Tanqueray Sterling vodka is made from pure grain spirit, distilled at high proof and carefully distilled a second time in a 220-year-old copper pot still. After the final distillation, the spirit is "cut" with water to give it the final desired 80 or 100 proof (40% or 50% alcohol). Tanqueray Sterling vodka carries on the tradition of expertise, taste, status and unsurpassed quality already associated with the Tanqueray name, all of which combine to create the smooth, balanced body that one would expect from a premium quality vodka.Charles Tanqueray. (1810-1868), son of a bedfordshire clergyman stes up the bloomsbury distillery in london in 1830. Experimenting over the years with many possible ingredients, Charles Tanqueray finally produced the key balance of ingredients and tanqueray was launched.It starts with the man Charles Tanqueray. The bold spirit who traded in the church for the still, and in the process, created one of the world’s most awarded vodka.Distilled four times. A perfectionist who kept it simple, Four botanicals, juniper, coriander, angelica and liquorice to create the perfect balance. A balance that created a flavor. A flavor that created a taste, and a taste that drew suspicion and the envy of other vodka makers. The silver waxed seal passed on from one generation to the next ot mark this above all other.
