Double Cross Vodka is a brand of
distilled spirit
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produced in the town of
Stará Ľubovňa
Stará Ľubovňa (, , , , , ) is a town with approximately 16,000 inhabitants in northeastern Slovakia. The town consists of the districts Podsadek and Stará Ľubovňa.
Names
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, located in the
Tatra Mountains in northeastern Slovakia.
The company was founded by Malcolm Lloyd and John Gellner who began working with Jan Krak, a master distiller in Slovakia near the Polish border.
The Slovak end of the business was developed by
Eduard Heger
Eduard Heger (; born 3 May 1976) is a Slovak politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Slovakia from 1 April 2021 to 15 May 2023. He previously served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in the Matovič Cabinet, cabinet of I ...
, who is now
prime minister
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, and
Juraj Droba, who is now governor of the
Bratislava region
The Bratislava Region (, ; (until 1919); ) is one of the Regions of Slovakia, administrative regions of Slovakia. Its capital is Bratislava. The region was first established in 1923 and its present borders exist from 1996. It is the smallest of ...
.
Accolades
Both the vodka and the bottle design have earned a variety of awards and attention in the consumer and business press.
In 2008, Double Cross won a gold medal for taste and a gold medal for package design at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
''Wine Enthusiast'' gave Double Cross a rare 95-point "Highly Recommended" review and also included Double Cross in it selection of "Top 50 Spirits from 2009
F. Paul Pacult, in his industry publication Spirit Journal, gave Double Cross a 4-star/”Highly Recommended” review.
while Anthony Dias Blue gave Double Cross an “Outstanding” review in the Tasting Panel Magazine.
Playboy
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magazine said "rare that we single out a vodka for praise, but we'll make an exception for Double Cross."
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News
Dr. Malcolm Lloyd, the 42-year-old CEO of Old Nassau Imports and Double Cross Vodka, died in a car crash in Miami Beach
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on Thursday, April 24, 2014.[New York Daily News, Friday April 25, 2014 -- http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/new-york-spirits-magnate-dr-vodka-killed-miami-car-wreck-article-1.1769073]
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