McCormick Vodka (750ml)

McCormick Distilling Co. in Weston, Missouri has operated continuously since 1856, making it one of the longest-running distilleries in the United States — a distinction that survived Prohibition through legal medicinal spirits production. The distillery sits in the Missouri River valley, where the local grain belt supplies the corn and grain base for this vodka.

McCormick Vodka is a grain-based vodka distilled and bottled in Missouri, filtered to the standard 40% ABV bottling. The production follows a multiple-distillation process typical of American column-still vodka, with filtration designed to strip congeners and deliver a neutral spirit profile.

What distinguishes McCormick within the value vodka segment is its genuine historical continuity — this is not a heritage brand constructed for marketing, but an operation with documented 19th-century roots still producing on the same Missouri site. At ฿459, it occupies the functional, high-volume tier of the American vodka market, where grain sourcing from the surrounding Midwest agricultural region is the primary terroir input. Best consumed shortly after purchase; no aging or cellaring applies.