Urban Spirit Vodka Wins Master at Global Vodka Masters 2026
We went into this year's Global Vodka Masters hoping for Gold.
We came away with Master.
Urban Spirit Vodka Signature has been awarded a Master medal in the Ultra Premium category at The Global Vodka Masters 2026 — the top medal awarded in the competition.
And we're still not quite sure it's sunk in.
From Silver to Master — Global Vodka Masters 2026
In 2025, the very first batch of Urban Spirit Vodka Signature was awarded Silver at The Global Vodka Masters.
For a vodka we'd created from scratch, receiving that recognition from an independent judging panel was an incredibly proud moment.
But it also left us wondering.
Could we do better?
So Pawel went back to the distillery.
Over the following year, different cane sugars were tested. Different yeasts were trialled. The process was scrutinised, refined and adjusted wherever possible.
It wasn't simply about chasing another medal.
It was about continuing to pursue the vodka we'd wanted to create from the very beginning — smooth, balanced, full of character and genuinely enjoyable to sip.
And, just as importantly, making sure we could achieve that quality consistently, batch after batch.
We wanted Gold
This year, we entered Signature again — this time in the Ultra Premium category.
There are three medal levels in The Global Vodka Masters:
Silver. Gold. Master.
After Silver in 2025, our goal seemed obvious.
Could we turn Silver into Gold?
The answer, as it turns out, was no.
We went from Silver to Master.
The Master medal is the top medal awarded in the competition and is exclusively awarded to entries scoring more than 90 points in the judging.
For our Signature Vodka to receive that recognition while competing in the Ultra Premium category means an enormous amount to us.
But then we read the tasting notes.
“Superb and very sippable”
Of all the feedback we received from the judges, those four words stopped us in our tracks:
“Superb and very sippable.”
Because that's exactly what we've been trying to make.
From the very beginning, we wanted Signature to challenge that idea of vodka being something you have to brace yourself to drink.
No harsh finish. No burn that overwhelms everything else. And preferably, no vodka face after the first sip.
The judges described Signature as creamy, vibrant and fresh, finding notes including buttercream, vanilla, ice cream soda, icing sugar and marshmallow, alongside superb texture, complexity and a long, fresh finish.
We couldn't have written tasting notes that better reflected the vodka we've been working to create.
From an Idea to Master — Ultra Premium
Urban Spirit started with two people who happened to love vodka and wondered whether they could create one of their own.
Since then there have been bottles, labels, licences, markets, orders, late nights, experiments, paperwork and more conversations about cane sugar and yeast than we ever imagined having.
There was Silver.
There was a year of asking how we could make Signature even better.
There was the hope that perhaps we'd done enough to achieve Gold.
And now there's Master.
To everyone who has bought a bottle, stopped at our stall, tried a sample, ordered again, recommended us, left a review or simply followed our story — thank you.
This one means an awful lot.
Urban Spirit Vodka Signature.
Ultra Premium.
Master 2026.
Raise the Moment.
We certainly will.
Please enjoy responsibly.