Try Pravda vodka it is very good.
Or just go to Pravda vodka bar and enjoy their unvelievable extended vodka menu.
Or just go to Pravda vodka bar and enjoy their unvelievable extended vodka menu.
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Vodka isn`t same a wine. You can appreciate wine in different colours, degrees and flavors. Vodka has to be consistent, just pure alcohol taste the only difference is the smoothness and the hangover from it. And Absolute does it for me thus far.
The ideal vodka is odorless and flavorless. Although this is an ideal that is hard to match that is the goal. One of the reasons why goose is so overrated is that it has to "flowery a bouquet". In my experience (I am in the spirits business) ketel one best matches this ideal.
Absolut is jet fuel! If you are bringing it up as an example of great vodka you need to expand your horizons. I'd have Smirnoff (the best mediocre vodka in the world) before absolut. Someone also mentioned finlandia earlier....ewwwww! Bringing up those three in this discussion is akin to suggesting Canadian or Budweiser in a conversation of great beers. Goose, although passable I would equate with Stella. Decent product enhanced by a great marketing campaign and a nice glass or bottle.
As regards the blind taste test, those people are hardly connoisseurs. Anyone worth their salt who has worked to develop their palate can tell.
The only thing that adds flavour to a (good) vodka is the bottle and branding.
Actual blind taste tests prove there is no repeatably discernable difference amongst any of the mainstream and premium brands. (Popov-type washer fluid excepted.
You DO taste a difference. It is just that it is due to the expectations associated with the branding and bottle.
Better than any Vodka ----- RAKI, is made from different fruits in different regions, but grapes, figs and plums are the main ones.![]()
If you've ever tried TRUE Raki, you would think most Vodka is a joke![]()
Better than any Vodka ----- RAKI, is made from different fruits in different regions, but grapes, figs and plums are the main ones.![]()
If you've ever tried TRUE Raki, you would think most Vodka is a joke![]()
Is this Middle Eastern? Tastes like licorice? Mix it with water? If so, this stuff is fantastic.
just get grappa
Russian Standard - Premium (sadly LCBO does not carry it).
Is this Middle Eastern? Tastes like licorice? Mix it with water? If so, this stuff is fantastic.
Straight up. On an empty stomach too, it hits me better that wayHow are you guys drinking it? straight up? on the rocks?
yeah it is from Turkey and mixed with water turning it into a cloudy white drink and tasting like black licorice, I have seen the Efe brand in the GTA at LCBO stores, usually it is put in the premium alcohol. As for vodka I gotta second the Ciroc recommendation, so good with just about anything but unless I am driving down to the US it is a no go here.
(Popov-type washer fluid excepted.