How Vodka Is Made: Behind The Scenes of Absolut Vodka

Drink Spirits Editor, Geoff Kleinman ventures to Sweden to visit the Absolut Vodka distillery and see exactly how their vodka is made.
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[@jeremimi]

i wanted to see how its actually made, not just the bottles spinning around

[@indrazable]

that's right & the ingredients are Absolut' secret lol.. I think it made from potato & rice :)

[@johnarizona3820]

@@indrazable grain

[@johnarizona3820]

@@indrazable More specifically: the main ingredients in Absolut Vodka are water and winter wheat.

[@lilspittin313]

Yah like see the grains etc. but hey if it makes you feel like a rocket it's finee ;P

[@bofaceof6541]

They want it to seem impossible to make so you just waste your money on their shit crap.

[@josef4019]

0:08 It's also possible to walk, if it's winter and the ice is thick enough. The swedish army did it once during a war with Denmark and caught them off guard.

[@FutureMan420Blazer]

God Damn crap furniture making, rotten fish eating swedes! Sincerly a Dane.

[@papablista627]

I used to paint those automatic warehouse cranes....Remarkable invention...

[@thewhodat2314]

Until they mess up. Everything in every mass produced anything has defects. I could be more productive with a forklift...still cool tho

[@perthyren601]

@@thewhodat2314 including mass produced BS on YT, don't you agree?

[@prokeyavaimausa9412]

Oh I sure bet you did papa blista

[@lm2193]

this title should be 'Vodka factory'...not how vodka is made

[@muqrifaris]

🎉

[@1967tuncay]

in the past Absolut was my favourite vodka, but after i tried Finlandia vodka i realised that absolut taste a litlle bit bitter. and most important: even when i drink too much finlandia i dont have any headache next day, finlandia now my number one

[@abbyciaful]

This is more like, How Vodka is packaged not made. Annoying

[@Rootkit_69]

They should reveal how its made?

[@Lardum]

Most of the "production line" is just massive tanks

[@liamregan3096]

The greatest thing about absolut or vodka bottles in general, is that when you've finished it, you can make a drunken attempt at making a lamp out of it, sometime it works, sometimes your at the hospital with pieces of glass in your hands

[@anticom6099]

Oddly specific

[@Quagigitymire]

In my early 20's while living with 2 good friends in a 3 bedroom house one of their parents owned we lived the typical college of drinking age lifestyle. We drank our beers, threw our house parties, and the like, but come Sunday we would always have a high end, high quality, and most often expensive new Brand/type of Vodka to start with. Of course we didn't keep it exclusively vodka all day nor did we finish with it because lets be honest here after the first bottle the taste isn't really all that big of an issue. This was such a tradition that we even had to resort to seeking out smaller, exotic style liquor stores and even ordering from international online vendors after having done it for nearly 3 years and the ability to find what fit the criteria became nearly impossible. The guidelines where pretty simple. The vodka must be able to be considered top shelf, must cost $30 or more for a 750ml bottle (this was to prevent any bullshit vodka such as those in plastic containers that are like nearly a gallon), and it can not, absolutely can not be of a brand and type of which we had already had in the past. To assure this wasn't violated we actually kept ever damn bottle from week one to the very last time on shelf in the den area. Not exactly sure why I felt like sharing this, but it seemed appropriate. And even after all the brands and flavors we tried we all seemed to agree that Grey Goose, Vox, and Absolute where definitely in the top 5, maybe top 10 of vodkas we had.

[@Contact_Info]

Quagigitymire I love grey goose.

[@Michael-ot9bk]

this story is complete bullcrap. how could you ever determine a top 5 from only trying something once? AND over the course of 3 years. every week you try a new vodka, but you only try it once, then after 3 years you say "oh here's our top five." LOL! you clown.

[@Gggrrrrrrrr23]

I got a bottle of grey goose and a bottle of Asda supermarkets own bottom shelf molasses​ vodka(triple distilled). Price and Marketing aside, There is hardly any difference in perceivable quality of the actual drink inside the bottles. The moral of this story is, don't be fooled into buying expensive Vodka. Whisky on the other hand is a completely different story.

[@RovexHD]

Space Monkey Or any brandy.

[@seasands3486]

The absolute BEST Vodka in the world🌹 No pun intended!

[@reginaldhuckstable9797]

Absolute dream of a hotel. What a great group of people. I want to go here.

[@RicardoJunqueira]

Pretty cool video! Thank you for making and sharing it with us!

[@drinkspirits]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jalight27]

Wow. Is there a job opening anytime soon? Lol. I'd love to work for this company. Striving for perfection and on the cutting edge? Sign me up.

[@bala9257]

The experience of opening a bottle and sharing it with your bosom buddies after a day's work is so heavenly. It cannot be described in words. Cheers guys.

[@immortalsun]

I wish I had friends.

[@saulgoodman3258]

@@immortalsun yeah same

[@bigtodd6609]

bum buddies

[@hashiali8600]

I'm drinking it right now I'm absolutely buzzed 👊👊👊🕺🕺

[@gatomio9739]

Me too

[@once4124]

VODKA + SPRITE = HEAVENLY HELL

[@shanelynch2695]

I'm more interested in the production process rather than this guy over exaggerating the product. For example whiskey producers be they Irish, Scottish or American are far more informative in showing the whole process and give a greater historical account of their product.

[@Mikey-ym6ok]

The only vodka that gives me a huge hangover. But now it makes sense since they don't filter it through charcoal

[@sjpatrik2]

vodka don't give hungovers, whiskey on the other hand do

[@mosthated863]

I just reasently changed from whiskey to vodka and i got a litre of absolute it is outstanding vodka and it rocked me.Very nice vodka and worth buying if you drink vodka.just insane to find out were it comes from and how it's made 👍

[@Bottaonesta]

It's just good, nothing special mate! Probably you already tasted something better! But yes, still really decent vodka

[@michal1337]

I'm drinking Absolut Vodka for the first time and I must say - one of the best vodkas I've ever drunk.

[@JasonGeoffrey]

No need to drill down 120 metres to tap water from an aquifer if you are going to run it through a reverse osmosis filter, you could use any water and get the same result.

[@joeyjamison5772]

"Say Lars..." "What's that Olie?" "It looks like snow!"

[@Baqsam]

That Englishman is such an alpha!

[@gatomio9739]

For sure

[@AlsatianFever]

"it's a great solid vodka that does what vodka's supposed to do, and we like to remind people of that"

[@josefsteiner9163]

Grey goose skyy and belvidare are better

[@analogueoverdigital929]

Ehhh, gg is over rated.

[@buknoytv2482]

5:42 that's me at work.

[@pawelgatorade]

so this is hearth of the beast that made me an alcoholic

[@sachyktothea]

Get off it and then switch to good olde cannabis m8 ;D No hangover, no physical addictoon and u feel awesome if you don't smoke mad amounts lol.

[@eliselol85]

@@sachyktothea smoking is bad for your lungs as well. And weed has been shown to change brain matter composition,lack of focus and depression after one use. Both are bad but alcohol in small amounts has physical benefits. I advocate for edible and drinkable weed for example.

[@kevin.afton_]

@@eliselol85 I have to agree with you. In cannabis there are 400 ingredients, in alcohol there is one. And we know very well what this one ingredient, ethanol, does to our body. On the other hand we dont know what those 400 ingredients do to our body.

[@azza3918]

We will be selling at a loss to for the vodka community. I think you meant to say, we want to sell at a loss to gain market share and make it impossible to compete, then jack up the price when we have dominance in the market. Selling at a loss will get you in hot water in some countries, as it decreases competition.

[@lonewolf_harfanmaula]

the name of the video should be tour of Absolut nt how vodka is made

[@Thereisnorules]

A lot of hype around brands but it's just ethanol. The better you purity it the better ... Then you dilute it with distilled water to around 40 abv and you have perfect voda

[@rhaneeffect]

good Lord! my all-time fave!! just like water to me 🤣🤣🤣

[@jacksonueland]

I like how they guides keep it real and don’t sugarcoat it

[@mikhailshi]

Absolut vodka is best vodka, I drink a liter every day

[@soapmeridius]

lol cyka blyat chug chug chug

[@anoobapro2037]

no but four packs of cigarettes keeps the doctor away

[@gigibey1954]

Миша Китанин no three sixty vodka Is the best vodka :)

[@benjaminb9762]

A liter of vodka a day makes your liver pass away

[@TheRguru1]

It keeps the doctor away because at that point he doesn't want to be held responsible for your sorry ass.

[@perthyren601]

My grandpa (mother side) produced the Absolut bottles as a glassmaster foreman.

[@ob9444]

I live in køge in Denmark, 45 min outside of Copenhagen!

[@DerHerrmitKrawatte]

I agree. It's very smooth.

[@bokeflo]

Great distillery tour. Cool to see how Vodka is made. Great video :-)

[@thebrokenruler3896]

False

[@TJD_04]

Vodka + pickle = BEST DAY EVER

[@Kcducttaper1]

Their logo sound clip at 0:02 is totally a clip from the computer game "The Lost Mind of Dr Brain" released in 1994! That was a great game!

[@badlandskid]

I like her accent.

[@LV-426...]

My preferred vodkas have always been (not in any order of preference): -Finlandia -Absolut -Reyka -Belvedere These are the best!

[@key2010]

taking cold water from the river and cooling the liquids with it isn't good environmently as you're trying to say. it's cost affective thou

[@Captaincodeine]

It's better than consuming electricity to several MW of cooling

[@realFBGD]

POV. You get drunk and wonder how vodka is made

[@senator1295]

..yes..I wanted to see how Tabasco sauce was made so I visited Avery Island in Louisiana. We went up one side...saw them putting it into bottles...and came down the other side ...into the gift shop...I did not post the experience

[@haikeaintiaani9183]

that place is nuts

[@nemonetworkmedia]

Clicked to see how vodka is made. Instead got a bunch of sweet talkers and watching bottles spinning around the factory line.

[@diiiaggl4513]

My favourite drink

[@txm100]

Holy fuck the scale of automation. Almost no one around.

[@azoz273]

A great video but doesn't show how it's made which what the title states

[@FlamerzZz]

i want you guys to try absolute vodka vs smirnoff vodka and see which is better XD

[@YellawayHD]

Absolut is better by a mile

[@tinybubbles3724]

How do you handle the river water after using it for cooling. Where I live even a 10f rise is heat pollution and that is unacceptable.

[@wingyiso2934]

THIS IS GREAT! ABSOLUTE WISSEN

[@glenknapke6771]

BROKEN FINGERNAIL DIDNT MISS A DAY OF WORK

[@doctoredable]

I doubt I will ever drink Absolute again after seeing how it is mass produced.

[@maxischerr]

But they produce it least by its own. Some or better most of the other brands just buy neutral 95% spirit and add they own fancy extremly pure and best tasting water on earth and put them into they own bottles an marketing them as the best on earth. So Absolut is one of the better one in this category!

[@billyrosario2186]

Todo catador de bebida como tales whisky o vodka cuando toma por primera ver absolut es un sabor incomparable por eso es mi bebida predilecta para un buen catador

[@deadshot2943]

Gilla ni som kommer från Sverige 🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@ZedSalvatore]

not me watching while drinking absolute vodka and drunk

[@abat408]

I wish the video would've been edited better, couldn't hear very well what they were saying and the clip jumps from one very short scene to the next, didn't really get to appreciate how this great Vodka was made.

[@saulromero4267]

no abra modo de que tengan este video con subtitulos en español

[@aryaputrasennasetiadi1153]

you must try Indonesian traditional drink. They call CIU you can got it at Solo,Indonesia THE BEST DRINK IN THE WORLD!

[@reggiemonroe5791]

Is there any distillery in the uk that will make custom vodka for less than £17 a bottle ?

[@gewittertierchen9458]

Russians see this in the schcool xD

[@Keklan572]

Damn Russians stealing my countries spirit -_-

[@llamingo]

Elementary

[@kushsmokesam1379]

@@Keklan572 nope vodka rightfully belongs to Russians :)

[@bluegloriousgames]

I hope your stay in Sweden was nice

[@kinfezegeyeaboretugn6839]

Please guys just make a correction for this release !Coz everyone was hope to see the production process not theoretical explanation.

[@retrogazele]

Seriously one of the best vodkas i have ever tried is Serbian called Atlantic .

[@Illusionistical822]

"We uh...make uh....shitty vodka and give people massive hangovers.....yeah..."

[@SemperEbriusGaming]

I love the jargon that people come out with. Me, I say it straight. I'm getting... Pissed :)

[@timsmith9097]

Wow... Amazing operation.

[@seasoningfine5562]

Word. So we could end world hunger. We just prefer beer and vodka 😂

[@douglashedberg7414]

I creat Absolut vodka academy with Claes Andreasson. I design the first vodka/spirits language in the world. Alcohol struture is the secret of high end spirits Absolut is really nice spirits

[@matualia]

I'ma brandnew fan of your pear flav and mango since 2015. Haven't wrapped my car around a telephone pole or robbed anyone behind it but I do like to get my "sip-on" on the weekends after work in the man-cave. Hopefully one of these days I can visit the beautiful Sweden and come bacc wit tha shirt or a shot glass.

[@kaderyahia346]

how can we get rid of the vodka yeast smell??

[@lucaschiantodipepe2015]

Take a bottle of pure water, Add a 40% of pure alcohol. You get your tasteless and sheer vodka.

[@SCarboni]

What was the word that she said that meant "unnecessarily good"?

[@wooty2745]

Onödigt bra

[@PickingDude]

I absolutely love Absolut. The only thing I love more are beautiful woman that will drink Absolut with me. Everyone likes a good time, man and woman, and Absolut brings us together. I love the spokeswoman in this video. Very smart and beautiful. She deserves the best vodka. Salute!

[@natashagreen-chillaxedprod7769]

Lol he talks then the chick breaks down what he says and says it in a different way. I bout my sister a 1.2ltr bottle of Smirnoff Black for her 18th but I took 1/4 of the bottle out and added distilled water and she didn’t even notice.. I’m a Smirnoff drinker since I was 16 and I’m 35 now (mother and married)

[@brookeMason23]

Whiskey is so much better vodka is for people that wanna get drunk but hate the taste of alcohol

[@justfun1503]

I live in Sweden 🇸🇪 bad I don’t know where is the factory.

[@Surgarlips2011]

vodka is the way to go I love it

[@Boozist]

Excellent typicity.

[@barthoedemaker]

Here in Germany you can buy Spirit 95 % good luck with that lol ! But I love Absolut great stuff.

[@wkt8712]

All of this time and dedication just to make people drunk..

[@raw1465]

we spend billions of dollars and have high tech facilities and testing grounds to create more efficiant ways of blowing someone up so I don't see the problem here lol

[@brotund8724]

and mONeY DuH

[@geraldkamaunjunge1814]

wow I have learned alot how can I learn much from you, I'm a aspiring to an entrepreneur but am lacking capital but knowledge is important

[@sitizenkanemusic]

I thought Absolut was bottled in San Francisco? I could've sworn I've been in that one.

[@drinkspirits]

Sitizen Kane There is a "Absolut SF" release, but it's bottled in Ahus, Sweden.

[@sitizenkanemusic]

Drink Spirits Thanks! But lol, you know what? I was mixing up Absolut and SKYY vodka lol. Skyy is from San Francisco.

[@drinkspirits]

Skyy is based in SF, not sure exactly where it's made.

[@nirvgardengod]

i love the bottle

[@thomaste9247]

Cool video thanks for sharing :)

[@grey-goose-vodkacom]

Video is as funny as! Love vodka

[@scotthouchins1408]

Very nice... well done cheers👍🇺🇸

[@rastafari.d.culture9734]

Only stories ,show is how it's made

[@jg2611]

I love her accent Must be the German in me

[@tonyaustin4629]

Mind blowing! 158,520-gallons-a-day, everyday, everyday, everyday! If you total up the labor used per shift, it's only 225 people

[@TheLinuxYes]

Schveeeeden!! Svedka vodka is good too.

[@niight3516]

I came to know that it is basically "handi"

[@yallaworld1575]

How to I join

[@spore445g]

So absolute is not the little building in Åhus harbor?

[@jonte882]

Vet du nu? jag undrar också!

[@GUS_GOOSTOV]

i need vodka

[@titodenino8524]

Amazing

[@anthonymcnab9784]

Can I work there?

[@dumptonpark]

No profit my arse.

[@Smokin4CHRIST]

Intelligent drink I have 4 of Absolut flavors/ twists vodkas in my cupboard as I type, nice to see how it is done.

[@eddieenciso219]

That’s a damn refinery lol reminded me of work