Can -you- tell the difference between "good" vodka and "suck" vodka?

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: dparker

The more expensive Vodkas don't taste like rubbing alchohol? I've never had any expensive kind, just stuff like Takka and I hate it for that exact reason. If the bottle of Grey Goose doesn't taste like I should be putting it on cuts then I might have to try it.

Nope, the better ones don't "burn" or "sting" as they go down, nor do they cause an involuntary clenching reflex as you try to down it straight.

In fact, top shelf vodkas can be drank as shots with a mild warmness to follow, while they have a definite vodka taste, the aftertaste is not dry or bitter but maybe, well, "buttery" is the best way to describe Belvedere.

 

[Colt45]

real men drink samogon

 

[Eli]

Hmm.. Interesting.

All this talk is making me want to try different vodkas.

 

[kami333]

Russian Standard

The best I've had, goes down smooth and no hangover.

 

[DanJ]

Stoli or Kettle One > all

 

[SethK28]

http://www.pearlvodka.com/home.html

Today most vodkas, including other premium vodkas, are made from corne, rye, potatoes. Pearl Vodka uses only 100% soft winter Canadian wheat, world-renowned for consistency and quality. Producing alcohol from wheat all but eliminates undesirable, unpotable heavy alcohols and impurities such as fusel oil and acetaldehydes, which can be found in many other vodkas.

The smell of Vodka usually makes me gag, I was talked into taking a shot of this the other night and it was DAMMMMMMMNNNNNN smooth, so much so that I had 5 more straight shots before the night was over, never even needed a chaser



Nuff said

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Sucky vodka dissolves a plastic cup even faster, but is better for defrosting your car.

 

[MaxDSP]

I hate drinking vodka but the choice vodka for my friends and I is Ketel One. We tried Smirnoff once, but the first shot made us wanna throw up

 

[BillGates]

Originally posted by: Eli
Hmm.. Interesting.

All this talk is making me want to try different vodkas.

No doubt - after going away from it for a while I think I might be headed back.

Bye bye, beer!


I'll leave my gf and her friends drinking their ghetto vodka.

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: BillGates

Originally posted by: Eli
Hmm.. Interesting.

All this talk is making me want to try different vodkas.

No doubt - after going away from it for a while I think I might be headed back.

Bye bye, beer!.

exactly.

makes me wanna go on a vodka tasting spree

 

[Schadenfreude]

This is what I have right now . . . great stuff!

 

[RyanM]

Originally posted by: BillGates
My girlfriend thinks that the price of vodka is not any indication of quality and that for regular people there is no way to tell the difference between "good" vodka and "ghetto" vodka.

I argue that some products may have prices that are inflated more than their quality justifies but think that Joe Ordinary should be able to tell the difference.

What do YOU think?

I'm a little late joining in....but here's my two cents.

Yes.

Of course. People have tastes. Some people have very ACUTE tastes. They can tell the difference between a good white wine and Mad Dog 20/20, or the difference between a machine-rolled crappy cigar and a hand-rolled, beautiful Dominican or Cuban cigar.

And they can tell the difference between Suck Vodka (Tm) and something like Grey Goose.

I like my Grey Goose like I like my women:

On the rocks, dirtier than hell and with 3 olives.

That made no sense.

Goodnight.

 

[Linux23]

hmmmmm, I have a bottle of Grey Goose sitting right next to me.


What a Yummy Vodka.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: Linux23
hmmmmm, I have a bottle of Grey Goose sitting right next to me.


What a Yummy Vodka.

I have my bottle sitting next to me as well! Alchoholics unite(not really, haven't had a reason to drink it, really)!

 

[tokamak]

as far as vodka goes i've had McCormick's, Potter's, and Bellow's. i believe all 3 can be had for under $12 for a 2 liter. McCormick's is head and shoulders above the other two, but thats not saying much....

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: boyRacer

Originally posted by: BillGates

Originally posted by: Eli
Hmm.. Interesting.

All this talk is making me want to try different vodkas.

No doubt - after going away from it for a while I think I might be headed back.

Bye bye, beer!.

exactly.

makes me wanna go on a vodka tasting spree

i think you'll notice all the vodka's start tasting better and better the more you try...

 

[hans007]

suck vodka tastes like you wanna die.

good vodka goes down smooth.


suck vodka comes in a plastic bottles.

 

[Chaotic42]

What I know about vodka:

-Potato is supposedly better than grain.
-Vodka means "little water".
-I'll never drink it.

 

[Chaotic42]

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[Chaotic42]

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[Jzero]

My vote is for Tanqueray. I like it even better than the oft-mentioned names like Grey Goose, Belvidere and Ketel One.
And it ain't that expensive.

 

[DumbGuy]

cheap or expensive, they still get you drunk. Isn't that the point of drinking?

 

[SP33Demon]

Best vodka. EVAR.

 

I used to drink Absolut but have drank Kettle One for a while. Recently someone turned me on to Grey Goose which is smoother but I think I prefer Kettle One overall. It's got a good Vodka taste to it, Goose has no taste unless you add a lot and then it's too strong.

Anyone want to list their favorite Vodka drinks? I like cranberry juice and vodka but the trendy Red Bull and vodka is a good deal for me most of the time.

 

[Hammer]

i can tell.