Collection: Gravesande Braxton Distillers | Vanessa Braxton
Distillery Spotlight
Vanessa Braxton: the first African American woman master distiller and master blender in the U.S.
Every bottle below was crafted at her distillery in Wheatley Heights, New York, and ships to 44 states.
Meet Gravesande Braxton Distillers
Gravesande Braxton Distillers is a Black woman-owned distillery on Long Island, recognized by New York State for Vanessa Braxton's historic achievement as a master distiller and master blender. The distillery makes Black Momma Vodka, Ronald Isley's Liquid Gold spirits, and Nedaj Kiwi Vodka.
Meet the founder
Vanessa founded Black Momma Vodka after a career in engineering and construction. Today GB Distillers produces her own line and spirits for other brands. Read the distillery's story
Some bottles may be sold out or unavailable in certain states. Please enjoy responsibly.
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Black Momma Chai Tea Vodka
Regular price $39.99Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $39.99Black Momma Chai Tea Vodka is a flavored vodka infused with natural chai tea leaves and warm spices. It brings smooth vodka character with cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, vanilla, and black tea notes.
This bottle is a good fit for shoppers who want a warm, spiced vodka for chilled pours, dessert-style drinks, or chai-inspired cocktails.
Product Details
- Product Type: Vodka
- Style: Chai tea flavored vodka
- ABV: 30%
- Proof: 60 proof
- Size: 750 ml
Tasting Notes
- Nose: Spiced tea with cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves.
- Palate: Smooth vodka with chai spice, vanilla, and black tea.
- Finish: Lingering, warm, lightly sweet, and spiced.
- Flavor Profile: Warm, spiced, smooth, and tea-forward.
How to Enjoy
Serve chilled, over ice, or use it in chai-inspired cocktails and dessert-style vodka drinks.
What Makes It Special
Black Momma Chai Tea Vodka brings tea and spice into a vodka format, giving shoppers a flavored option that stands apart from standard citrus or berry vodkas.
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Black Momma Sour Sop Tea Vodka
Regular price $39.99Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $39.99Black Momma Sour Sop Tea Vodka blends corn-based vodka with natural soursop tea leaves and spice for a smooth, lightly sweet flavored vodka.
It brings herbal tea aroma, subtle fruit, soursop flavor, mild spice, and a clean refreshing tea finish.
Product Details
- Product Type: Flavored Vodka
- Flavor: Soursop tea
- ABV: 30% / 60 proof
- Base Ingredient: Corn
- Distillation: Five times distilled and five times filtered
Tasting Notes
- Nose: Herbal tea with subtle fruity undertones.
- Palate: Smooth and slightly sweet with soursop and mild spice.
- Finish: Clean and refreshing with natural tea aftertaste.
- Flavor Profile: Soursop, herbal tea, lightly sweet, and gently spiced.
How to Enjoy
Serve chilled, over ice, with lemonade or tea, or in tropical vodka cocktails.
What Makes It Special
The soursop tea profile gives this vodka a tropical fruit-and-tea character that stands apart from standard flavored vodkas.
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Black Momma Pomegranate Tea Vodka
Regular price $39.99Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $39.99Black Momma Pomegranate Tea Vodka blends pomegranate flavor, tea notes, and smooth vodka in a fruit-forward 60-proof flavored vodka.
It brings ripe pomegranate aroma, subtle tea undertones, sweet pomegranate flavor, smooth vodka texture, and a clean refreshing finish.
Product Details
- Product Type: Flavored Vodka
- Flavor: Pomegranate tea
- ABV: 30% / 60 proof
- Size: 750 ml
- Country: United States
Tasting Notes
- Nose: Ripe pomegranate with subtle tea undertones.
- Palate: Sweet pomegranate, smooth vodka, and delicate tea flavor.
- Finish: Clean and refreshing with lingering pomegranate and tea.
- Flavor Profile: Pomegranate-forward, tea-toned, smooth, and refreshing.
How to Enjoy
Serve chilled, over ice, with soda, lemonade, iced tea, or in fruit-forward vodka cocktails.
What Makes It Special
The pomegranate tea profile gives this flavored vodka a sweet-tart fruit note with a softer tea finish.
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Ronald Isley Liquid Gold Vodka
Regular price $32.99Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $32.99Ronald Isley Liquid Gold Vodka is a corn-based vodka from New York, five times distilled and filtered for a clean, silky profile.
It brings neutral warmth, refined corn sweetness, smooth texture, and a dry clean finish.
Product Details
- Product Type: Vodka
- Style: Corn vodka, five-times distilled and filtered
- ABV: 40% / 80 proof
- Region: New York, United States
Tasting Notes
- Nose: Clean and neutral with a whisper of warmth.
- Palate: Smooth silk texture with refined corn sweetness.
- Finish: Gentle, dry, clean, and balanced.
- Flavor Profile: Clean, silky, corn-sweet, dry, and smooth.
How to Enjoy
Serve chilled, neat, with soda, in martinis, or in clean vodka cocktails.
What Makes It Special
Liquid Gold connects a legendary music name with a smooth, approachable corn-vodka profile.
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Ronald Isley Liquid Gold Contagious XO Brandy
Regular price $86.99Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $86.99Ronald Isley Liquid Gold Contagious XO Brandy is an American XO brandy finished in French oak. It brings a velvety profile with notes of vanilla, sweet orchard fruit, subtle oak, red sherry sweetness, and a smooth warming finish.
This bottle is a good fit for brandy drinkers who want a smooth sipping bottle with a music-led brand story. Enjoy it neat, over ice, or in upscale brandy cocktails when you want fruit, vanilla, oak, and a soft finish.
Product Details
- Product Type: Brandy
- Style: XO Brandy, French-Oak Finished
- ABV: 40%
- Proof: 80
- Country of Origin: United States
- Region: New York
- Best For: Sipping neat, over ice, gifting, after-dinner pours, and brandy cocktails
Tasting Notes
- Nose: Vanilla and sweet orchard fruit
- Palate: Silky fruit-forward flavor with subtle oak and sherry notes
- Finish: Lingering red-sherry sweetness with a smooth warm close
- Flavor Profile: Velvety, smooth, fruity, vanilla-led, and gift-friendly
How to Enjoy
Serve it neat or over a large cube. It also works in a brandy Old Fashioned or other richer brandy cocktails where vanilla, fruit, and oak can come through.
What Makes It Special
Liquid Gold Contagious XO Brandy pairs Ronald Isley's cultural legacy with a smooth French-oak-finished XO brandy profile. Vanilla, sweet fruit, oak, and red-sherry notes make it easy to pour for sipping or gifting.
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Black Momma Peach Tea Vodka
Regular price $39.99Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $39.99Black Momma Peach Tea Vodka blends premium vodka with natural peach tea character for a smooth, fruit-and-tea flavored vodka.
It brings ripe peach aroma, subtle tea undertones, balanced peach flavor, black tea notes, and a crisp clean finish.
Product Details
- Product Type: Flavored Vodka
- Flavor: Peach tea
- ABV: 30% / 60 proof
- Size: 750 ml
- Distillation: Distilled 5 times and filtered 5 times
Tasting Notes
- Nose: Ripe peaches with subtle tea undertones.
- Palate: Smooth and balanced with peach and a hint of black tea.
- Finish: Crisp, clean, and refreshing.
- Flavor Profile: Peach-forward, tea-toned, smooth, and refreshing.
How to Enjoy
Serve chilled, over ice, with lemonade or tea, or in peach-forward vodka cocktails.
What Makes It Special
The peach tea profile gives this vodka a familiar Southern-style flavor that works well for easy mixed drinks.
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Black Momma Green Tea Vodka
Regular price $39.99Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $39.99Black Momma Green Tea Vodka is a green tea flavored vodka with a smooth, balanced profile. It brings fresh green tea, floral notes, mild spice, and subtle sweetness.
This bottle is a good fit for shoppers who want a lighter flavored vodka for chilled pours, tea-style cocktails, or simple vodka drinks with a refreshing edge.
Product Details
- Product Type: Vodka
- Style: Green tea flavored vodka
- ABV: 30%
- Proof: 60 proof
- Country of Origin: United States
- Region: New York
Tasting Notes
- Nose: Fresh green tea, floral undertones, and a hint of spice.
- Palate: Earthy green tea, subtle sweetness, and warming spice.
- Finish: Clean and refreshing with lingering tea and mild spice.
- Flavor Profile: Smooth, tea-forward, lightly sweet, and refreshing.
How to Enjoy
Serve chilled, over ice, or use it in green tea cocktails, spritzes, and simple mixed drinks.
What Makes It Special
This vodka uses green tea flavor to create a softer, more aromatic take on flavored vodka.
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Black Momma Vodka 1.75L
Regular price $26.99Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $26.99Black Momma Vodka is a gluten-free New York-made vodka from master distiller Vanessa Gravesande Braxton.
This 1.75L bottle brings clean corn sweetness, subtle vanilla bean, mineral undertones, silky texture, and a smooth fresh finish.
Product Details
- Product Type: Vodka
- Style: Corn-based vodka
- ABV: 40% / 80 proof
- Size: 1.75L
- Region: New York, United States
Tasting Notes
- Nose: Subtle vanilla bean, neutral corn, and gentle mineral undertone.
- Palate: Clean, crisp corn sweetness with silky texture.
- Finish: Smooth, clean, fresh, and free of harsh burn.
- Flavor Profile: Clean, corn-based, silky, and lightly vanilla-toned.
How to Enjoy
Serve chilled, neat, with soda, in martinis, or as a versatile base for vodka cocktails.
What Makes It Special
The larger 1.75L format makes this a practical bottle for parties, home bars, and batch cocktails.
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Nedaj Kiwi Vodka
Regular price $32.99Regular priceUnit price / perSale price $32.99Nedaj Kiwi Vodka is a kiwi-flavored vodka from Jacksonville’s first Black-owned vodka brand.
It brings bright kiwi fragrance, fresh fruit sweetness, light body, smooth texture, and a clean subtly fruity finish.
Product Details
- Product Type: Flavored Vodka
- Flavor: Kiwi
- ABV: 30% / 60 proof
- Region: Jacksonville, Florida
Tasting Notes
- Nose: Bright kiwi fragrance and fresh fruit sweetness.
- Palate: Smooth, light-bodied, balanced kiwi flavor.
- Finish: Clean and subtly fruity.
- Flavor Profile: Kiwi, fresh fruit, smooth, light, and clean.
How to Enjoy
Serve chilled, over ice, with soda or lemonade, or in kiwi-forward vodka cocktails.
What Makes It Special
The kiwi flavor gives Nedaj a bright, uncommon fruit profile in the flavored vodka space.
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