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Hmmm.
Ok. I’ve bought like 15 bottles of vodka. What is the best brand of vodka out there? And I don’t mean for mixing either. I prefer to drink it neat at either room temperature or chilled.
Anybody?
Not to be racist, but don’t you think that all hangovers are a bunch of assholes?
Yes, Scott. I do.
ed —
I drank Three Olive vodka last night. It’s Brit vodka. Very good for the price.
Ed,
I don’t know anything about vodka myself, but this guy might have some ideas.
Try Polish vodka, Belvedere or Chopin. Very smooth. My beloved, being Russian, says all non- Russian vodka is crap. I tend not to argue.
Ed,
I find Grey Goose to taste best by itself. I use it in my double martinis, straight up with a twist. Shaken not stirred. And after four or five of them, the Goose actually begins to talk to you.
Hmmm.
I just picked up a few bottles of Polish potato vodka so I’m giving some a try tonight. Oh and it includes a bottle of Chopin, so I’m in luck. Thanks!
And I’ve got a bottle of Glacier potato vodka from that romantic place … Idaho. *shrug* what the hell, they certainly must know their potatoes there eh?
And thanks. I completely forgot about VodkaPundit. I’m pretty set on my favorite gin, scotch, whiskey and bourbon. But I’ve been having trouble finding an excellent vodka. *shrug* I don’t drink often, so I prefer to really enjoy it.
After two does it matter?
I’ve always been fond of Absolut Citron. Can’t go wrong with Stoly, either.
When it comes to vodka, I’ve always preferred, well, a good single-malt Scotch, actually.
Skyy has a pretty bottle. Makes decent Kamikazes.
Wife sez:
Stoli is the low end, marketing-wise, in Russia. Not to bad mouth your choice, I like it fine.
I think it got to the US thru a deal to get Pepsi into the USSR.
Da, harrison. But Stoli made for export is not at all the same as their domestic. They keep the better stuff for the Motherland, at least liquor-wise. We did a side by side comparison and there’s no comparison– Russian finks.
Jeff, this is a mother speaking. You need to keep your brains cells lubed with Omega oils and sirloin and not spirits. Your mind would be a terrible thing to waist.
Ed – Vseslav Charodei, Ciroc or Kettle One. Stoli Elite is good but way overpriced.
Tomorrow night, I will be having my first EVER martini. Going to eat at Grandpa, and that is what grandpa drinks. Funny, because I was a bartender for about 15 years – I’ve been making martinis for martini-drinkers before they were even “in.” Just never drank ‘em. I’ve had a lot of fun, though, messing with martini snobs. My favorite martini drinker took them “dirty and wet.” What’s not to love about a guy ordering such a martini?
Screw vodka. Gin is where it’s at.
Personally, I like Tanqueray, but I’m not dogmatic about it. A little Bombay, a little Citadel, whatever.
Not to be racist, but your hangover isn’t very articulate.
Unfortunately I’m just a lowly college kid who drinks Aristocrat.
BECAUSE OF THE SOCIAL HIERARCHY.
Amen. Bombay Sapphire, extra dry, on the rocks with an olive. Or, if you can find it, a good Boodles.
(Puts PDQ Bach’s Oratio “The Seasonings” on the turntable, cranks up the volume, and runs out laughing.)
Hmmm.
1. Thanks to all for the advice. I’m definitely going to give them a try.
2. Ok let’s combine two threads. Now let’s talk about the new drink sensation:
Cannibitini!
Ok. I like to start trouble.
spamword: “can”, as in “Cannibitini in a can!”
What is a ruralite to do? Any brand available here tastes exactly like shit.
Gotta choke it all with grapefruit.
Maybe it’s the grapefruit.
Just sayin’.
Jeff,
This is probably one of your best posts ever. Seriously, and I’ve been reading for a long time now.
A gin man myself, I like my martinis like I like my women: dirty and on the rocks.
My champagne is still on ice, Jeffrey.
Ha. Ha. Ha.
Vodka has no business in a martini. It may go into a Bloody Mary if it likes, or a screwdriver. But not a martini.
A martini is made with gin, a kiss of vermouth, and a little bit of olive brine (yeah–I like ‘em like my women, too).
Seth and Atilla Girl have both got the right idea. Tanqueray and Beefeater are my favorites. I like either one dry, a little bit dirty, and on the rocks.
Incidentally, I think I read somewhere that if you’re drinking gin martinis, you want them stirred. Shaking apparently “bruises” the botanicals in the gin, or some such thing.
…or, as my grandmother once told me, martinis are like breasts: one’s not enough, three’s too many.
tw: keep, as in “last time I had three martinis, I couldn’t keep off the floor.”
Really, Sean M? You like your girls dry?
Ed-
As far as great vodkas go, some old friends and I did a blind tastetest, sweet sixteen style with brackets and everything. We even had a full-blooded Russian on the panel. In the end, this Swedish(?) brand called Thor’s Hammer won the prize. Grey Goose (though it was the rooski’s fave) fell behind in the second or third round, while Popov(it comes in a plastic bottle!), made it through a few rounds. The only way to find a good vodka is to drink them all, and choose one for yourself.
A delicious Martini:
Gin.
Open a bottle of Vermouth.
Pour it down the drain.
Add tonic to the gin.
With or without ice.
Lime if available.
Added benefit: No malaria.
Seldane!
Although I like my martinis dry, I do think that you actually have to add some vermouth to them. To me, there’s a difference between a “martini” and a “glass of gin”. What I like to do is put a little vermouth in the glass, swirl it around to coat the inside of the glass, dump out the excess, and then pour in the gin. If you do it right, you’ll get enough of a coating on the glass that by the time you finish swirling, and put the glass down to get the gin, enough of the vermouth will have drained down to the bottom of the glass to form a small (very small) pool.
TW: “Because” BECAUSE OF THE BOOZY DELICIOUSNESS!
You gin bigots just need to get over it. Vodka martinis are not going away.
I prefer Ciroc or Grey Goose myself. If I’m having gin it has to be Bombay Sapphire.
Popov?
I think that’s what Pat Summerall was swilling in the Monday Night Football Booth back in the day.
The Russians got Vodka from the Poles, so go right to the source. Also potato vodka sounds better than it is. In Poland, the best Vodka is made from Rye.
I’m sure Boris Yeltsin could recommend a
goodcheap vodka.They got Poland from the Poles, too.
Reminds me of “Five Billion Bottles of Vodka to the Moon” by a Russian scientist. Out of print, but recommended if you see it at a used bookstore. Tales of Russian life from somone that was on the in track, then lost it.
The title refers to how much vodka was consumed in the USSR each year, and how far it would reach.
That’s great, guys. Lots of advice on the best premium gin and vodka brands to a guy who’s 1) drinking alone, 2)hammered on a Monday night, 3)started naming his hangovers, and 4) talking to them. What Jeff clearly needs here is a quantity-oriented approach.
I suggest Ace’s method, Jeff: Value-Rite vodka by the case, with a Sterno chaser.
TW needs, as in That martini needs a little more sterno.
For drinking neat, I like the smoothness of Belvedere and Ketel One.
Alas, tempting as you all make it sound, I cannot drink gin. Can’t seem to get past the taste. It disagrees with my DNA. (Although Pimm’s Cup is certainly tasty.)
Oh–and dirty martinis are an abomination. To my mind, the intrusion of the olive juice upsets the delicate equilibrium of the drink.
Now, if I could only remember its name, I’d tell you of a hormone-charged Australian Shiraz I had last year that tasted exactly like a passionate kiss with a beautiful woman. In the back seat of a car.
But, at the moment, I can’t.
I thought they got Poland from the Germans. Most recently, anyway.
I drink Absolut or Wyborowa. But martinis are gin as far as I’m concerned. Tanqueray, a smidgin of Noilly Prat and lots of stuff on a cocktail stick.
As far as their wit, yes. Yes I do.
Funny, I would have pegged Ghandi as a merlot kind of guy.
Hanger One vodka from Cali. It is one of the best and costs the same as the Goose. Besides it knocks Goose out of the water. The flavored one’s are good too, especially the Lime.
A Booze Hound who works in the Booze Biz.
Finlandia vodka, chilled. Thats all you need.
Shilling a bit here. But Ikon True Russia Vodka is very good and exceptional for the price which average around 13 to 15 bucks. Quadruple distilled and filtered, I think it would be hard for anyone to find it less enjoyable then their super premium brands