Favorite Vodka

[RT Fan]

For me vodka is strictly used in mixed drinks, and I like to support Poland when I spend my money on vodka. As has been mentioned earlier Luksusova is a good bargain vodka as is Sobieski. I keep Ketel and Belvedere on hand for my friend who is a hard core vodka drinker. To put one of those brands in a Bloody Mary is for folks with more money than sense.

 

[FONSguy]

Smirnoff 90 or 100 proof. Can't find it at our local ABC stores, so it's back to Virginia Lightning.

 

[Jack Keck]

I like the kind with alcohol in it.

Yeah, I know I used the same line in the bourbon thread.

Sue me.

 

[bsjapost]

I like the kind with alcohol in it.

Yeah, I know I used the same line in the bourbon thread.

Sue me.

I got a lawyer on retainer, my brother. You will receive a letter and the deposition will be filled in a week.

 

[Tom Brennan]

I like the kind with alcohol in it.

Yeah, I know I used the same line in the bourbon thread.

Sue me.

No ****. I mean who would drink the crap if it didn't have alcohol? Same goes for any booze.

 

[Jack Keck]

No ****. I mean who would drink the crap if it didn't have alcohol? Same goes for any booze.

If Captain Morgan Spiced Rum tasted the same without alcohol, I'd still drink it.

 

[Tom Brennan]

If Captain Morgan Spiced Rum tasted the same without alcohol, I'd still drink it.

I guess I'd be the same with pink squirrels. Tommy Makem from the Clancy Brothers introduced me to them drinking at the bar at the Palmer House after a show. Sometimes I'd order them when out drinking after work with other boilermakers but not many joints boilermakers hang around in make them.

Ahh, I don't drink anymore anyhow. I'm not a teetotaler, I just no longer enjoy the feeling. If I'm in a tavern I get club soda or a cup of coffee.

 

[RedSquare]

Ketel One for me. Ketel has a little bite that comes through, even when used with a mixer.

 

[Jack Keck]

I guess I'd be the same with pink squirrels. Tommy Makem from the Clancy Brothers introduced me to them drinking at the bar at the Palmer House after a show. Sometimes I'd order them when out drinking after work with other boilermakers but not many joints boilermakers hang around in make them.

Ahh, I don't drink anymore anyhow. I'm not a teetotaler, I just no longer enjoy the feeling. If I'm in a tavern I get club soda or a cup of coffee.

I was never much of a drinker because of all the alcoholics in my family. Two in an evening was my limit and that was rarely more than once a week. Then I developed type 2 diabetes. I found that the less I drink, the lower my A1C is. So now I'm down to about one drink a month. I still love the buzz.

 

[ng0k]

I was never much of a drinker because of all the alcoholics in my family. Two in an evening was my limit and that was rarely more than once a week. Then I developed type 2 diabetes. I found that the less I drink, the lower my A1C is. So now I'm down to about one drink a month. I still love the buzz.

Keep up the good work Jack. I'm a type 1 diabetic (started at around age 35) and it is a lot of work keeping my A1C in check.

As for all of you replying to the Vodka survey, I don't do mixed drinks and usually drink bourbon and water or whiskey and water. Is there a brand or type that is good on the rocks? Smirnoff doesn't work for me

 

[onwardjames]

Ahh, I don't drink anymore anyhow.

Still, Tom, that's a sweet avatar you have going right now, Heileman's Old Style?? Awesome.

For me, I like Svedka for a mixer vodka. Straight or on the rocks? Grey Goose, Ketel 1 and Belvedere.

I swore off Stoli after the second time I blacked out on it. No other liquor made me do that. Also, the first time, I dislocated a vertebra in my neck. The second time, I made out with my best friend's girlfriend, which wasn't totally my fault. Turns out, she had a thing for me, and took advantage of my most corrupted status.

Aaaaah, youth.

 

[AudioGMan]

Over the past 27 years I went from Smirnoff, to Skyy, to Grey Goose, and then when I discovered Tito’s I drank that for many years. For about a year now I’ve been drinking Khor Platinum Vodka.

 

[Tom Brennan]

If you tire of vodka you can take up another popular Russian drink; the hydraulic fluid from Russian tanks and other military gear.

 

[Hajidub]

Tito +100 for quality and price, for quality nothing beats Chopin. Closest thing to real quality potato vodka, very dangerous, zero alcohol burn and flavorless as it should be.

 

[manu et deo]

Lyna from Poland. Got it on sale at total wine and more, only one I have ever liked straight up.

 

[HB3]

Keep up the good work Jack. I'm a type 1 diabetic (started at around age 35) and it is a lot of work keeping my A1C in check.

As for all of you replying to the Vodka survey, I don't do mixed drinks and usually drink bourbon and water or whiskey and water. Is there a brand or type that is good on the rocks? Smirnoff doesn't work for me

The better quality ones work better on the rocks. They are smoother. Think Tito's and up.

 

[stahle]

I prefer Crater Lake vodka. It's distilled here in Oregon.

 

[avionic]

ICY

 

[The Fuxtor]

I'll third the Costco Kirkland Vodkas.... I've heard that it's essentially the same as Grey Goose.

 

[Way Gone]

I only drink 100 proof vodka. When it comes to the fifty percent juice, this cat struts hard for Stolichnaya 100 Proof. The stuff is is distilled in Russia and bottled and brought to proof in Latvia. It is filtered through Russian birch charcoal and quartz sand. Quartz sand is the key here and it is most commonly found in inland continental settings and non-tropical coastal settings. The cool thing about 100 proof vodka is that it has a lower freezing point than 80 proof vodka. Eighty proof vodka will freeze at approximately minus 16 degrees F while one hundred proof vodka will freeze at approximately minus 40F. This is advantageous when I tote a bottle along while backcountry skiing or ice climbing in very cold weather.

One cool fact about vodka is that it was developed to be crystal clear so Russians could tell it wasn't tap water. In any event I appreciate all the viewpoints here and have learned about some cool bottlings.