CHANGSTAR: Audiophile Headphone Reviews and Early 90s Style BBS
Non-Audio Stuff => Food and Drink => Topic started by: Claritas on August 02, 2015, 09:22:05 AM
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I used to drink scotch a couple of times a week throughout the early and mid-2000s, most often Laphroaig 15. By 2007, I was drinking more vodka neat than whisky.
I tend to prefer potato to grain and I'm very taken with Boyd & Blair. It's oily and a little sweet: "tubes done wrong" = vodka done right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmNaJUMDOGg
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My idea of a good time is Vikingfjord, it's smooth so works well for mixing too. I gave my friend a drink at a party 50/50 vikingfjord & lemonade snapple. He thought I didn't put any alcohol in it. He had a bottle of Absolut Vodka and the next drink I used his bottle. Immediately he reacted that it was too strong. Absolut Vodka is the 2nd most selling vodka in the world and it's probably on the top 2 shittiest vodkas in the world.
(http://bloggfiler.no/mistervister.blogg.no/images/1617981-10-1350139731843.jpg)
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I prefer Absolute to a lot of Smirnoff-kind oversmoothed vodka. The worst vodka for me was Namiroff. Undrinkable.
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I am currently working on a bottle of Death's Door. It is worth checking out.
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Bel-ve-dere :)p5
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I like Tito's.
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Sobieski.
It's dirt cheap and I actually prefer it a lot of more expensive vodkas. It could stand to be a little smoother but its flavor is great.
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Sobieski.
It's dirt cheap and I actually prefer it a lot of more expensive vodkas. It could stand to be a little smoother but its flavor is great.
You Asians and your lust for Sobieski...
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6Z9d4gqUKZQ/UwBWBWE_2XI/AAAAAAAACqc/-nIEgpZr2nQ/s1600/LeeleeSobieski1.jpg)
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You Asians and your lust for Sobieski...
lol wut?
I'm actually just a weaboo.
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lol wut?
I'm actually just a weaboo.
Ugh, even worse...
(http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/981/579/7b8.gif)
p:/
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I like Russian Standard/Tito's/Kirkland
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I like Russian Standard/Tito's/Kirkland
Russian Standard is very good. I often go for Stoli for that ol' soviet charm. Still, nothing beats the Poles (Krolewska, to add to the list).
As for notably overhyped vodkas, Grey Goose holds a very special role in defining overpriced mediocrity.
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Sobieski.
It's dirt cheap and I actually prefer it a lot of more expensive vodkas. It could stand to be a little smoother but its flavor is great.
Ah, the Objective 2 of vodkas. ;)
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I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to vodka but Anetode took me to a great little place when I was in town where they made their own vodkas:
http://moscowonthehill.com/
The horseradish vodka was excellent!
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As for notably overhyped vodkas, Grey Goose holds a very special role in defining overpriced mediocrity.
It used to be one of my favorites before I discovered potatoes in 2010. Ten years ago, it was very obviously more refined than its competitors and you pay a premium for that. But it started slipping in quality, becoming harsher and less subtle. Same thing happened to Ketel One long before that, except it became ever more watery.
I picked up Vikingfjord and Monopolowa today and just had a quick taste so this is only a first impression:
Vikingfjord doesn't offend much. It keeps things pretty simple without being too bland, but there's a just a little too much bite to drink it neat. I expect it to be quite nice chilled however. It lacks oiliness relative to most potatoes: a potato trying to be a wheat?
Monopolowa is moderately oily, less so than B&B. It's quite smooth but fairly sweet and fruity, more than Tito's (which I dislike for that reason) but the oil restores some balance. I kind of enjoyed adding it to B&B in 1:3 to add a touch of smoothness. Vodka modding! :)p5
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Karlsson's Gold passes the test: you can easily drink it neat. It aims for the middle in body and taste, so it's a little characterless for its price. But I'm very pleasantly surprised that the owner of Absolut made such a competent product.
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I think if you are mixing man Kirkland (not the US stuff but the imported stuff from France) is great.
My drink of choice during the winter being Vodka rocks I enjoy drinking Goose or Russian Standard.