The Current State of Vodka (or if you prefer all vodka comes from three distilleries)

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ZyyzYzzy_sl said:
What is with all the disgusting flavored vodkas? Women ruining more shit I guess.

I prefer potato vodka personally, but I'm a Guido so what do I know.
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its only vodka is its 40% alcohol 80 proof. all flavored vodkas are 35/70 - its marketing bullshit

Jais_sl said:
Isn't vodka made to have no flavor? Better vodka = less flavor? And everyone older than 16 mixes vodka with something right?

I've always been confused by vodka.
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its not so much the flavor as it is the burn. good vodka doesnt have burn.

in reality, all vodka in the world is basically made by 3 distilleries and all the companies just buy that ethanol and filter it in their own facilities. thats why premium vodka is such a huge business. you buy the "raw" product elsewhere, filter it a bit and then market the shit out of it. unlike brown liquor, which you have to age for years to get a decent markup, vodka doesnt get better or worse with age. so you charge what you can get away with.

wormie is a great example of someone who bought into the hype. you put out 5 tumblers of grey goose, belvedere, ketel one, smirnoff and stolichnaya and he wont be able to tell you which is belvedere. better yet, he wont even be able to tell you which is "premium vodka" and which isnt.

im as russian as it gets. i drink vodka often and i never mix it. i dont do "shots" either like all these american faggots. i drink it like a normal person. and ill tell you right now that these days, the best vodka is Tito's and it comes from Austin, TX. Not Russia.
 
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TIL: Vodka is basically russian moonshine.

Except good moonshine is like 160-190 proof and it makes you cry when you drink it.

That right there is the difference between American rednecks and Russian rednecks.
 
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You can get some really high proof vodka in NJ. I forget who makes it, but it's like 150ish.
 
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I find that if I start by snorting 2mg of Xanax, the quality of the vodka is pretty irrelevant. Save money. Lose friends.
 
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Slammed dunked a bunch of this when i worked in Poland.
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Araysar_sl said:
its only vodka is its 40% alcohol 80 proof. all flavored vodkas are 35/70 - its marketing bullshit



its not so much the flavor as it is the burn. good vodka doesnt have burn.

in reality, all vodka in the world is basically made by 3 distilleries and all the companies just buy that ethanol and filter it in their own facilities. thats why premium vodka is such a huge business. you buy the "raw" product elsewhere, filter it a bit and then market the shit out of it. unlike brown liquor, which you have to age for years to get a decent markup, vodka doesnt get better or worse with age. so you charge what you can get away with.

wormie is a great example of someone who bought into the hype. you put out 5 tumblers of grey goose, belvedere, ketel one, smirnoff and stolichnaya and he wont be able to tell you which is belvedere. better yet, he wont even be able to tell you which is "premium vodka" and which isnt.

im as russian as it gets. i drink vodka often and i never mix it. i dont do "shots" either like all these american faggots. i drink it like a normal person. and ill tell you right now that these days, the best vodka is Tito's and it comes from Austin, TX. Not Russia.
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Titos burns going down. Belvedere does not. You lose.
 
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wormie_sl said:
Titos burns going down. Belvedere does not. You lose.
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tito's doesnt burn me. (neither really does belvedere but i see no point in paying double for what i know to be basically same vodka).

perhaps you have a pussy throat?
 
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Araysar_sl said:
tito's doesnt burn me. (neither really does belvedere but i see no point in paying double for what i know to be basically same vodka).

perhaps you have a pussy throat?
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No, just better taste.
 
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Aray is right about the russian vodkas. They make the same shit and put 10% in expensive bottles and 90% in shit bottles. I doubt the poles and swedes are any better. We should send in UN inspectors.
 
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Araysar_sl said:
its only vodka is its 40% alcohol 80 proof. all flavored vodkas are 35/70 - its marketing bullshit



its not so much the flavor as it is the burn. good vodka doesnt have burn.

in reality, all vodka in the world is basically made by 3 distilleries and all the companies just buy that ethanol and filter it in their own facilities. thats why premium vodka is such a huge business. you buy the "raw" product elsewhere, filter it a bit and then market the shit out of it. unlike brown liquor, which you have to age for years to get a decent markup, vodka doesnt get better or worse with age. so you charge what you can get away with.

wormie is a great example of someone who bought into the hype. you put out 5 tumblers of grey goose, belvedere, ketel one, smirnoff and stolichnaya and he wont be able to tell you which is belvedere. better yet, he wont even be able to tell you which is "premium vodka" and which isnt.

im as russian as it gets. i drink vodka often and i never mix it. i dont do "shots" either like all these american faggots. i drink it like a normal person. and ill tell you right now that these days, the best vodka is Tito's and it comes from Austin, TX. Not Russia.
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Ciroc is awesomeness. Grey Goose isn't really that great, tbh, sure as hell not Ketel One or anything below it (Ketel One is ok with soda, though).

Too bad P Diddy bought Ciroc, I think. Hell of a Vodka, though most grape vodkas tend to be smoother - at least in my experience.
 
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Costco's house vodka (Kirkland) is exactly same vodka as Grey Goose, its made by same distillery in same facility, just gets a different label slapped on it.

the "premium" vodka market is a farce
 
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Araysar_sl said:
Costco's house vodka (Kirkland) is exactly same vodka as Grey Goose, its made by same distillery in same facility, just gets a different label slapped on it.

the "premium" vodka market is a farce
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I tried to find an official source for this, but while it's a very popular rumor it doesn't seem to be confirmed.
Here'sa taste test that says Kirkland is actually better (although if vodka tasting is as full of shit as wine tasting that might not mean much), andhereit says they're produced in the same plant but have differences in taste.

Has anybody found anything more concrete?
 
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