Quick Facts
- Brand: Belvedere
- Type: Rye-based vodka
- Distilled in: Żyrardów, Poland (Polmos Żyrardów)
- ABV: 40% (80 proof)
- Base grain: Dankowskie rye
Belvedere is a rye-based Polish vodka, and the brand’s own positioning is that it is not neutral in the way vodka usually is. This page checks that against what independent reviewers actually scored it.
Here is how it works. We aggregate published critic scores, under their names, with links. We do not add our own tasting notes. Saucey sells this bottle, so our opinion of how it tastes is worth exactly nothing to you.
A correction to an earlier version of this page: it included a Saucey customer rating of 5/5 in the critic table and folded it into the average, which produced an aggregate of 73. Scoring our own inventory inside a table of independent reviews is not defensible, so it has been removed. The three-critic average is 65.
Last verified September 2026 against the published reviews linked below.
Aggregate critic score: 65/100
| Source | Score | Their take, summarized |
|---|---|---|
| The Rum Howler Blog | 90 | The high mark. Reads the rye base as a genuine point of difference. |
| Slower Pulse | 60 | Middling. Found less distinctiveness than the brand claims. |
| Honest Booze Reviews | 44 | The low mark, on value: “for the price there are better options.” |
Original scales: Slower Pulse 6/10, Honest Booze Reviews 30.67/70. The Honest Booze review covers the Product (RED) edition, which is the same liquid in different packaging.
The disagreement is about the premise
A 46-point spread between the highest and lowest score is wide for a vodka, and the reason is that the reviewers are testing different things.
Belvedere’s claim is that a rye base gives it character where most vodka has none. The 90 accepts that claim. The 60 and the 44 essentially do not: one finds less distinctiveness than advertised, the other thinks whatever is there does not justify the price.
Which is a useful thing to know before buying, because it tells you what you are testing for. If you want a vodka that disappears into a mixed drink, the critics who marked it down are describing what you want and the one who marked it up is not. If you want a vodka you can taste in a martini, the reverse.
Prices vary widely by state, so we do not print one here.
Extra notes
- Produced at Polmos Żyrardów, a distillery established in 1910.
- Made from Dankowskie rye, a Polish grain variety.
- Rye base rather than wheat or corn. If you avoid grain-derived spirits for medical reasons, that is the relevant fact, and your doctor is the relevant source.
- The Product (RED) edition directs a contribution to the Global Fund’s HIV/AIDS programmes.
The fine print
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The fine print
What is available depends on your address. Enter it and we will show you what is in stock nearby: beer, wine, spirits, mixers and snacks. Delivery is $4.99, plus applicable taxes and fees, shown before you order, as fast as 25 minutes in the best case. Alcohol is 21 and up. ID at the door, every time, no exceptions and no negotiating with the driver.
