As a rule, I’m a big fan of alcoholic beverages that make me feel good about myself as a person. Like, if the proceeds from a certain beer go to outfit an orphanage with Wiis and big screen TV’s, I’ll buy that beer. See, I’m a giver.
Enter Prairie Gin, a certified organic gin made from corn harvested from family farms in Minnesota. You see, if I read a marketing nugget like that, I think to myself, “if I drink this gin, I’ll send a farmer’s kid to college.” So I drink that gin. Because, like I said, I’m a giver.
There’s a great deal of detail on Prairie’s website about the meticulous nature of organic farming that’s actually kind of interesting. For instance, instead of herbicides, the farmers used field fires to eliminate weeds. Who knew? And the distillery turns the leftover corn husks into biofuel.
Okay, I’m getting all warm and fuzzy inside just thinking about the do-good actions that go into this bottle. As for the gin inside that bottle? The attention to detail in the farming and distilling pays off. Prairie Gin won gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition this year, and I think I know why. I’m just speculating here, but I think this gin is wrapped in a gold medal because it’s so damned easy to drink.