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Famed Valt vodka brand will hit store shelves in the near terms.

Local connoisseurs will soon get a taste of a single malt vodka from Scotland, famed for its whisky, after Valt Vodka won a contract to distribute in Ukraine.

The vodka is produced from Scottish barley and water from the River Spey in northeast Scotland.

The company claims the vodka is the only single-malt version of the drink available because of the expense involved in the production process. Single malt means it is made from one type of malted grain and distilled at one particular distillery.

Oliver Storrie, Valt Vodka’s operations and sales manager said Ukrainians were skeptical at first about the vodka. “It’s like telling a Scotsman about whisky,” he said.