The master distiller heats the distillate over a hand stroked fire.
The finest raw materials are imperative to the creation of Ketel One Vodka.
Carl Nolet, Sr., current owner, chairman and 10th generation Nolet, or a member of the Nolet family tastes every batch of vodka to approve its release and right to bear the name Ketel One.
Bob Nolet and Carl Nolet, Jr., 11th generation Nolets, with Carl Nolet, Sr., 10th generation, (from l. to r.) in the Nolet Distillery office in Schiedam, Holland.
Entryway leading into the Nolet Distillery in Schiedam, Holland where Ketel One Vodka and Ketel One Citroen are created.
More than 300 years ago, Joannes Nolet began a journal that contains secret family recipes. Today the journal is locked in the vault only to be revealed when the Distillery is passed down from father to son.