Score vodka, which I used to buy before in 0.75 standard bottle. It’s a very decent product, by the way, really on par with many higher priced vodkas. But, to my big surprise, the same brand in large 1.5 or 1.75L is clearly marked “Product of Russia”. So, where it is really made then?!

    bob

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    • Score Vodka Review By Robert Brodrecht

      Maybe they had to get multiple distillers? At the time of writing, the bottle was labeled Ukraine and all the bottle shots on their website/social also say Ukraine. But, I’m only seeing .75L bottles, so I’m not really sure what’s going on with the 1.75L bottles you saw.

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  • Score Vodka Review By Alexei Sultanaev

    5 *****

    Recently I came across Score Vodka and was truly amazed by the combination of impeccable quality and low retail price($11.99). First of all when you drink it straight you can feel the little kick that vodkas are supposed to have and the lack of the bitterness that most of the brands like Smirnoff, Absolut, Tito’s, Ciroc, etc. have. The smooth taste and the cleanliness of the product is a definitely sealing the deal for me. My friend and I killed a 1,75l bottle (while keeping the body hydrated of course) and the next day to my surprise I went to work with no hangover. As their slogan goes: “Score Tonight. Feel Great Tomorrow!” I would recommend it to all the vodka and cocktail lovers out there and I will definitely keep SCORING!

    Alexei Sultanaev

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  • Score Vodka Review By Walter Gregory

    1 *****

    This is the weakest vodka I have ever tasted . I am 44 years old this is the 4 th time I have sit and drank the whole bottle and I feel like I have drink maybe one mixed drink .. this has to be watered down if not I would be able to tell I drank a whole bottle of vodka trust me I have done it many times . I think you are selling water with a dash of vodka but I am having it tested so we will see .

    Walter Gregory

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