Millennium Vodka is the latest spirits creation from Poland’s famous Polmos Siedlce distillery. Polmos Siedlce, founded in 1896, is best known to US Vodka lovers as the producer of Chopin Vodka, an ultra-premium brand introduced in the States in 1997. The distillery is located in the Podlasie region, a rich agricultural and popular bird watching area in eastern Poland. Millennium is made with a selection of grains grown by local farmers.

Vodka has been produced in Poland since the Middle Ages. Like many of the spirits of this era, these early Polish Vodkas were made for medicinal purpose and were often used as a base for steeping herbs. Vodka was first made on a large scale in the 16th century and the process continually refined and grew until it was eventually taken-over by government monopolies in 1925. These monopolies would later be taken-over by the communist government in the post WWII era. In the 1980’s Poland witnessed the victory of the Solidarity movement and the fall of the Soviet Union bringing about the return of privatized industries including distilleries. In the years and decades that have followed, consumers in the US and Europe have witnessed a renaissance of Polish Vodka.

Millennium Vodka was introduced in the US just last year. Its bold and clean flavors are making this brand a quick success.