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Dutch vodka brand

Ketel One is a vodka brand of the Nolet Distillery in Schiedam, Netherlands. Ketel One Vodka is distilled from 100% wheat in copper pot stills (Ketel is Dutch for pot still), filtered over loose charcoal, and rests in tile lined tanks until ready. Ketel One Vodka is named after the original copper pot still, "Distilleerketel #1." The alcohol content of this spirit is 40% (80 proof (US), 70 degrees proof (international)). The Nolet Distillery also makes Ketel One Citroen, Ketel One Oranje, Ketel One Botanical (in the varietals Peach & Orange Blossom, Cucumber & Mint, and Grapefruit Rose) and Ketel 1 Jenever.

Ketel One is produced by the Nolet Distillery in Schiedam, Netherlands. The Nolet Distillery was founded in 1691 by the Nolet family, French Huguenot refugees, and has remained in the Nolet family ever since. By the end of the 19th century the town boasted over 400 distilleries. and sold vodka under the Imperial Eagle Vodka brand name. the tenth generation of the family to own the company, took over for his father in 1979, the company made a wide range of spirits. In 2008, Diageo announced an investment of $900 million in a joint venture with the owners of Ketel One, with the Nolet family continuing ownership of the distillery in Schiedam. In 2009 the brand attracted attention for its first television commercials, which seemed "tailor made" for the post 2008 recession economy. Despite being sold in 25 countries, up until 2008 the United States was the only country where the company advertised.