Vodka... what's your choice.
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Stolichnaya is my go-to. It's reasonable priced and it tastes the least like anything, IMO.
I never understood the concept behind expensive "craft" vodka. Just ferment some stuff in decent water, distill it and filter it.
I never understood the concept behind expensive "craft" vodka. Just ferment some stuff in decent water, distill it and filter it.
...or you could buy Tito's. I heard in their ads that it's gluten-free! 
WTF is the matter with people? 
WTF is the matter with people? 
If you aren't drinking it straight up premium vodka is like burning your money.
I like silent sam, or a Polish one called Wyborowa for mixed drinks. I can't get it here but I have heard great things about Costco's Kirkland brand Vodka.
https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/78mevb/why-costcos-vodka-may-be-your-best-bet
I like silent sam, or a Polish one called Wyborowa for mixed drinks. I can't get it here but I have heard great things about Costco's Kirkland brand Vodka.
https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/78mevb/why-costcos-vodka-may-be-your-best-bet
Grey goose if anyone is going to be drinking it straight
Costco Kirkland brand if the fancy grey goose bottle isn't important
i'm cheap AF and drink a lot though
if your mixing drinks and the bottle doesn't matter: SVEDKA it taste good and it's cheap
Costco Kirkland brand if the fancy grey goose bottle isn't important
i'm cheap AF and drink a lot though
if your mixing drinks and the bottle doesn't matter: SVEDKA it taste good and it's cheap Picked up SVEDKA about an hr ago.Guatemalan Insanity Pepper said:Grey goose if anyone is going to be drinking it straight
Costco Kirkland brand if the fancy grey goose bottle isn't important
i'm cheap AF and drink a lot though
It's a winner.... pouring round two now
Try Jewel of Russia if you can get it in your area. It's a type 3 (govt designated best tier) Russian vodka made with mineral water and is one of the only true Russian style vodkas you will find as an export. (Don't you dare put it in a mixed drink, heathen!) Looks like mineral oil in the bottle. Has the awesome heavy taste and texture Stolichnaya used to back when it was a real vodka and not mass produced swill. (Before Stoli stopped using mineral water and started using distilled water and tasteless grains like every other boring vodka on the planet.) The Jewel Ultra is slightly less heavy and more smooth, but it will be expensive as they only make about 10 to 20,000 bottles of that a year...and each bottle is hand painted + signed.
Get Dan Akyroyd's Crystal Head if you want a really cool bottle to keep around; especially when it comes to the translucent, iridescent metal finish of the aurora bottles. It's a clean vodka, but nothing special. Feel free to mix with it. That nifty skull bottle is obviously a chunk of the cost. The 1.75 is the size of your head and the aurora version of that is especially cool looking since the process renders each bottle unique.
Get Kai Lychee if you like the taste of lychee. Don't know if you like the taste of lychee? Maybe try to find some in a local Asian market first. It smells like a perfume to many westerners I know and some claim it tastes medicinal to them as a result. Perhaps an acquired taste, but unbeatable among flavored vodkas if you have a taste for it. Good mixer as well, for the same reason. Even a small amount will add a hint of lychee flavor to anything you put it in.
Русский Стандарт (Russian Standard) is not bad for a mass produced vodka, is cheap, and is readily available all over the place. Their Imperia is generally very smooth and still reasonably cheap.
Always found Grey Goose a waste of money, incidentally (especially if you're only mixing drinks with it). Much like The MacAllan, it's a quality spirit that got popular among the glam set and promptly jacked its price 10-20 bucks higher than everything else in its tier (thus, never worth buying over anything else in its tier unless attempting to keep up appearances or seeking variety).
Cheers.
Get Dan Akyroyd's Crystal Head if you want a really cool bottle to keep around; especially when it comes to the translucent, iridescent metal finish of the aurora bottles. It's a clean vodka, but nothing special. Feel free to mix with it. That nifty skull bottle is obviously a chunk of the cost. The 1.75 is the size of your head and the aurora version of that is especially cool looking since the process renders each bottle unique.
Get Kai Lychee if you like the taste of lychee. Don't know if you like the taste of lychee? Maybe try to find some in a local Asian market first. It smells like a perfume to many westerners I know and some claim it tastes medicinal to them as a result. Perhaps an acquired taste, but unbeatable among flavored vodkas if you have a taste for it. Good mixer as well, for the same reason. Even a small amount will add a hint of lychee flavor to anything you put it in.
Русский Стандарт (Russian Standard) is not bad for a mass produced vodka, is cheap, and is readily available all over the place. Their Imperia is generally very smooth and still reasonably cheap.
Always found Grey Goose a waste of money, incidentally (especially if you're only mixing drinks with it). Much like The MacAllan, it's a quality spirit that got popular among the glam set and promptly jacked its price 10-20 bucks higher than everything else in its tier (thus, never worth buying over anything else in its tier unless attempting to keep up appearances or seeking variety).
Cheers.
"A bottle of fancy vodka, like Grey Goose, costs about $35. A bottle of the cheap stuff can be under $10. That's a wide range, but, by definition, vodka is colorless, odorless, and tasteless. So, could there really be a difference between vodkas? Or is the difference all in the marketing?"
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/02/23/588346329/episode-826-the-vodka-proof
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/02/23/588346329/episode-826-the-vodka-proof
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When I was drinking vodka I would buy the cheap shit and a can of frozen oj concentrate. Would replace a fifth of the water with vodka and commence to getting retarded. But here is a link to some local to me vodka.
When I was drinking vodka I would buy the cheap shit and a can of frozen oj concentrate. Would replace a fifth of the water with vodka and commence to getting retarded. But here is a link to some local to me vodka.
Russian Standard or Stolichnaya.
They're very similar and a very similar price so whichever one's on offer is the one I'll get. Nice butterscotch/vannilla notes to them from the wheat but they're very mild and the real appeal is more their comparative lack of flavour.
The cheap crap tastes quite strongly of nail varnish remover to me and, IMO at least, that includes Smirnoff.
They're very similar and a very similar price so whichever one's on offer is the one I'll get. Nice butterscotch/vannilla notes to them from the wheat but they're very mild and the real appeal is more their comparative lack of flavour.
The cheap crap tastes quite strongly of nail varnish remover to me and, IMO at least, that includes Smirnoff.