I have a middle grade I like that's not too harsh for Bloody Mary's & such, Then I keep a better grade, smoother for the not so overwhelming mixers.

Yours?

Kirklands brand

Stoli or Ketel One was always plenty good enough for me.


Talking shots man.

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Doubt you can find it there but this, bar none, is the best ever. Ice-cold and straight, its as smooth as butter.

https://www.beattiesdistillers.com/

Kirkland French

Tito's

But I don't drink bloody marys *gag*

Tito's is rumored to be the best bang for the buck by far.

Tito’s is form Austin, don’t catch the gay.

the pa liquor stores had titos for 8 bucks a bottle a few weeks ago. i had never had it so i bought a bottle and proceeded to drink it in two consecutive nights. quite good. went back last weekend and it was like 15 a bottle. next time i see it for 8 bucks, i'm buying a case.

i switch vodkas depending on whats cheapest in the mid grade. i don't like to spend more than 15 bucks a bottle if i can help it.

No worries, I don't drink martinis either.



I did buy a green glass bottle of some bullchit cheap wine and poured that crap down the sink and filled that bottle back up with Tito's and took it on the cruise ship. Sealed up the screw cap down all nice and covert.

hell yeah

how much is a quart of titos down your way?

Tito’s

Heard a lot of good talk on Kirkland, both American & imported.

Maybe ended a 5 year run with Teto's as Stoli is fighting back & usually cheaper. Seems as smooth or more, & imagined Tito's kicking my ass the next day a couple times. Not what a better Vodka is supposed to do. And it doesn't usually bother me.

The Beaties looks interesting. The only potato Vodka I've had was Chopin & chilled properly was awesome, but @ $37 a fifth, too rich for my blood.


Bloody Mary's? Mine are famous in Bourbon country. Well, down the road a mile or three.

http://www.southtexasdistillery.com/

Ketel One is as good as Vodka gets.

I usually buy Smiroff just because of a 50year habit. Once we sent our buddy booze shopping in Kodiak, we got to Tonki Bay and opened box's to find 12 cases of Oly and 2 cases of Popov Vodka,, from our camp to get above the tree's took 50 minutes, there was 1 steep run thru some ledges we named Popov Hill. Needless to say Frenchie was never trusted on the liquor run after that!!

Reyka Vodka from Iceland is what you want.

There's not much "nuance" between vodkas - It's either properly distilled or not.
Some of the cheap ones are very bad.

Good point. There lies the conundrum.

Some cheap ones can be way better than their price range.

Some expensive ones are fakes or fad.

I like Chopin Potato for Vespers. Belvedere also pretty good. Zubrowka Zu is good by itself.

I used to drink Vodka on occasion. Now I can't really stand it. Makes me feel sick to my stomach in the morning.

Other liquors I can tell good from cheap. Vodka is just alcohol and water. Paying extra for vodka with a certain label just seems like a waste.

No

Tanqueray vodka was good.

Some cheap vodka is poorly distilled; it will burn and give you a hangover.

I don't know about the entire state but Clarion, PA is about the golldamdest place on earth to try and buy alcohol. What a cluster fughk that is.

"Oh, you're going to have to go to "so and so" if you want beer"

Then you go to this weird ass warehouse place and it feels like your buying cocaine.

The across the board answer for this would be to drink a better Vodka. Hangovers vary, but many agree on the concept.

Rhode Island is even more bizarre.

Grey Goose and Diet Cran-mango. I like to keep my figure.

Lewis and Clark.

Ain't enough blacks in WV to support a market for Grey Goose.

How many blacks would have to chip in for a bottle of Grey Goose?

Sipping and enjoying Fris (with the two little dots over the i) as I type. No Costco liquor in Idaho.

It depends on the limit on their EBT card.

Buy steaks,...sell steaks for 50%,....buy Grey Goose.

Drink,...hump fat woman,...repeat.

Your tax dollars at work.

Polock Vodka if you really want to, but it is not a Martini unless it is Gin, Bombay Blue comes to mind

*shudder*


No thanks. I like being able to go to a bar and having the waitress bring my off sale to the table before I leave and just adds it to the tab.

Where I live, the blacks drink fancy cognac mixed with Red Bull.
It's not bad.

LMAO!

Clint Westwood in on the tube. They playin Modelo music. Anybody gonna have another Vodaka? Maybe I should haul my old ass to bed.

Nonsense. We have not yet begun to defile ourselves.

Just kidding. I'm hauling my old ass to bed.

Vodka's suppose ta be etoh and water.

But none of it is.

It's all flavored, so taster variations will produce different favorites.

Just like any other liquor.

Dammit man, when you said you'd not begun yet, I mixed another. And... the freakin club soda is flat, cant waste a double shot, sufferin'.

Put a Alka Seltzer in it.

The "Old Timer"

1.5 shots of vodka

2 tablespoons of Milk of Magnesia

1 Alka Seltzer,....over ice

Get everything relaxed,...belch 3 or 4 times,....finish off with a good bowel movement.

,...make a new man out of ya.

I always miss out on the good stuff, I take a script acid reflux pill & there's not an Alka Seltzer or spoon of M o M in the house. Bowel movements are in the late AM.... hopefully.

Hey! you started it.

Never been a vodka fan, even the high end one's never did much for me.

I would much rather have gin than vodka.

I've seen gin & tonic bars at dove shoots, must be something to it.

Day-um,.........I don't know how ya get by.

Da script.

And an Amodium AD every now & then.

M o M day is a ritual for me. It takes a bit of planning, though.

You've got to allow for it,...and you need to have your memory working its "A" game.

If you forget and go to Tractor Supply or somewhere,..you're liable to make a scene.

you black?

This could be interesting.

Sorry Bistoe, had too many close calls in TS & Rite Aide, don't care to discuss them.

Not yet.

I'll drink it all but goose and titos is my favorite

I just laugh at all the "Premium" liquors... 80% of them are ethanol produced by ADM, POET and Valero etal, that are then re packaged (read: marketing) or slightly filtered/flavored to alter their taste... Tito's is a prime example.

Ethanol is a commodity just like gasoline, FCOJ, pork bellies etc... different companies buy the raw product and put their labels on it.

Sadly, there are VERY FEW real liquor distillers anymore.

My favorite comes from the pros in the Eastern Bloc.

This , Kettle One when Reyka isnt available. When I was in TX we used to drink Monopolowa from the freezer , not bad either.

^^^this^^^

With an honorable mention to 44 North Huckleberry Vodka

haha sorry gunzo!

Hope you made it work!

No other type of liquor so signifies death than vodka. If you see excess bottles of cheap vodka laying around that person is going to die sometime soon, of course I am not talking about the people wantin* to make bloody Mary’s or recreational drinking. Don’t ask how I know this

I understand this is probably so. But take a sip of of Popov or Tovarski & compare it to Tito's, Grey Goose, etc., flavors of different brands aside, there will be quite a bit of difference in smoothness.

But according the real vodka drinkers, where the rubber meets the road is the quality & purity of the better vodkas don't produce brutal hangovers like some of the rot gut does. One friend insist on upper tier vodka even for mixers that would otherwise cover up the cheap stuff. She says it's all about not having a hangover.

Obviously, you folks have never had Effen Vodka.

Fitty say its the best.

When I worked/lived in Kazakhstan it was Russian Standard. Good stuff.

Gin just has more flavor than vodka, even the "flavored" ones.

Now, I have had some dang good moonshine. Just a touch powerful for me, a sip is all I need.

For the price, it’s hard to beat the Costco Kirkland brands.

Tito's is the best for the money. For a good potato vodka Luksusowa Vodka, chilled straight it has a sweet taste, very good polish vodka.

I am in the minority when it comes to Tito’s, it has an after taste to me that I don’t care for. We buy the Sams vodka or Svedka and it stays in the freezer. I like drinking Vodka as it doesn’t give me near the headache that bourbon does. I still drink bourbon but during the week if I want something hard it’s vodka.

I recently tried Bison Grass..from Poland..
Unbelievably smooth & flavorful..

Cosco's ..........Kirkland American

$14 jug.........not available in Utah

Must import from AZ or NV......

Spot on. Those are the only brands in our house.


As an aside no COSTCO around here so Kirklnads has never been sampled.

In my opinion:
Tito's is very good.

Van Gogh is hard to distinguish from Toto's and a buck cheaper around here.

Kirkland American is among the best but unavailable in the wilds of Montana.

Kirkland French is made at a distillery that used to make Grey Goose. Can't tell them apart.
Don't recall where I found the information about the distillery but it seemed authentic.

Russian Standard is very good. A friend who worked on Sakhalin Island said that it is what the Russians prefer.

Quicksilver made by Montgomery Distillery in Montana very good but expensive.

Cheers,
Walt

It’s been a long time since I’ve enjoyed vodka, but even so I am surprised no one has mentioned Stolichnaya... we always called it Stoli and I loved the stuff.