Aritsan is Oregon’s newest homegrown spirit-maker. With infused vodkas, distillers typically add flavors to the alcohol after distillation, but Artisan tosses in its inventive tongue-pleasers during the process. Based on an old Russian recipe, Apia is distilled from honey, giving it a hint of clover and thick, golden sweetness. Artisan’s goal is to rescue the clear liquor from a glut of powerful mixers and raise it to the level of a fashionable, sip-worthy beverage you can enjoy all by its lonesome.

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