Buckeye Vodka Has Early Success

Dayton Daily News:

Buckeye Vodka’s sales have tripled its projections and the spirit brand has sold its 2,000th case in just six months, according to Buckeye Vodka’s chief executive.

The vodka, distilled and bottled in Dayton, is now carried in 232 retail stores in Ohio, as well as in hundreds of bars and restaurants across the state.

“We’re thrilled with the achievement,” said Jim Finke, CEO of Crystal Spirits LLC, the parent company of Buckeye Vodka. Finke said the sales translate into “nearly $500,000 infused into the Ohio economy.”

The company has hired a distributor, Southern Wine and Spirits of Ohio, to expand Buckeye Vodka’s footprint across the state, Finke said Tuesday. Southern has 37 sales representatives throughout the state and will “take us to the next level, hopefully,” Finke said.

There are no immediate plans to market the vodka outside Ohio or to branch out into other spirits such as gin or whiskey, the Buckeye Vodka CEO said.

Good luck to them, and it would be interesting for them to branch out into other liquors.  It's good to see a microdistillery do well in Ohio.