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This article appears in Spring 2021: Issue No. 61 of Edible Brooklyn.
Good Vodka Gives You Permission
Illustrations by Patti Blau
“I dread that question!” laughs Mark Byrne, co-founder of Good Liquorworks, the distillery behind Good Vodka. As part of the team behind the first vodka made from coffee cherries, the pulpy fruit that encases coffee beans, it’s not the first time he’s been asked whether his spirit tastes like coffee.
As it turns out, Good Vodka doesn’t. The coffee fruit imparts a remarkably silky texture, and discreet flavors of pepper, anise, and vanilla, but not coffee. The vodka distilled at Finger Lakes Distillery in Burdette, NY retains enough of vodka’s Zelig-like neutrality to blend well in cocktails while still offering something unique for discerning drinkers.