Vodka

[kneifl]

What's your favorite? I use to like drinking rums every once in a while and I would usually drink the Caribbean rums I would bring back from trips all over the caribbean. With hard liquors, I only like to have one or two drinks in a setting. However, I have noticed recently I have been going the Vodka route. I use to be all about the Grey Goose, but that got old quick. Recently, find myself liking the Absolut. I have one mango flavored I just brought back from duty free and have had a few vodka tonics with it and it sure is good. Sometimes I pick up a skyy or a ketel one as well. I know I have to try Titos because I have heard good things about it. A trip to Russia may be in my future..lol

What are some of the forum members favorite Vodkas?

kneifl

 

[The Boys]

I rarely drink Vodka but when I do I drink Stoli

 

[Sportsaholic]

Absolute Citron over ice my favorite....stick the bottle in the freezer.....Crisp, clean & flavorful......:0008

 

[MadJack]

I just about only drink vodka, besides beer. I switch around but if I had to name a favorite I would go with Stoli. They're all about the same though and cracks me up when people order top shelf vodka for a mixed drink. No way they can tell. No way.

Most of the time anymore I just get Smirnoff.

 

[ImFeklhr]

Setting aside flavored vodkas, could you pick all those listed brands in a blind taste test?

"I use to be all about the Grey Goose, but that got old quick."
For something like this, is the flavor good at first and then you start disliking it after a while? Just curious what drives the ebbs and flows of various vodka preferences.

 

[kneifl]

Setting aside flavored vodkas, could you pick all those listed brands in a blind taste test?

"I use to be all about the Grey Goose, but that got old quick."
For something like this, is the flavor good at first and then you start disliking it after a while? Just curious what drives the ebbs and flows of various vodka preferences.

Some of them yes, not all of them. I do know the taste of Absolut fairly well because I drank it in college as well. However, I quit drinking Grey Goose because I found it expensive for a top shelf vodka. I bet I couldn't tell the difference between ketel one, skyy, stoli, belvedere, or grey goose.

I do know Smirnoff's taste too because we'd get big 1.75's of that stuff in college. I couldn't stand the taste, even when you mixed it it had a bad aftertaste. However, if it was there I would drink it with the rest of the crowd. Sorry Jack, I know you like it but just being honest.

Sports, that is so good over ice with just a splash of tonic.

I do like Stoli as well but like Absolut better. Preferences, preferences I guess.

kneifl

 

[sushi]

Vodka water with a healthy squeeze of lemon :Yep: stoli

 

[IE]

in my drinking days it was this only,

w/ splash of tonic..lots of ice

Stolichnaya Vodka

 

[Jord20]

Stoli Orange on the rocks been my drink for almost 20 years now.

I wish liked scotch, but don't.

 

[REFLOG]

 

[birdieman]

Tito's ......made in Texas:00hour

 

[Snafu]

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checked my liquor stash, i have Finlandia, Absolut, Smirnoff(60%), Viru Valge and Saarenmaa vodka...


btw you get best white russian from smirnoff vanilla :0008

 

[ImFeklhr]

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I do know Smirnoff's taste too because we'd get big 1.75's of that stuff in college. I couldn't stand the taste, even when you mixed it it had a bad aftertaste. However, if it was there I would drink it with the rest of the crowd. Sorry Jack, I know you like it but just being honest.

This is my 'house' vodka that I serve to guests. I don't drink vodka very often, so I never much cared which one I stocked. Maybe I should go with Absolut or something. :facepalm:

 

[Big Daddy]

If you live in or near Wisconsin........


http://purclassvodka.com/index.html

 

[ryson]

Tito's out of Austin TX - http://www.titosvodka.com/

 

[saint]

Tito's out of Austin TX - http://www.titosvodka.com/

Goose or Tito's

 

[The Boys]

Goose or Tito's

Grey Goose is NOT gluten free it's made from wheat but Tito's is made from corn so it's gluten free.

The wheat used in the creation of Grey Goose vodka is grown in Picardy, France. Distilled in the same region, north and east of Paris, the distillate is then sent to Cognac, France, where it is blended with spring water and bottled. (google)

Tito's Handmade Vodka is made from 100% corn and as a distilled spirit, is completely gluten-free. (google)

 

[hammer1]

I just about only drink vodka, besides beer. I switch around but if I had to name a favorite I would go with Stoli. They're all about the same though and cracks me up when people order top shelf vodka for a mixed drink. No way they can tell. No way.

Most of the time anymore I just get Smirnoff.

Try a Martini with Grey Goose or Kettle 1 then try one with cheap vodka..I can tell every time

 

[MadJack]

This is just one of many taste tests you can find with a simple Google search. I just grabbed the first one and didn't read any of the other ones (yet).

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Consumer/story?id=3201973

The Taste Test

Which brings us back to our little experiment. Can people really tell the difference in taste between the expensive and cheaper vodkas? Our blind vodka taste tests were conducted by Eben Klemm, the director of cocktail development for B.R. Guest, a chain of upscale restaurants.


The taste test included five super-premium vodkas (Ketel One, Belvedere, Hangar One, Stoli Elit and Grey Goose) and one economy brand (Smirnoff).
Most of the testers thought they would be able to recognize their favorite brands, which didn't surprise Klemm. "Everyone's a snob about their brands," he said. "I mean, they've built their whole nightlife identity on which brands they are -- whether they're a 'Belvedere man' or a 'Grey Goose woman.'"
The first test involved tasting the vodkas "neat," which means straight and at room temperature.
Kay thought vodka No. 1 tasted "very spicy. It burns the tongue." Gurock said vodka No. 2 "was very light, it went down beautifully." Gliksman thought vodka No. 3 "has a really nice aroma." And Glenn McGinness said, "I'm guessing that five is the Grey Goose."
After a half hour of sniffing and sipping, five of the six testers agreed on one thing: They all hated vodka No. 1.
Freeland described it as "kind of thick and not smooth at all. Something I would never ever buy." Kay called it her "least favorite one, for sure."
The Surprising Results

Finally, the moment of truth. Klemm revealed that vodka No. 1 -- the group's least favorite -- was Grey Goose. Everyone was flabbergasted.
"No way!!!" said Freeland.
"I can't believe that!" exclaimed Kay. "I mean I'm really very loyal to it. And I just totally dismissed it."
"I'm shocked," said Gliksman. "I really am shocked, because it was bad."
"I guess that says something about the marketing then, doesn't it?" said DeGroff. "They're not relying heavily on their taste buds. They're relying more heavily on the perceived value, or the status."
There wasn't a hands-down favorite vodka for the testers, but two did stand out: Hangar One at $35 a bottle and Belvedere at $32 a bottle.
Mixing It Up

What would happen if we added a mixer to the vodka test? What percentage of people prefer vodka as a mixed drink, rather than straight?
According to DeGroff, everybody drinks it mixed. "How many people do you know that drinks straight vodka? Very, very few," he said.
So we did a second test mixing the same six vodkas into cosmopolitans: 3 parts vodka; 1 part triple sec, lime juice, and cranberry juice.
Klemm told the testers, "I want you all to see whether you can pick out nuances."
It turns out that the testers had a tough time distinguishing between cosmos made with the $62 Stoli Elit and cosmos made with the $13 Smirnoff.
McGinness said that he "found them very similar," and wasn't able to pick out his beloved Grey Goose.
"The distinctions are not as ? definitive," said Freeland. "They're not as obvious."
So will these test subjects change their drink of choice?
Kay said, "I'm going to be experimenting a lot at the bar next time I go, because I came in having one favorite, I chose a different one for the neat, and I chose another one for the cosmopolitan. So ? I guess that means I'm not going to be as loyal to the brand as I used to be."
So, if you're looking to save some money the next time you saunter up to the bar, save a few bucks and order the house vodka instead of your favorite super-premium.

 

[kneifl]

If you live in or near Wisconsin........


http://purclassvodka.com/index.html

I remember trying that stuff in Nebraska when it came to market and as I remember it was good.

I keep on hearing about that Tito's and will have to try it.

Not surprised by that test Jack. I had heard once that they did some testing with grey goose and the costco or sams club brand of vodka and most people preferred the costco or sams club brand.

kneifl