Baltic Vodka is a Polish potato vodka produced by Polmos Siedlce, bottled at 40% ABV, derived from a brand known as far back as the communist era. In 2015 Polmos Siedlce revived Baltic vodka to an entirely new recipe, and today it is distilled from potatoes.
The foundation of this spirit is carefully selected raw material. The vodka is produced from Ikar variety potatoes harvested at the end of the season, with a starch content of around 22%. Baltic is distilled from pure potato spirit, then filtered twice and subjected to natural refining processes.
Its sensory profile is typical of potato vodkas. The nose reveals a note of fresh vegetables and a delicate scent of alcohol, while the taste is rich and earthy, with a pleasant vanilla finish. An industry review describes the spirit somewhat differently, emphasising an old-style raw material character: a perceptible aroma of bonfire and baked potatoes, pronounced flavour, rather rough on the palate, with a sweet and creamy finish and a slight hint of purée.
The brand has a long, though discontinuous, history. During the communist era it was one of the more popular vodkas, offered in several export and domestic versions, at 50 and 40% ABV. Back then Baltic was generally distilled from rye, but for a time it was also made from potatoes. It is worth adding that for years a spirit under this name also existed outside Poland – Baltic Vodka was produced in Latvia and in Serbia by the Takovo company "under licence from Polmos Polska".