NEW WEBSITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WORK IN PROGESS.
IN THE MEANTIME: HERE A LITTLE BACKGROUND STORY.
OYESTER44 IS BORN OUT OF PURE PASSION FOR THE COASTAL REGION IN THE SOUTH-WEST OF THE NETHERLANDS AND THE GREAT FOOD IT HAS TO OFFER.
EARLY 2017 CHRIS LIEBAU AND DISTILLER MEINDERD KAMPEN, BOTH PASSIONATE SEAFOOD AND VODKA LOVERS, TEAMED UP TO CREATE SOMETHING CLOSE TO THEIR SHARED PASSION. THEIR DREAM WAS TO CREATE THE BEST POSSIBLE LIQUOR TO MATCH AND PAIR WITH SEAFOOD, MADE WITH LOCAL AND ALL-NATURAL INGREDIENTS.
OYESTER44 IS AN ORIGINAL DUTCH MARITIME VODKA WITH ACTUAL 'TERROIR' BASED ON PURE GRAIN ALCOHOL AND INFUSED WITH OYSTER DISTILLATE, LEMON BALM, VERVEINE, ORGANIC POTATOES, ALLSPICE AND FILTERED SEAWATER FROM 'DE OOSTERSCHELDE'.
THE YE IN OYESTER44 STANDS FOR THE FISHING VILLAGE OF YERSEKE, WORLD FAMOUS FOR ITS OYSTER FARMING AND MUSSEL FARM BANKS. LOCAL FISHING BOATS CARRY THE LETTERS YE FOR RECOGNITION. THIS IS WHERE OUR IMPERIAL OYSTERS ARE BEING CULTIVATED BY JEAN DHOOGE AND HIS FAMILY AT ‘DE OESTERIJ’ SINCE 1906. THE TYPICAL FLAT SHAPED OYSTERS ARE HIGHLY APPRECIATED BY CONNAISSEURS AND CAN BE FOUND IN SOME OF THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN THE WORLD.
VODKA CHARACTERISTICS:
- 100% HANDCRAFTED DUTCH MARITIME OYSTER VODKA WITH AN OUTSPOKEN CHARACTER.
- IT HAS A BRINY, SMOOTH AND A DISTINCTIVE TASTE PROFILE IN WHICH THE ‘TERROIR’ IS OVERLY PRESENT IN A BALANCED AND PLEASANT WAY.
- AWARD WINNING VODKA:
- GOLD MEDAL AT THE 'NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL WINE AND SPIRITS COMPETITION 2018'
- 'SILVER OUTSTANDING AWARD 'AT THE INTERNATIONAL WINE AND SPIRITS COMPETITION 2018 IN LONDON.
- NO-NONSENSE VODKA: UNFILTERED, UNTAMED, UNCUT. WE PREFER TO KEEP THE CHARACTER IN THE BOTTLE.
- ORGANIC? NO. ALL INGREDIENTS ARE NATURAL AND PURE. WE DON’T NEED CERTIFICATES FOR THAT.
- GLUTENFREE? SURE. ALL VODKA'S ARE GLUTENFREE BY NATURE.
- DISTILLED IN SMALL BATCHES IN THE PORT OF BRUINISSE BY MEINDERD KAMPEN, THE BEST DISTILLER IN THE PROVINCE OF ZEELAND.
- 44 STANDS FOR THE % ALCOHOL
FOOD PAIRING:
OYESTER44 IS SPECIFICALLY DEVELOPED FOR SEAFOOD PAIRING. ESPECIALLY RAW, GRILLED, STEAMED, BAKED OR FRIED OYSTERS AND A PLATEAU OF FRUITS DE MER ARE A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN. APART FROM THAT, OYESTER44 MATCHES PERFECTLY WELL WITH RAW OR GRILLED FISH OR CAVIAR.
DRINK SUGGESTIONS:
• DRINK IT NEAT, SLIGHTLY CHILLED .
• OYESTER44 IS THE ULTIMATE BLOODY MARY FOUNDATION, IT’S LIKE YIN&YANG.
• IT TAKES A CLASSIC DIRTY MARTINI TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
• REFRESHING WHEN SERVED WITH ORGANIC APPLE JUICE AND SODA WATER.
• SIGNATURE SERVE 'VODKA TONIC MARITIME' WITH INDIAN TONIC, A SHOT OF HIERBAS DE LAS DUNAS, A SLICE OF LEMON AND SOME MINT.
• MIXED WITH SICILIAN LEMONADE.