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Zachlawi

Products 5
Approved 5
Expired 0

CASTLE SPIRITS, SHLOIME'S SLIVOVITZ, INC. — MONROE, NY

New York

The Los Angeles Times included a Zachlawi Mojito Vodka in its 2009 Passover roundup. Read the brand history

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Red Cinnamon
Zachlawi

Red Cinnamon

VODKA - OTHER FLAVORED

 Vodka - Other Flavored Approved 2025-07-16 CASTLE SPIRITS, SHLOIME'S SLIVOVITZ, INC.
Hard Cold Brew
Zachlawi

Hard Cold Brew

VODKA - OTHER FLAVORED

 Vodka - Other Flavored Approved 2025-06-24 CASTLE SPIRITS, SHLOIME'S SLIVOVITZ, INC.
Vodka 80-89 Proof
Zachlawi

VODKA 80-89 PROOF

 Vodka 80-89 Proof Approved 2025-06-17 CASTLE SPIRITS, SHLOIME'S SLIVOVITZ, INC.
Vodka - Other Flavored
Zachlawi

VODKA - OTHER FLAVORED

 Vodka - Other Flavored Approved 2024-09-30 CASTLE SPIRITS, SHLOIME'S SLIVOVITZ, INC.
Cold Brew
Zachlawi

Cold Brew

VODKA - OTHER FLAVORED

 Vodka - Other Flavored Approved 2021-11-08 CASTLE SPIRITS, SHLOIME'S SLIVOVITZ, INC.

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Zachlawi at a Glance

Zachlawi has 5 distinct products with 10 total TTB label approvals, including Vodka - Other Flavored, Vodka 80-89 Proof. Labels approved between 2021-06-28 and 2025-07-16. Label origins on file: New York.

At a Glance data sourced from public TTB records.

Zachlawi Vodka

Zachlawi’s Marty Kairey remembered a landlord from Aleppo who fermented raisins and cooked the mash with aniseed in a stovetop pot still in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Kairey traced his interest in making arak on the Jersey Shore to that encounter and his own heritage.

Zachlawi’s arak on the Jersey Shore

Royal Wine describes Fig Arak as distilled from figs and blended with spices. Kairey told writer Tamar Genger that after opening his distillery he hired Roy Emerson of Seagram’s Canada to work with him and train him as a distiller. By July 2008, OU Kosher was writing about its newly certified Zachlawi Fig Arak from Atlantic Bottling Company on the Jersey Shore. The writer noticed that the bottle itself looked like a fig.

Making vodka for Passover

Kairey took the Zachlawi name into vodka with a sugarcane-based spirit marketed to observant Jews, the Los Angeles Times reported in 2009. The paper credited word of mouth for its early traction. Royal Wine executive vice president Nathan Herzog told the paper the distributor had handled more than 1,000 cases that March.

Kairey wanted to make a better vodka for Passover and found the work harder than he expected. He made a Russian-style vodka and spent two years developing a sweet potato version, as Genger reported in 2012. Royal Wine also describes cappuccino vodkas in mocha and hazelnut flavors.

Royal Wine says the Zachlawi range is “hand crafted in small batches,” with the stated aim of keeping its products consistent.

Cold brew and the original

For its Cold Brew vodka, Zachlawi named cold brew coffee as an ingredient on its label.

The plain “Premium Vodka” label described in 2009 said the spirit was distilled seven times, and artwork approved under that name in June 2025 says five.

Explore the TTB label records for Zachlawi on this page.

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