Few people (including myself, up till about 10 minutes ago) know of the man behind Sweden’s most famous vodka - Borje Karlsson. In 2006, assisted by a team of talented individuals, many of them from the old Absolut team, we witnessed yet another birthing of a Swedish vodka, Karlsson’s Vodka.
There are many facets of Karlsson’s Vodka that excite us at Quaff, such as it being a vintage vodka; the vodka is made applying the same principles as you would wine, harvesting different potatoes from different years but employing the same recipe and process. However, we are mostly going gaga over their bottle design.
Hans Brindfors is, to keep it short, the genius behind Karlsson’s Vodka packaging. Keeping in line with the experimental direction of this vodka project, the successful batches of the different vintage vodkas were poured into vessels inspired by laboratory bottles, clear and clean, aided in design only by a label reminiscent and reflective of wine labels.
Another product in the Karlsson’s Vodka portfolio is its ultra-premium cocktail mixer, Karlsson’s Gold (with a different packaging not shown here), blended especially to hold its own in many cocktails.
To find out more about Karlsson’s Vodka, go here.
Oh and one more thing, the Quaff staff has not yet had the luxury of tasting Karlsson’s Vodka, so if you feel the need to be generous or fulfil your good deed of the day, we will graciously open our doors for samples!
