[dropcap type=”background”]2 [/dropcap]Copper and distillation
It’s the unique copper distillation process that Elyx credits with its flavour and body. The distillation takes place over two stages, with the first featuring “sacrificial copper”. Thousands of these copper packets are added in the first distillation for copper catalysation, to remove unwanted sulphur compounds and produce the purified raw spirit. Elyx is one of very few vodkas that distill their own raw spirit as opposed to buying in their neutral grain spirit from other industrial-sized manufacturers.
The second distillation takes place in a 1921 vintage copper column still – all of which from pumps to pipes is copper – in which the raw spirit is rectified and the copper removes any contaminants, further purifying the vodka. It’s this complete use of copper in both stages of distillation that has meant the material has become synonymous with Elyx’s branding, from copper-coloured bottles to copper cocktail vessels.
