(BEIRUT, LEBANON) — Created by R. Adam Aboulhosn, J2 vodka is a wheat-based spirit planned to launch in August this year.
Though J2 claims to be a Lebanese brand, the spirit is actually distilled and bottled in Poland using natural spring water from Lebanon.
Aboulhosn said that he believed their was a gap in the market for a local Lebanese vodka brand discovering that 1.2 million litres of vodka had been imported into Lebanon in 2010.
“We decided to produce J2 in a country with a centuries-old history of making vodka: Poland,” Aboulhosn told The Daily Star Lebanon.
“We used a combination of Lebanese ingredients, such as our distinctive snowmelt water, alongside Poland’s golden wheat-distilled ethanol, which is arguably the finest in the world.”
However, Aboulhosn added that he hopes J2 can be entirely produced in Lebanon in the future.
The brand, although currently only available in Lebanon, is eying future distribution across the Middle East and Africa.