TOAD Oxford Artisan

Oxford Organic Rye Vodka

We are very proud to be the first certified organic grain-to-glass distillery in the United Kingdom. Archaeo-botanist John Letts has spent the best past of two and a half decades researching and farming ancient wheat, barley, oats and rye, which – due to a lack of cloning and uniformity – have the power to stand up to a diverse array of conditions with no need for chemical intervention. 

The grain, once farmed, is milled onsite, then turned into a beer wash, a low wine and – finally – vodka. The process is long and varied, involving many ill-selected wooden tanks (“looked cool, hard to clean”) and unfeasibly square columns. Just as soon as you taste the vodka, you become aware of just how worth all the effort it is.