Best vodka to stock for my new sweetheart -- Gimmee some help!
 

OOT -- Help a lady out. My new guy is quite the vodka gourmet. He was polite when I offered him a drink made from the cheap handle in my freezer but it obviouisly did not impress.

I want to provide the finest vodka in the land for this guy. He's wicked cool, fantastic in the sack and smart.

So what is it? Should I have a few different kinds depending on how he wants to drink it, like one for mixed drinks and one for straight up?

Thanks!!

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Whatever you do, don't buy grey goose.

I'm a pretty big fan of kettle one, but usualy go for sky as being my best bang/buck vodka.

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Grey Goose is good.

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My go-to vodka is Fris, and I've long touted it on these boards. It's not too expensive, and it's quality is solid. It's one of the best buys in vodka. Using a vodka more expensive than this one for any drink in which vodka is not the primary ingredient is pretty much a waste of money. The quality of the vodka just doesn't show through, say, cranberry juice to warrant plunking down half a C note. Compared to vodkas in the same price range, I prefer it to Skyy, Absolut, and Smirnoff.

A good step up from that is Rain. It'll run you a few more bucks, but I could notice a slight step up in quality from the Fris. That says something. Many of my friends prefer Fris to Grey Goose (even w/o cost considerations), although I haven't run Rain by them yet. This is a good one for cocktails or drinking straight.

The other vodkas that get mentioned by people whose alcohol advice I respect in this forum are most notably Hangar One, and also Ketel One, Chopin, and Belvedere. A pretty good idea is to not really listen to the alcohol advice of anyone who touts Grey Goose. In case you didn't know, this is an over-priced and over-marketed vodka for which the reputation far exceeds its actual quality. Definitely look elsewhere.

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A pretty good idea is to not really listen to the alcohol advice of anyone who touts Grey Goose. In case you didn't know, this is an over-priced and over-marketed vodka for which the reputation far exceeds its actual quality. Definitely look elsewhere.


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Thank you for being one of the first people I've heard who also knows this.

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A pretty good idea is to not really listen to the alcohol advice of anyone who touts Grey Goose. In case you didn't know, this is an over-priced and over-marketed vodka for which the reputation far exceeds its actual quality. Definitely look elsewhere.


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Thank you for being one of the first people I've heard who also knows this.

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I guess people cant just like it more? For whatever reasons?

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step one, if anyone tells you to get grey goose, don't listen to anything they ever say about vodka ever again.

those ma fuckas at grey goose did one hell of a marketing job. that's for damn sure.

can't go wrong with ketel one. i'm not a vodka snob though. i don't like drinking it straight, and when you have a mixed drink you really mask the vodka flavor.

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A pretty good idea is to not really listen to the alcohol advice of anyone who touts Grey Goose. In case you didn't know, this is an over-priced and over-marketed vodka for which the reputation far exceeds its actual quality. Definitely look elsewhere.


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I guess people cant just like it more? For whatever reasons?

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sure they can, but for the most part, those reasons have little to do with the quality of the vodka.

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A pretty good idea is to not really listen to the alcohol advice of anyone who touts Grey Goose. In case you didn't know, this is an over-priced and over-marketed vodka for which the reputation far exceeds its actual quality. Definitely look elsewhere.


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I guess people cant just like it more? For whatever reasons?

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The only reason people think grey goose is good vodka is because it's marketed that way, and it's expensive. You can walk in the store and pick out tons of vodkas that both taste better, and are cheaper. Most people who actualy think grey goose is their favorite vodka are very easily convinced by adds, or they just assume that more money means better.

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Absolut Vodka!

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A pretty good idea is to not really listen to the alcohol advice of anyone who touts Grey Goose. In case you didn't know, this is an over-priced and over-marketed vodka for which the reputation far exceeds its actual quality. Definitely look elsewhere.


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Really? I'm far from the only anti-Grey-Goose disciple around here. If I'm the first, you really need to start reading the alcohol advice posts from El Diablo, RunDownHouse, ethan, and MrMon. There are other converts, too, but in spite of all the frat boy balla types who get their vodka mostly for prestige, there are plenty of people who know their [censored] about alcohol around here.

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I've heard Stolichnaya vodka is pretty good AKA "Stoli"

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Any Svedka fans? I always thought it had pretty strong price-performance. Perhaps I was just getting it on sale.

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Stoli is one I've actually not tried much of to comment on. If you've tried Stoli, Fris, AND Rain, I'd be curious to hear from you.

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ZYR

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Any Svedka fans? I always thought it had pretty strong price-performance. Perhaps I was just getting it on sale.

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I had a bottle of Svedka in my bar for a while sitting just slightly consumed while I drank Fris instead. Eventually, I brought it to a friends party as my donation to the party's bar. It wasn't bad, but I didn't like it as much as Fris, and not as much for the price, either.

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Grey Goose goes down smooth, and does not taste like rubbing alcohol. Thats about all I ask for in a quality vodka. The differences in tastes of good vodkas is negligable, especially if you are mixing drinks, or chasing your shots. I think you guys that say Grey Goose sucks are cool, and I want to be more like you.

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Belvedere is my fav. though I haven't tried all of them.

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If you say Grey Goose goes down smooth and doesn't taste like rubbing alcohol, that's fine. I agree with you. It's not a bad vodka. However, have you tried Fris or Rain? It's less that I'm trying to be cool and more that I don't like wasting money on vodka when I can get something of comparable or superior quality for less money.

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I think you guys that say Grey Goose sucks are cool, and I want to be more like you.



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I never said that it sucks, just said that most people who say that it's the best vodka are naive and know very little about booze in general.

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I think you guys that say Grey Goose sucks are cool, and I want to be more like you.



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I never said that it sucks, just said that most people who say that it's the best vodka are naive and know very little about booze in general.

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Yea, thats probably true. Im not sayin its the best but I think its pretty good, although I do agree that it is overpriced.

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if money is no object, then: ($50, very hard to find)

http://www.78west.com/tmw_images/xovodka1.jpg

if budget is of some concern then: ($30, best I've had of anything in that range)

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you are a man who knows his vodka. this is a great pick (my personal fav. vodka)

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I like Roth and Ketel One, in that order. I agree with what most of the others say about Grey Goose--it's overpriced for the quality. Also, Trump has a new vodka out which is priced as if it's a premium vodka but which is basically fermented piss. If you see it in the store and think "that's a good vodka to buy, after all it has the Trump name on it," well, just don't.

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I haven't tried Zyr. Could you guys who're pimping it tell me which premium vodkas you prefer it to? Have you tried Rain?

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I'm a fan of Ciroc. It goes down smooth and has an interesting taste.

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stoli - pour it into a gay goose bottle and serve (although they both cost kind of alot)

for the cream of the crop (he will give you oral after this);

Armadale
Chopin

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Anything above Mr. Boston works for me.

Some quotes from a Forbes article on vodka

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Despite all the hype and promotional gush about only using only estate-grown potatoes and water from glacier-fed mountain streams, making vodka is ridiculously easy. There's none of that tricky, and very expensive, messing around with oak barrels and long-aging that goes into making whisky or cognac--you simply ferment a mash of wheat, rye or potatoes, run the result through a still, filter it to remove the last vestiges of the oils and congeners that impart flavor, and stick it in the bottle.

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know marketing and brand identity are vital for all alcoholic beverages but for no other drink are sales driven less by what's in the bottle and more by the shape of it.

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One example of many: Vox claims that "The use of demineralized water removes all traces of color, taste and odor allowing the true essence of vodka to shine through." Hmm...makes you wonder what that true essence is after everything has been removed except the alcohol and the water. The packaging perhaps? Vox does come in an impressive-looking bottle.

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They do go on to say that yes, there is an obvious taste difference between regular and super-premium vodkas. I agree with this, but I also agree with

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If I am drinking a martini then I want absolutely the best vodka I can find but to pour a $30 super-premium vodka into a Bloody Mary is pure extravagance.

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I recently tried level vodka and liked it a lot.

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What are peoples thoughts on Chopin?

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I'm a fan of Ciroc. It goes down smooth and has an interesting taste.

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I liked Ciroc also, but thought it tasted different enough to not really be vodka.

Smirnoff was the near-unanimous choice in a blind taste test done by the NYTimes food section about 2 years ago.

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Effen works great for certain mixed drinks.

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What are peoples thoughts on Chopin?

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He was a good composer, but I think Mozart and Beethoven were better.

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I would listen to whatever Wookie says. my go to is Stoli, b/c it's good enough for martinis and I don't feel bad mixing it, but I have never had Fris or Rain.

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btw Grey goose is exceptional stuff. i think ppl are only ratting on it b/c of the price, not the taste

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step one, if anyone tells you to get grey goose, don't listen to anything they ever say about vodka ever again.

those ma fuckas at grey goose did one hell of a marketing job. that's for damn sure.

can't go wrong with ketel one. i'm not a vodka snob though. i don't like drinking it straight, and when you have a mixed drink you really mask the vodka flavor.

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Thank you thank you thank you. Grey goose has a nice pretty bottle filled with pisswater. That Vodka sucks, how it became top shelf is beyond me.

The Vodka I drink is Ultimat. It is a little bit pricey however it is better then all of the "top shelf" Vodka's that are commonly sold in bars today.

I think Kettle one is pretty good for the money as well. Ciroc as others have mentioned is not bad either.

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Stoli and Skyy are probably the two worst i have ever had.

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Stoli and Skyy are probably the two worst i have ever had.

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you need to drink some worse vodka!

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Any Svedka fans? I always thought it had pretty strong price-performance. Perhaps I was just getting it on sale.

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YAAAY VODKA THREAD 192.

Svedka was our standard home bar/mixed drink vodka for many years, very solid for the price, I/friends dont drink martinis though. About six months ago I switched to Finlandia ($18 a handle here) and like it a lot more, noticeably smoother, but I doubt it matters much at all as youre decent making mixed drinks. I've been curious about Fris for a while though.

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here are some bottles that are 3x more expensive than GG

http://www.bevmo.com/productlist.asp?N=1...Ns=SalesPrice|1

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btw Grey goose is exceptional stuff. i think ppl are only ratting on it b/c of the price, not the taste

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LOL seriously try some other vodkas.