Mark your calendar and set an alarm. The once-a-year offering of Paczki Day Vodka from a local distillery is set.
Detroit City Distillery will begin offering its Paczki Day Vodka, a popular spirit infused with beloved and locally made paczki pastries, as they have for the past several years.
On Tuesday, the distillery announced the online sales for the limited edition Paczki Day Vodka ($35 per 750-milliliter bottle) will begin at 8 a.m. via detroitcityditillery.com/shop on Jan. 26. Orders placed that day will be available for pick up at 4 p.m. the same day. (You can also buy at some local stores, including grocery stores.)
This year, the distillery announced they’ve also increased the supply of vodka that can be shipped nationwide to select states. Detroit City Distillery said they can ship outstate via new partner Seelbach’s, an online distributor.
Originally created as an experimental venture, the preservative-free, paczki-infused vodka began its journey quite a handful of years ago, when the distillers thought of combining the two elements together.
In a recent press release, J.P. Jerome, the master distiller and co-owner of Detroit City Distillery, said, “The outcome of what was initially just an experiment to distil about 20 bottles for near ones six years ago, is simply astonishing. It transcended into a ritual within the Polish community in Michigan and eventually extended to various families and communities across the U.S. We have had people commuting from different parts of the country to Detroit, just to procure this distinctive annual spirit so that they could honor Pączki Day, often referred to as Fat Tuesday, with their families back home.”
The vodka’s uniqueness lies in the fact that it is distilled using actual raspberry-filled and glazed paczki from the long-established and renowned New Palace Bakery in Hamtramck. This peculiar blend is concocted using 100% potato vodka from Poland and Michigan in a copper still with a capacity of 500 gallons. The vodka is also distinctively bottled in containers imported from Poland.
J.P. Jerome further added, “We consider our creation as a Pączki Day Party enclosed in a bottle. Despite being 88 proof, it is unbelievably smooth to taste and the raspberry and creamy pastry flavors of the pączki are prominently noticeable.”
You can enjoy the vodka either chilled over ice, incorporated into a cocktail, or a chaser for pączki.
Paczki, the plural term for this kind of pastry, are delectably rich doughnuts filled with diverse fruit and cream options and typically covered with a glaze or powdered sugar. Some popular traditional flavor options include raspberry, lemon, and custard-filled doughnuts.
Every year, PDV marks this occasion with a public gathering. The event this year is scheduled for February 10 at the Eastern Market Tasting Room of the distillery, located at 2462 Riopelle, Detroit. The festivities, set to last from 10 a.m. until 11 p.m., will occur both inside and in the block-sized outdoor patio space. Polish delicacies and the distillery’s regular menu, as well as PDV cocktails, will be available for purchase.
The distillery is reputed for its small-batch, artisanal bourbon, whiskey, rye, gin, and vodka, all made using locally sourced ingredients. DCD attained international recognition at the 2023 World Spirits Competition in San Francisco when two of its spirits, their Butcher’s Cut Bourbon and their Homegrown Rye, both won a Double-Gold Medal.
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