Texas Two Step Vodka
Vol. I · No. 02 Est. 2010 Houston, TX Chapter Two — Origins

Our Story

Houston’s first distillery, built entirely from scratch.

Fifteen years ago, one engineer-turned-distiller decided that every piece of Texas Two Step — from still to bottle — would be built by hand, under one roof.

Ali Ansari, founder of Limited Spirits, inside the distillery beside the custom copper pot still
Fig. I — Ali Ansari, Founder · Limited Spirits, LLC Photograph · Distillery Floor, Houston
The Full Account

Limited Spirits, LLC is the first state-of-the-art distillery in the greater Houston area. Designed by Ali Ansari in 2010 with the vision of crafting premium spirits entirely from scratch under one roof, it boasts high production capacity and top-tier equipment — including fermentation vats, a custom-designed hybrid copper pot still handcrafted in Scotland, and advanced filtration and micro-oxygenation systems.

High-capacity storage tanks and a fully automated high-speed bottling and packaging line round out the operation. Over the last decade, Ansari has launched several spirits brands, including the award-winning DASH Vodka — and today, Texas Two Step Vodka carries that same obsession with doing things the slow, difficult, correct way.

“Every piece, built by hand. Every batch, made slow. That’s the two step.”

Inside the House

Every piece of the process, under one roof.

  1. I.

    The Still

    A custom-designed hybrid copper pot still, handcrafted in Scotland. The hinge of everything — where texture is chosen.

  2. II.

    The Floor

    Fermentation vats, filtration, micro-oxygenation. Six distillations before the liquid is allowed to call itself vodka.

  3. III.

    The Line

    High-capacity storage, a fully automated bottling and packaging line — the last calm hands before the bottle reaches yours.

What’s Next

Read the flavor, then taste it.