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Kakira Vodka is a premium, “Field to Bottle” vodka produced at the Kakira Estate in Jinja, Uganda. Unlike traditional grain or potato-based vodkas, Kakira is distilled from sun-ripened sugar cane grown on the banks of Lake Victoria.
This unique base ingredient results in a vodka of exceptional purity with a characteristic silky mouthfeel and a faint, elegant sweetness. These small bottles of vodka are ideal for sampling, hampers, gifts, and stocking fillers.
Kakira Vodka Production
Kakira is a “Field to Bottle” producer (also sometimes called “grass to glass”). As well as their own sugar cane estates, they also work with local sugar farmer partnerships growing sugar cane. The cane sugar is refined at the Kakira Sugar Refinery, where molasses are basically a by-product of sugar production.
All of the spirits are bottled at the Kakira Distillery. Kakira produces a range of award-winning spirits with a focus on Rum, Vodka and Gin. Traditional copper pot stills are used for the rum, and column stills are used for vodka and gin (known as “waragi” in Uganda). production.
Kakira Sugar is principally a Ugandan sugar producer which grows sugar cane on the shores of Lake Victoria, the source of the River Nile. The company was founded in 1930 by Muljibhai Madhvani and is based in the city of Jinja. It has since grown into the largest sugar refinery in Uganda and remains family-owned and run by Madhvani’s son and grandson.
Sustainability is very important to the company and its founding principle was to decrease waste and the carbon footprint during sugar production, which can be a water-intensive and energy-consuming process.
The distillery’s water comes from a private feed from Lake Victoria. The entire process is powered by 100% renewable electricity by one of the largest facilities of its kind in Africa. It is powered by the biofuel “bagasse”, the dry, fibrous residue left after crushing sugarcane.
Kakira Sugar Limited (KSL) provides extensive support to its employees and surrounding communities, including housing for over 4,000 workers, clean water, electricity, roads, a 75-bed hospital serving more than 100,000 people, 16 schools educating over 4,000 children, and various scholarship programmes through the Madhvani Foundation and Kakira Sugar Busoga Foundation for university and vocational training.
Nose: Incredibly clean and neutral with hints of marshmallow and citrus zest.
Palate: Exceptionally smooth and “creamy.” The sugar cane base provides a weightier texture than grain vodka, with subtle notes of white pepper and vanilla.
Finish: Short, crisp, and remarkably clean with no harsh aftertaste.
Kakira Vodka is best enjoyed chilled, either neat or in a classic Vodka Martini, where its texture can truly shine. It also works well mixed with a good cola with a squeeze of lime.
This is also a great companion for smoked salmon blinis, fresh oysters or salty appetizers like aged Manchego and green olives.
