For anyone that is planning on drinking tonite

[djheater]

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: ChiBOY83

Originally posted by: SampSon
I just buy the real deal.

you OBVIOUSLY are NOT a college student

Nope, I'm done with that crap.
Even then I had a full time job and money so getting decent booze wasn't an issue.

Now what I find funny is that people will spend an easy $15-$20 bucks to get a brita filter system to filter sh!tty vodka. So your cost savings just went down the drain to drink
Sh!tty filtered vodka.

What it comes down to is that it's worth it to spend the extra few bucks to buy something decent than spend money to filter crap.

$30-50 bucks every week isnt very enjoyable when your broke

You don't need to spend that much to get drunk. Half decent booze can be had for much cheaper than that.

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I've never understood why anyone would drink vodka straight if you're not Russian? That's the real question. Good vodka tastes like water. The stuff's made for mixing.

Drink a quality scotch, rum or tequila straight, they have FLAVOR, trow your vodka in with a coke when you want to get a buzz on without thinking about it.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: ChiBOY83

Originally posted by: BigJ
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No offense, but it is not equivalent to the premier vodkas, no matter how much you filter them.

maybe not to a connossieur (sp) but to a college student... we blind tasted it against 3 vodkas, grey goose was one of em...no one put grey goose as the smoothest

I am a college student, I just have more experience (not a conn. like you said) with the better vodkas. Personally, I don't even like GG as much as Chopin or Kettle One, or Stoli.

 

[Kadarin]

So.... What does "good" vodka taste like after filtering it through a Brita?

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: djheater

:thumbsup:


I've never understood why anyone would drink vodka straight if you're not Russian? That's the real question. Good vodka tastes like water. The stuff's made for mixing.

Drink a quality scotch, rum or tequila straight, they have FLAVOR, trow your vodka in with a coke when you want to get a buzz on without thinking about it.

Believe me, some of the cheap vodkas are that bad. When you're getting a handle for $9-11, it really is just that horrible. McCormicks, Popov, Rikolov, Zelko, etc. They taste absolutely terrible.

 

[ChiBOY83]

Originally posted by: djheater

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I've never understood why anyone would drink vodka straight if you're not Russian? That's the real question. Good vodka tastes like water. The stuff's made for mixing.

Drink a quality scotch, rum or tequila straight, they have FLAVOR, trow your vodka in with a coke when you want to get a buzz on without thinking about it.

i hear ya on that... BUT to get drunk, i need to mix drinks really STRONG w/ vodka, and its just draws out hte bad taste. so i figure get it outta tha way quick w/ shots then drawing out hte bas taste in a mixed drink... to be able to drink vodka mixed id be drinking 5-7 drinks, which is to much liquid for me.... but everyone does their drinknig differently

 

[TheNinja]

Kettle One or Belvedere for the win!

 

[ChiBOY83]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: ChiBOY83

Originally posted by: BigJ
[

No offense, but it is not equivalent to the premier vodkas, no matter how much you filter them.

maybe not to a connossieur (sp) but to a college student... we blind tasted it against 3 vodkas, grey goose was one of em...no one put grey goose as the smoothest

I am a college student, I just have more experience (not a conn. like you said) with the better vodkas. Personally, I don't even like GG as much as Chopin or Kettle One, or Stoli.

agreed..EVERYONE says GG is sucha scam, yet so many ppl still seem to drink it....good marketing i s'pose

 

[ChiBOY83]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
So.... What does "good" vodka taste like after filtering it through a Brita?

EDIT: nm, never filtered "good stuff"

 

[SampSon]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME>.the cost savings are HUGE....

brita filters $4/ per filter (which does about 3.5 mL)
****** vodka 1.75 mL $12


which i say is equilavent to 750mL grey goose ~$35


so for $14 you can get 1.75mL vodka that is equivalent to 1.75 mL grey goose for $70

.....so if you do the math like that its a $55 +-

EDIT: see Big3 post above for a similiar computation on the lower end

Sorry, filtered sh!t vodka isn't comparable to grey goose or anything NEAR top shelf. At absolute BEST it's comparable to smirnoff, absolute even (which is crap marketed as premium).

It's a one time cost of $15. You can get the filters themslves for $3-$4, which is usually good for 2-3 handles.

Crappy vodka ($10-$12/handle) vs mid-range ($25-28/handle), it's still cost efficient.

So you spend $15 once, and $5 everytime for a filter (because it seems to be popular opinion that you need a fresh filter for each bottle).
The net cost savings are what, $8, $10 at best? Mabey up to $15 if you want to reuse the filter and have the vodka filtered poorly. Man what killer savings! If you a few people together I'm sure you can pool loose change and whatnot to make up the difference. Though I understand there is some badass social status around drinking sh!t booze.

Reality is that if college children took 13 seconds to think about now they nickle and dime themselves to death they could EASILY afford a few extra bucks for something worth their while.
Take $2 bucks a day and don't spend it on taco bell, or vending machines or other crap, and you can have decent booze. Though I don't expect any college kids to understand that, even after their economics classes.

Have fun drinking sh!t!

 

[ChiBOY83]

well, im not guna lie, what you just wrote all out makes you sound like a douche, Sampson. $15 savings is a big deal to a college student... besides, what are you, 75 years old..vending machines...we are college students, not grade schoolers

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: SampSon

ARE YOU KIDDING ME>.the cost savings are HUGE....

brita filters $4/ per filter (which does about 3.5 mL)
****** vodka 1.75 mL $12


which i say is equilavent to 750mL grey goose ~$35


so for $14 you can get 1.75mL vodka that is equivalent to 1.75 mL grey goose for $70

.....so if you do the math like that its a $55 +-

EDIT: see Big3 post above for a similiar computation on the lower end

Sorry, filtered sh!t vodka isn't comparable to grey goose or anything NEAR top shelf. At absolute BEST it's comparable to smirnoff, absolute even (which is crap marketed as premium).

It's a one time cost of $15. You can get the filters themslves for $3-$4, which is usually good for 2-3 handles.

Crappy vodka ($10-$12/handle) vs mid-range ($25-28/handle), it's still cost efficient.

So you spend $15 once, and $5 everytime for a filter (because it seems to be popular opinion that you need a fresh filter for each bottle).
The net cost savings are what, $8, $10 at best? Mabey up to $15 if you want to reuse the filter and have the vodka filtered poorly. Man what killer savings! If you a few people together I'm sure you can pool loose change and whatnot to make up the difference. Though I understand there is some badass social status around drinking sh!t booze.

Reality is that if college children took 13 seconds to think about now they nickle and dime themselves to death they could EASILY afford a few extra bucks for something worth their while.
Take $2 bucks a day and don't spend it on taco bell, or vending machines or other crap, and you can have decent booze. Though I don't expect any college kids to understand that, even after their economics classes.

Have fun drinking sh!t!

I completely agree with you. However, this is why I found my niche in Kentucky Gentleman Whiskey. It tastes much better than any cheap vodka straight up, and mixes well with coke. It's also only $9-$12 a handle.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

Steal lab grade ethanol FTW!

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: ChiBOY83
well, im not guna lie, what you just wrote all out makes you sound like a douche, Sampson. $15 savings is a big deal to a college student... besides, what are you, 75 years old..vending machines...we are college students, not grade schoolers

I'm with Sampson on this. Life is too short to drink cheap booze. The lowest I will stoop is Sky vodka. You can buy a 1.75l bottle of that for $20 on sale.

 

[SampSon]

Originally posted by: ChiBOY83
well, im not guna lie, what you just wrote all out makes you sound like a douche, Sampson. $15 savings is a big deal to a college student... besides, what are you, 75 years old..vending machines...we are college students, not grade schoolers

No, it's really not that much money if you have more than 2 people involved. And that is $15 at the MOST. Really, you can make one simple change in your spending per day and save an EASY $20 per week without even thinking.

I've been through that college spending crunch, most make it out to be more than it really is. Anyway, you're a college kid, you SHOULD be drinking sh!t booze and loving it. Why would you need to filter your vodka? What are you? Some middle age yuppie douche bag?

Also, most don't drink vodka straight up. The closest vodka should get to straight up is in a gimlet, and no I don't expect you know what that is.

Second also, if you actually tracked your spending for a week or more (which you definitely don't, because you're a douche) you would be surprised how much money you piss away. Here is a quick suggestion for a badass blunt rolling high roller like you, don't roll blunts, roll joints, it's cheaper.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: ChiBOY83
well, im not guna lie, what you just wrote all out makes you sound like a douche, Sampson. $15 savings is a big deal to a college student... besides, what are you, 75 years old..vending machines...we are college students, not grade schoolers

I'm with Sampson on this. Life is too short to drink cheap booze. The lowest I will stoop is Sky vodka. You can buy a 1.75l bottle of that for $20 on sale.

Damn I've never seen Skyy for that cheap. That being said, I think it's crap, but for $20 I'd pick up a handle. Absolut is my mid-range vodka, which you can sometimes get for $22-25.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: ChiBOY83
well, im not guna lie, what you just wrote all out makes you sound like a douche, Sampson. $15 savings is a big deal to a college student... besides, what are you, 75 years old..vending machines...we are college students, not grade schoolers

I'm with Sampson on this. Life is too short to drink cheap booze. The lowest I will stoop is Sky vodka. You can buy a 1.75l bottle of that for $20 on sale.

Damn I've never seen Skyy for that cheap. That being said, I think it's crap, but for $20 I'd pick up a handle. Absolut is my mid-range vodka, which you can sometimes get for $22-25.

I think Sky is better than Absolut personally. I think Absolut tastes like ass...horrible after taste. Sky is much smoother.

Grey Goose is my favorite. There is no fvcking way you could ever filter cheap vodka and make it taste like Grey Goose.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: ChiBOY83
well, im not guna lie, what you just wrote all out makes you sound like a douche, Sampson. $15 savings is a big deal to a college student... besides, what are you, 75 years old..vending machines...we are college students, not grade schoolers

I'm with Sampson on this. Life is too short to drink cheap booze. The lowest I will stoop is Sky vodka. You can buy a 1.75l bottle of that for $20 on sale.

Damn I've never seen Skyy for that cheap. That being said, I think it's crap, but for $20 I'd pick up a handle. Absolut is my mid-range vodka, which you can sometimes get for $22-25.

I think Sky is better than Absolut personally. I think Absolut tastes like ass...horrible after taste. Sky is much smoother.

Grey Goose is my favorite. There is no fvcking way you could ever filter cheap vodka and make it taste like Grey Goose.

Agreed on the GG point. I actually mentioned that above.

I just don't know what it is, but Skyy tastes very harsh to me. But for $20 a handle, I'd take whatever of the mid-grades there was.

 

[Nocturnal]

WTF does Grey Goose taste like? What would happen if I filtered Absolut? Would the after taste disappear?

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: Rudee
I don't drink Vodka straight, thus when I mix it with cranberry the difference in taste would be slim to none

You're wrong. Even a mediocre vodka like Smirnoff when mixed tastes 200x inferior to Grey Goose when mixed...

You can still tell Grey Goose is smooth even when mixed.

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
WTF does Grey Goose taste like? What would happen if I filtered Absolut? Would the after taste disappear?

No point in filtering decent Vodka. Filter the cheap sh!t only. I think filtering ruins the taste. I mean it's better, but it wont be as good as Grey goose or Belvedere. It just doesn't have the same taste...

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

I tried it last year after the original thread. Maybe it was just the vodka I got, but it still tasted like ****** after filtering. It was definately better, but still ******. that's after 5-8 trips through the filter,

 

[newParadigm]

Originally posted by: ChiBOY83
I am sure many of you have seen this on the internet at some point or another, BUT, i figured if this helps one person out who has not heard of this, it will make your night much better.... Get the cheapest vodka available and filter it through an ordinary brita water filter 3 or 4 times... your $12 vodka now tastes as smooth as $45 vodka......i just finished filtering mine for the evening and I figured it might help some people out tonite. have been doin it since last semester and its making a GREAT final year in college...peace

http://www.ohmygoditburns.com/wordpress/index.php?p=4

it really does work...remarkably well. even my parents tasted the difference



edit: typo

Ser old news...took Vladmir ($5 for a 1.75ltr) and filtered it 4 times, com[pared to Grey Goose, couldnt tell the difference

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Welcome to the Internet. OLD NEWS.

Go thug out in your Daewoo or whatever POS you're driving these days.

- M4H

 

[HomeAppraiser]

Would this work for other spirits without stripping the flavour? My wife picked up a 1.5 litre bottle of off brand light rum by instead of the good stuff last month and it has been sitting there unused after she took one sip! I'm even too embarassed to pawn it off on relatives.

 

[myusername]

Has anyone here tried 42 Below that can compare it to Grey Goose? I had GG on rocks and thought it was amazingly smooth. Instead of GG, I looked around and purchased 42 Below (which reviewed well many times). I had it chilled to below 32F (freezer) but no ice. It was smoother than, e.g. Absolut, but it had an astringent quality and an unpleasant strong sour note that I thought characteristic of Skyy. To my recollection the GG exhibited neither of these. Could it be the difference of the ice, am I just romanticizing how good the GG actually was, or are the 2 vodkas that different - and if so, how is it that they both are highly reviewed?

Also, OP should just buy Gordon's Vodka and not bother with the filtering.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: ChiBOY83

Originally posted by: djheater

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I've never understood why anyone would drink vodka straight if you're not Russian? That's the real question. Good vodka tastes like water. The stuff's made for mixing.

Drink a quality scotch, rum or tequila straight, they have FLAVOR, trow your vodka in with a coke when you want to get a buzz on without thinking about it.

i hear ya on that... BUT to get drunk, i need to mix drinks really STRONG w/ vodka, and its just draws out hte bad taste. so i figure get it outta tha way quick w/ shots then drawing out hte bas taste in a mixed drink... to be able to drink vodka mixed id be drinking 5-7 drinks, which is to much liquid for me.... but everyone does their drinknig differently

So, your sole purpose of drinking is to get drunk??
And, you're constantly broke?

1. buy a couple 50 pound bags of grain
2. buy some yeast
3. grain + water + yeast... let it ferment
4. while it's fermenting, build a still.
5. distill the alcohol out
6. run the alcohol through a Brita filter
7. sell most of your moonshine to your friends
8. drink
9. PROFIT!

(my first "profit" post)