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[Anonymous No.12451848]

Alcohol noob here. I'm trying to find out what are some good vodka brands that I can buy and try out.
What are the hidden gems that I can try out?
Some mates recommended me Stalinskaya, Absolut vodka and others Finlandia.

[Anonymous No.12451853]

For me its bottom shelf generic 10 dollar handles

[Anonymous No.12451855]

>>12451853
Ding ding

[Anonymous No.12451860]

>>12451848
Russian Standard.
Grey Goose.

[Anonymous No.12451865]

>>12451855
There's a whole lotta based in this image.

[Anonymous No.12451867]

>>12451855
What game is that playing in the background?

[Anonymous No.12451869]

>>12451867
Morrowind. For some reason that's the Xbox version even though the PC version is a lot less janky due to fanpatches.

[Anonymous No.12451870]

>>12451848
>>12451860
cringe & bluepilled
>>12451853
>>12451855
Based & Redpilled

[Anonymous No.12451878]

>>12451855
>>12451869
man o man i played the holy hell out of morrowind back in 06 07 or whatever it was. Id get home nightly from partying and being a delinquent snd comfy up into malog mar. good memories from those younger days

[Anonymous No.12451879]

>>12451848
Where I live you can get this stuff called ivanov witch is the cheapest booze but tastes better than anything up till about $50-$60 here bear in mind a bottle of it costs $32-$35 some times less sometimes more but usally around there.

[Anonymous No.12451881]

I like Rooskee Standart

[Anonymous No.12451882]

>>12451855
Also, for reference, that's 1.75L of McCormick. $11 at my local Spec's

[Anonymous No.12452073]

the best at any price, let alone its actual price

[Anonymous No.12452104]

>>12451882
damn it's 16 here in Oregon

[Anonymous No.12452130]

>>12451848
vodka is the most pleb liqour, a friend of mine who used to bartend at a club always refilled the large expensive bottles with shitty russian standard and nobody ever noticed, easiest 1.5k€ of his life

[Anonymous No.12452132]

[Anonymous No.12452142]

>>12452130
What? No way. It is very easy to tell cheap vodka from good vodka, gin on the other hand...

[Anonymous No.12452151]

>>12451869
>>12451878

Part of me is still wandering around Morrowind somewhere. The loneliness of it is compelling.

[Anonymous No.12452152]

>>12452142
wow are you serious, the difference between gordons and bombay/tanqueray/hendricks is already huge, not to mention the actual good gins? try some icecold russian standard next to any pretentious vodka out there, i bet you wont spot the difference either

[Anonymous No.12452179]

>>12451848
vodka is literally binary, either you can taste it or you cant, and if you can taste it, it's shit. 100% pleb liquor to try to "get into"

[Anonymous No.12452202]

>>12451848
>all vodka must be distilled or treated until it is without distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color
Title 27, Section 5.22 of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Code. All vodkas are the same quality, by law.

If you really want to try all the shitty three olive or UV flavored vodkas, that's the only place you'll be able to taste differences beyond placebo effect. Any dream of being able to distinguish Grey Goose from Kirklands Best from Titos is pie in the sky.

[Anonymous No.12452206]

>>12451848
The best vodka you can buy is Gin

[Anonymous No.12452247]

If you're an alcohol noob and just want a smooth drink that doesn't reek of ethanol, then absolute is nearly flavorless and decently priced. If you actually are looking for flavor in your alcohol, then try something other than vodka.

[Anonymous No.12452263]

>>12451853
my man

[Anonymous No.12452280]

>>12451848
>paying a premium for a liquor distilled and filtered to the point that it doesn't have any flavor

[Anonymous No.12452310]

>>12452132

Based Putinoff

[Anonymous No.12452347]

>>12451848
Web series called Three Sheets sat down with the owner of Chopin and taste tested types of vodka with the host.
I was impressed.
I think Chopin is indeed very good.

There isn't a whole lot to vodka, it's going to be your desire for triple distillation and very little flavor left in but smooth, or the right kinds of flavors left in based on the origin of the spirits (potatoes or other), either/or is just going to be your preference.
I wouldn't pay a lot of money for vodka. Most people are drinking it for purity and reduced glycemic index and low sugar, ie diet reasons, getting toasted and being a working professional with no time to consume extra calories nor downtime nursing hangovers. You can have a couple of vodka based drinks between workout days with zero ramifications to your overall goals. Delicious? Only if you're doing it extra cold and with the right mixers.

[Anonymous No.12452415]

>>12452347
you are talking massive bs, vodka does not have significantly less calories than other spirits

[Anonymous No.12452551]

>>12452415
ouzo, rakı, arak, pastis and sambuca, aperitif and other sweet stuff is like 40% alc 30% sugar 19% water and 1% aroma.

[Anonymous No.12452572]

>>12452347
I remember trying Chopin vodka in the late 90s, the only vodka I've ever enjoyed neat.

[Anonymous No.12452595]

>>12451848
one of my bartender friends recommended me stolichnaya for straight drinking or for mixes that dont have a lot of flavour, like vodka + soda. otherwise if i am mixing it with something that has a pretty distinct taste like sprite or gingerale or like orange juice or something then i just buy whatevers cheapest because youre not even really tasting the vodka at that point so who cares

[Anonymous No.12452618]

>>12451848
If you actually want the taste of "premium vodka", just buy the cheapest you can get and run it through a filter pitcher a few times (like three or so)

The whole point of vodka is that it doesn't taste like anything, so this lets you match the high-end brands.

[Anonymous No.12452619]

best bargain brand hands down

[Anonymous No.12452951]

>>12452104
Benefits of living in Texas

[Anonymous No.12453007]

Good vodka doesn't taste like anything. Shit vodka tastes like paint thinner. So basically, go for something else.

[Anonymous No.12453024]

>>12451848
russian standard is the best
russian standard platinum is better
and russian standard imperia bester
t.seasoned alcoholic

http://russianstandardvodka.com/the-family/imperia

[Anonymous No.12453029]

>>12451860
>>12451860
please never mention russian standard and goose in the same sentence ever again

i will kill you

[Anonymous No.12453035]

>>12452572
fuck out of here potatoe nigger
god damn these boards have the shittiest taste
god fucking damn it now i need a drink

[Anonymous No.12453077]

>>12453029

I can feel this statement.

[Anonymous No.12453083]

>>12453029

I haven't drank russian standard for 5 years or so since I started making my own booze. but it was my go to.

[Anonymous No.12453663]

Am russian. You don't get into vodka. You just drink it to get drunk. If you can taste it, it's shit(most of it here in russia is shit, but it's cheap - 3.5 us bux, it outweighs the shittinnes). Though i came to believe that after years of shit we just got used to it and think that's what real vodka tastes kike. But I prefer western slavs vodka: polish, check, even fucking hungarians have good stuff in their supermarkets. It's still cheap and goes down like water. I just distill my own grain spirit, clean it and make my own.

[Anonymous No.12453687]

>>12453663
>Though i came to believe that after years of shit we just got used to it and think that's what real vodka tastes kike.
I'm forced to believe that this is the case. While I've never had expensive vodka, I've had top quality liquors, whiskeys, gins etc and all of them have that pungent alcohol aroma, accompanied with a burn. I'm convinced that if you diluted pure ethanol with spring water it would still have that bitter chemical flavor.

[Anonymous No.12454094]

guys i drank a 1.75 vodka in a week, getting a divorce so wanted to process things with liquor. now i feel like shit.

[Anonymous No.12454115]

>>12454094
>a handle
>in a week
It's not the vodka you pussy.

[Anonymous No.12454280]

>>12454094
lower that to 3 days and your problems will seem irrelevant

[Anonymous No.12454284]

>>12452142
Pretty Much every different decent brand of Gin tastes different.
Even many of the cheaper Gins taste different, and the cheaper Gins taste nothing like the expensive Gins.

Vodkas also taste different, with different textures, but a lit of people are less likely to notice.
“Flavored” Vodkas can also be massively different between brands.

[Anonymous No.12454323]

>>12451848
Do yourself a favor and stay away from this shit. I bought a handle (it comes in a big fancy glass bottle) on sale for cheap and it tastes like absolute shit even when mixed

[Anonymous No.12454362]

>>12452202
Bullshit. Grey goose goes down like water. Tito's makes me retch.

[Anonymous No.12454740]

I have literally never bought liquor that cost over $20 for a handle.

[Anonymous No.12454838]

rusky standard

[Anonymous No.12454872]

>>12452073

cheap, burns cleans, no hangover
all that over priced shit is just over priced

[Anonymous No.12454920]

>>12454094
Russian
Standard
YW

[Anonymous No.12454924]

>>12451848
Platinum 7x in a big blue bottle. It's cheap and tastes as good as the expensive stuff.

[Anonymous No.12454992]

>>12451848
This stuff is pretty decent although a bit over priced for what it is.

[Anonymous No.12455090]

>>12451848
Polish potato vodka simply can’t be beat

Goes down like candy

Luksosowa and Monopolowa for bottom shelf

Chopin and Belvedere are higher tier and very good

[Anonymous No.12455100]

>>12455090
Ok nvm I’m stupid Belvedere is rye but still good

Chopin potato is amazing tho

[Anonymous No.12455248]

>>12451848
Do yourself a favor: OP. Buy yourself a bottle of expensive shit and buy yourself the cheapest plastic handle of vodka you can find. Now gather a bunch of friends and do double-blind testing of the two.
You'll likely never buy anything but the cheapest plastic handle of vodka again after doing this. ALL expensive vodkas are ripoffs. ALL medium-range vodkas are ripoffs. Period.

[Anonymous No.12455284]

>>12452551
those aren't what most would consider typical spirits ie vodka whiskey rum gin tequila
of the big five only rum is appreciably sweeter than the others.

[Anonymous No.12455622]

>>12455248
>Now gather a bunch of friends
You have to go back.

[Anonymous No.12455676]

>>12455100
Try Luksusowa, mid shelf potato vodka. Friendlier price. I don't get bad hangovers after it.

[Anonymous No.12455684]

>>12451848
>Hidden Gem
Nigga it's ethanol and water.

[Anonymous No.12455913]

Hangar 1 is the smoothest-drinking vodka I've had. It's not the cheapest so I wouldn't use it for party booze but it's my favorite to drink on the rocks or in something simple like a martini. It's made with grapes so it's a tiny but sweet and tastes less like rubbing alcohol than others I've had.

I go with Russian Standard if I want something cheaper that's still smooth.

[Anonymous No.12455982]

>>12455622
>>12452130
>>12452202
>>12452280
>>12452595
>>12452618
>>12453007
So, basically, shit like Ciroc is a meme for the purpose of parting morons with their money?

[Anonymous No.12456889]

>>12451848
Finlandia, any flavour will do

[Anonymous No.12458351]

I've never tried really expensive vodka but the difference between cheap store-brand ones and, say, Smirnoff, is unnoticeable

[Anonymous No.12458364]

I buy Tito's because a lot of my guests have gluten issues and will only trust that. For myself I like Reyka for sipping.

[Anonymous No.12458688]

>>12451848
Russian fag here, Stolichnaya for fucking sure

[Anonymous No.12458924]

>>12452202
This should be posted in every vodka thread.

[Anonymous No.12459161]

>tfw a year sober next week
>tfw I still miss al/ck/

I'll never forgive the dogfucker mods. I wish I knew how my old bros were getting along.

[Anonymous No.12459264]

Can you still buy Smirnoff Norsk? That had some mad shit in it about 12 years ago, and it was delicious. It's completely different from regular vodka and I think you're meant to drink it neat. I recommend it if they still make it, but I haven't seen it for ages.

[Anonymous No.12459340]

>>12459264
https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/5162/smirnoff-norsk-vodka
>This product is currently out of stock.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

[Anonymous No.12459474]

>>12459161

shitbird children that don't understand life. I would fucking throw gasoline on them if I could. I'm not kidding, I'd watch them burn.

[Anonymous No.12459486]

>>12451848
If you can find it, Vikingfjord is the best vodka I've ever had. Cheap as hell too. I like their citrus-flavored one.

[Anonymous No.12459583]

>>12451855
a man of taste, the finest tasting

[Anonymous No.12459622]

>>12451848
>Stalinskaya, Absolut vodka
stolichnaya + absolut /10

[Anonymous No.12459658]

>>12459583
My man. At $8.99 a handle, nothing tastes better.

[Anonymous No.12459720]

I only really use vodka for mixing, noticed that basically anything mid-priced that starts with "S" is a safe bet. Svedka, Stoli, Smirnoff, etc. Svedka bottles are a fucking pain to open when they're cold though, stupid "aerodynamic" design (Swear they used a sex toy as inspiration)

[Anonymous No.12459770]

>>12459720
This is honestly the gayest post I've read all day.

[Anonymous No.12460776]

>>12451848
Vodka is a misunderstood spirit, many people just buy it based on price or advertising.

you have several types of vodkas
craft vodka, which is made from a single batch and generally only filtered once to allow more flavor to come through. Genuinely there aren't many of these.
Sometimes they will be made from beets or other less-common vegetables

High quality vodkas, usually made from wheat or another neutral base, filtered twice or five times

low quality vodka, made from anything, charcoal filtered (which removes all flavor).
these are actually the best general use vodkas for mixing.
Many "top shelf" western vodkas actually fall into this category, westerners actually preferring a "blank vodka"

shit vodka, which is just a low quality vodka which hasn't been filtered enough or was made with very poor starting ingredients.
you can actually improve this vodka considerably by filtering it again yourself with a charcoal water filter.

If you're american you're really getting the same shit with a different label, so don't waste your money.

[Anonymous No.12460797]

>>12459658
$8.99 a handle, what is that some kind of Russian shit made with methanol? Be careful with that, you might go blind.

[Anonymous No.12460804]

>>12460776
> less-common vegetables
That would be you.

[Anonymous No.12462005]

>>12460776
give examples of each tier or else this post is useless

[Anonymous No.12462047]

>>12451848
Vodka is just ethanol with distilled water, by the 2nd cheapest one.
My favourites are supermarket own brand or Russian Standard if it is on offer.
The more you drink the smoother it will be.

[Anonymous No.12462057]

>>12455676
>Luksusowa
I confirm this, good shit for the price. I wonder if they export it, tho. Whenever I've seen some Polish vodka abroad, it was Wyborowa.

[Anonymous No.12462268]

>>12455982
literally, grey goose used to be a bottom, bottom shelf vodka

they then hired a marketing exec to help with the brand

he told them to up the price, rebrand the bottle and keep the liquid the same

now retards here and in the world lap it up


my personal opinion:

stoli or ketel one if you're cheap
konik's tail if you want something a bit more premium