Vodka

bopicasso

Vodka is my drink of choice. My usual drink is the 3 olive regular vodka. For the money it can not be beat. 26.99 for the 1.75L. But when its time to celebrate I go to the best vodka imo, Hanger One.

Sherardp

Willow wrote: »

We are big fans of Chopin right now. We drink it straight. It's clean and fresh! We also have enjoyed k1 and goose ( which I find is becoming the veuve cliquot of vodka) last week we wanted a simple drink but all we had 7 up as a mix, we made a Chopin 7 and boy it was so good. The mix of the sweetness from the 7 combined with the vodka, Chopin took the super sweet edge off the 7. I don't like to mix good booze but this was just tasty!

I'm with you Willow, Chopin Vodka is very good stuff.

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According to the Food Network mixed drink guy, if you take second tier vodka and put it through an activated charcoal water purifier two or three times it will taste exactly like top shelf stuff.
Can't stand vodka, myself, tastes too much like lighter fluid to me. Now Irish whiskey or scotch, now that's a drink.

heiney9

Ken, the nicer (ie, more expensive) Vodka's don't taste like that. I love good scotch or whiskey too and well as a nice anejo Tequila. The only spirit I don't care for on its own is Gin, even if it's top shelf Gin.

H9

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Thanks, H9, maybe I'll give a better vodka a chance, 200 million Russians can't all be wrong!
The funny thing is I've always wanted to try a really good martini, but the vodka part has kept me away. Anyone drink rye?

Willow

Kenneth Swauger wrote: »

Thanks, H9, maybe I'll give a better vodka a chance, 200 million Russians can't all be wrong!
The funny thing is I've always wanted to try a really good martini, but the vodka part has kept me away. Anyone drink rye?

We only drink Crown.

TroyD

My first foray into whiskey was Canadian rye....as that was what my grandfather drank. Personally, I never cared for it. I'll take a good bourbon. I do like Irish whiskey, I'm rather fond of Bushmills as a daily driver. Scotch, I like but probably not my first choice and I say that because there is good Scotch and bad Scotch....and not much in between. Probably the cheapest Scotch that I like is Famous Grouse.

Ken, a real martini is made with gin! Bombay Sapphire is the only way to go.

BDT

Willow

TroyD wrote: »

My first foray into whiskey was Canadian rye....as that was what my grandfather drank. Personally, I never cared for it. I'll take a good bourbon. I do like Irish whiskey, I'm rather fond of Bushmills as a daily driver. Scotch, I like but probably not my first choice and I say that because there is good Scotch and bad Scotch....and not much in between. Probably the cheapest Scotch that I like is Famous Grouse.

Ken, a real martini is made with gin! Bombay Sapphire is the only way to go.

BDT

Tanq 10 for us. That is next on our list to buy as we have run out!

Jstas

dorokusai wrote: »

Grey Goose is almost sweet to me in regards to a taste....just excellent. Yep, 3Olives is ok...Belvedere a bit more raw than Goose if that makes any sense. I tend to use Goose as my bar, so to speak.

Yeah, the Vod shelf has increased since Grey Goose was introduced in the late 90's. I 100% agree on Absolut...it's just plain awful alone but has purpose in a Bloody Mary.

Belvedere is a rye vodka. It has a "different" taste because it's one of the few that is made solely from rye and not blended with other spirits made from sweeter, starchier bases like potatoes or other grains like barley, rice and corn. It's distilled in Warsaw, Poland and they use their own protected source of water. Belvedere came here in the mid-90's but they have been distilling vodka for over 600 years. Even though it is distilled 4 times and filtered then blended with the purified spring water, rye vodka has a harsh and strong taste to it. Much like Canadian rye whiskey. It comes across as dry, bitter and kind of spicy. Belvedere is my favorite. It's good neat, on the rocks or in a martini.

Vodka is attributed to the Russians but in reality, in the 14th century the area that's been attributed for creating the drink was not Russian territory but it was what is now Poland and former Soviet Bloc countries like Belarus, Ukraine and Lithuania.

dorokusai

Sherardp wrote: »

I love Vodka, Crystal Skull is good, Grey Goose, Chopin, Ciroc are some of my other favs.

Is the Crystal Head really that good? I love the bottle. How's it fair in regards to Absolut and Grey Goose...for example?

Troy - If you haven't almost died at some point, you simply haven't lived.

dorokusai

heiney9 wrote: »

Ken, the nicer (ie, more expensive) Vodka's don't taste like that. I love good scotch or whiskey too and well as a nice anejo Tequila. The only spirit I don't care for on its own is Gin, even if it's top shelf Gin.

H9

No kidding, Gin is terrible.

inspiredsports

My wife and I attended to my 35 year high school class reunion last Saturday and I drank lots and lots of Absolut (doubles on the rocks with a twist of lime).

It did a nice job making what turned out to be a huge percentage of 53-54 year old women who would scare a caveman look approachable. If we have a 40th I'm staying home.

Somehow my wife and I still look mid-forties. I think it's the 4 teens at home that keep us young and running.

But for those times we need to hang with our age group, Absolutely ABSOLUT!

Jstas

inspiredsports wrote: »

My wife and I attended to my 35 year high school class reunion last Saturday and I drank lots and lots of Absolut (doubles on the rocks with a twist of lime).

It did a nice job making what turned out to be a huge percentage of 53-54 year old women who would scare a caveman look approachable. If we have a 40th I'm staying home.

Somehow my wife and I still look mid-forties. I think it's the 4 teens at home that keep us young and running.

But for those times we need to hang with our age group, Absolutely ABSOLUT!

Sounds like a new ad campaign for Absolut!

"Absolut. For when a blurred reality is absolutely the best option! Yeesh!"

halo71

TroyD wrote: »

I'll take a good bourbon
BDT

Getcha some Elijah Craig 18 year old bourbon. Very good stuff!

heiney9

It's 3:45 CST and in exactly 1:15 minutes I will have a nice cold Grey Goose Martini with 2anchovie olives. Can't wait!

H9

bopicasso

Elijah Craig is good bourbon.

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There's Talisker in my future...

inspiredsports

Jstas wrote: »

Sounds like a new ad campaign for Absolut!

"Absolut. For when a blurred reality is absolutely the best option! Yeesh!"

Almost a week later and I'm still traumatized from when I was hugged and kissed by a woman (a cheerleader and one of the top 10 hottest girls in the class at 18) who made The Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz look good.

My old girlfriend (a cheerleader and I'd put her in the top 12 at age 18) who had fried her brain on drugs, gained 80 pounds, and grown a ZZ Top beard didn't remember me until I showed her our prom pictures!

On balance, there were two or three women who looked stunning at 18 as well as 53.

I don't want to come off as hung up on looks, but I was just mortified at how poorly some (men and women both) had held up and it was a good segueway as to why I knocked back nearly a bottle of my favorit spirit.

"Absolut, For When You Absoultely Have To Get Hammered To Make It Through The Night"

cstmar01

dorokusai wrote: »

Is the Crystal Head really that good? I love the bottle. How's it fair in regards to Absolut and Grey Goose...for example?

Troy - If you haven't almost died at some point, you simply haven't lived.

it is OK. IMO you are paying more for the bottle than the vodka itself. I would put it above Absolut but below Goose.

Jstas

inspiredsports wrote: »

Almost a week later and I'm still traumatized from when I was hugged and kissed by a woman (a cheerleader and one of the top 10 hottest girls in the class at 18) who made The Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz look good.

My old girlfriend (a cheerleader and I'd put her in the top 12 at age 18) who had fried her brain on drugs, gained 80 pounds, and grown a ZZ Top beard didn't remember me until I showed her our prom pictures!

On balance, there were two or three women who looked stunning at 18 as well as 53.

I don't want to come off as hung up on looks, but I was just mortified at how poorly some (men and women both) had held up and it was a good segueway as to why I knocked back nearly a bottle of my favorit spirit.

"Absolut, For When You Absoultely Have To Get Hammered To Make It Through The Night"

There's nothing to "come off" as. In high school, it was all about looks. Then the girls wised up and figured that "earning potential" was more attractive and proceeded to find the sugar daddy. But then they age, get busted looking and dumped with the kids while the sugar daddy goes to find a new trophy. I see it in the people from high school that I run in to from time to time and my 15th reunion just passed. Funny, my sister was invited but not me. I guess they never really do grow out of high school. I wonder how much it sucks when your high school years were your best/peak years?

inspiredsports

Jstas wrote: »

There's nothing to "come off" as. In high school, it was all about looks. Then the girls wised up and figured that "earning potential" was more attractive and proceeded to find the sugar daddy. But then they age, get busted looking and dumped with the kids while the sugar daddy goes to find a new trophy. I see it in the people from high school that I run in to from time to time and my 15th reunion just passed. Funny, my sister was invited but not me. I guess they never really do grow out of high school. I wonder how much it sucks when your high school years were your best/peak years?

Funny, after the reunion, (and not hung over because Vodka metabolizes so well ), that's what I was telling my Junior in high school son.

He's a varsity athlete and popular, and I told him to be careful how he acts and how he judges others. Sometime the big man on campus at 18 is at the top of his game and headed nowhere but down.

Mike Kozak

Ok, did not expect this many posts, but I will add.......when I was in College, playing cards at a party I thought it would be a cool idea to do a flaming shot of Don Q 151. THANK GOD I missed my mouth and it spilled on my face and upper lip. I still have the scar where I had 2nd degree burns. Someone at the table had the good sense to throw me a towell to dowse the flames. The scar is only evident to me, but what if it went down my throat?? Permanent damage?????

fishbones

And I thought I've done stupid ****!!? LMAO

Right now, I'm enjoying one of my favorites lately....RonRico Rum w/V8 Splash.....this drink makes me feel like I'm sitting at a walk-up pool bar at Club Med

inspiredsports

Mike Kozak wrote: »

Ok, did not expect this many posts, but I will add.......when I was in College, playing cards at a party I thought it would be a cool idea to do a flaming shot of Don Q 151. THANK GOD I missed my mouth and it spilled on my face and upper lip. I still have the scar where I had 2nd degree burns. Someone at the table had the good sense to throw me a towell to dowse the flames. The scar is only evident to me, but what if it went down my throat?? Permanent damage?????

I don't remember the year, but it was before we were married in '82 when January 1 fell on a Sunday. I remember sitting in church next to my now mother in law who was wondering why my mustache was singed and lips were chapped

TroyD

bopicasso wrote: »

Elijah Craig is good bourbon.

Blanton's is my favorite (pricey, special occaisions)

Basil Hayden, reasonably affordable....but still excellent

Maker's Mark...daily driver.

BDT

j allen

Stoli is the way to go for us for a good, affordable vodka. Grey Goose is delicious, but generally too pricey for me.

In regards to the crystal head vodka, I would say it's better than absolut, worse than stoli, if that provides any kind of a frame of reference.