Who we are
ATOMIK is the result of a pioneering vision led by Professor Jim Smith, whose decades of research into the Chernobyl region laid the foundation for the project.
Bringing together expertise across science, distillation, and creativity, the team behind ATOMIK has created truly unique and distinctive spirits.
The Chernobyl Spirit Company is a Social Enterprise producing high quality (and safe!) spirits made from crops harvested near Chernobyl. At least 75% of profits support communities in Ukraine impacted first by Chernobyl and now by the war.
Buy our unique 5x distilled Apple Spirit (42% ABV) and the First Release of our new Apple Brandy (42% ABV) aged in Ukrainian oak here. This site only takes orders from the UK.
We can now also deliver to Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany and The Netherlands - please go to www.atomikeurope.com for deliveries via our fulfilment partner Tipple Ltd.
Customers in the USA and some other countries can order via The Whisky Barrel.
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Science, Safety & Distillation
Our team of Ukrainian and UK scientists has undertaken extensive research into the transfer of radioactivity to crops, both within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) and the Narodychi District - an area of obligatory resettlement where agricultural use is officially restricted, yet communities continue to live.
Research shows that in many areas, the land can now be used to grow crops that are safe to eat. Through distillation, we have further reduced any remaining radioactivity in the crop, creating a spirit from Chernobyl that meets the same safety standards as other premium spirits.