Joshua Tree Distilling Black Hole Vodka
Joshua Tree Distilling Black Hole Vodka is a 40% ABV (80 proof), 750mL vodka — 100% organic and gluten-free, distilled from organic cane sugar and finished with proprietary filtration and re-distillation in Yucca Valley, California — available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- ABV: 40% (80 proof)
- Size: 750mL
- Base: 100% organic cane sugar — organic and gluten-free
- Process: proprietary filtration + re-distillation, proofed with reverse-osmosis water, hand-bottled
- Origin: Joshua Tree Distilling Company, Yucca Valley, California (founded 2020 by Paul Chakalian)
- Awards: Gold Medal, 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competition; Silver, Best Tasting Spirits (88)
- Cause: 1% for the Planet member
A Gaping Void, Distilled
The distillery's own flavor profile for Black Hole is the best description anyone has written: "Our Black Hole vodka tastes like its name: a gaping void. Ethereal, and distilled from simple sugars, incredibly smooth, light bodied, and evaporates on the tongue." The base spirit starts at an organic distillery in Colombia, where it is made from 100% organic cane sugar; once it reaches Yucca Valley it is re-distilled, run through proprietary filtration, and proofed down with reverse-osmosis water. Nothing synthetic — no sugars, flavorings, preservatives, or dyes — and a Gold Medal from the 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competition to prove the method.
Tasting Notes
Nose: sugar cookie and ethanol, opening to toasted coconut with time; bright acidity that "invites intrigue" (ADI judges). Palate: cane sugar and citrus building to a sugar-cookie peak — smooth, light-bodied, "like drinking a vacuum." Finish: coconut and vanilla fading with a gentle, peppery warmth.
How to Enjoy
This is the mixer's vodka: "a fantastic mixer when you want other, more subtle flavors in your cocktail to shine," per the distillery. Vodka sodas, cosmos, and citrus-forward Martinis are its natural habitat — or serve it ice-cold and neat if you like your vodka weightless.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Black Hole Vodka organic? Yes — it is made from 100% organic cane sugar and is gluten-free, with no synthetic additives of any kind.
Where is it made? The organic base spirit is made in Colombia, then re-distilled, filtered, and hand-bottled at Joshua Tree Distilling Company in Yucca Valley, California.
What awards has it won? A Gold Medal at the 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, plus Silver from Best Tasting Spirits (score 88).
Weightless, organic, and award-winning — order Black Hole Vodka online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.