Vodka collection requirements

penski · 2 Nov 2007 at 14:01

I'm not normally one for vidka but....

Lime finlandia with pure OJ as a mixer is DIVINE!

*n

bam0 · 2 Nov 2007 at 14:02

penski said:
I'm not normally one for vidka but....

Lime finlandia with pure OJ as a mixer is DIVINE!

*n

Lime and Orange? I must register my dubiousness.

The Mad Rapper · 2 Nov 2007 at 14:05

Gilly,

Just as an aside, I was in a Polish Vodka Bar at Holborn on Wed night - they had loads of bottles of Chopin. If you like I could ask them where they source it from the next time I am in there?

Psycho Sonny · 2 Nov 2007 at 15:18

any chance you could make a poll and everyone vote for the best tasting vodka? therefore us younger ones may get an ideo of which ones to try

penski · 2 Nov 2007 at 15:23

bam0 said:
Lime and Orange? I must register my dubiousness.

Dubiousness noted.

A couple of people tried some of mine at the last Newcastle meet (was made with lime Grey Goose though) and it got a thumbs up.

Give it a go. Well worth it.

*n

MTA99 · 2 Nov 2007 at 20:28

Flatmates collection:

And the bar

ajf · 2 Nov 2007 at 20:42

semi-pro waster said:
Do you favour smooth drinks or prefer them with a bit more bite to them? Anyway Stolichnaya, Finlandia or Absolut are all fairly easy choices, both for availability and drinkability.

Depends on the quality. If it is a decent vodka then it is almost a crime to drink it with anything, if it isn't (i.e. house vodka) then drink it mixed with something. You can slightly improve even poor vodkas by putting them in the freezer before consumption, the chilling numbs the taste slightly. I have heard of people running their cheap vodka through water filters to purify it but frankly it seems like a lot of effort when a mixer will disguise it well enough.

Thank you for the replies. I have given a bottle of Stolichnaya a go. Not sure if there are different variants though. Just bought the one I could find locally. Pleasantly surprised too. Far smoother and more flavur than I expected. Not just the typical flavourless throat burning that seems to be what many people think it is. I have chilled it though too as it suggested this on the bottle.

Andrew

Wiggins · 2 Nov 2007 at 20:42

While I was in Denmark last year, I was introduced to Akvavit.

They actually pulled it out of a standing freezer and served it to you straight. It went down faster than a nympho on speed

And it is not a poor mans vodka either

paddy · 2 Nov 2007 at 21:09

Berkut Vodka is my favourite, My Dad brought back a few bottle from Kazakhstan when he was there for work.

Amazing stuff, just warmed you as you brank it, non of that vile burning you get from Smirnoff etc.

http://www.ivodka.com/berkut.html

Haven't been able to find it in the UK though, anyone seen it?

Wiggins · 2 Nov 2007 at 21:13

MTA99 said:
[/IMG]And the bar

Now that is what I would call a Cocktail Bar.

All that is missing is a shot of Tom Cruise in it.

Jamie · 2 Nov 2007 at 21:53

żołądkowa

I got this as a pressent before I left Poland (filled my hip-flask quite nicely

) and I dont even like the average vodkas. But this I really, really like!

ElvisFan · 2 Nov 2007 at 23:10

Surprised nobody's mentioned this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starka

First heard of it when I read a book about the KGB and the CIA.

Gilly · 3 Nov 2007 at 03:36

Wiggins said:
Now that is what I would call a Cocktail Bar.

Average gin and no good vpdka. Hope it was all given.

Jamie · 3 Nov 2007 at 16:10

Jamie said:
żołądkowa

I forgot to mention that this is a Honey Vodka(I think

)

Fusion · 8 Nov 2007 at 20:31

Anyone else tried the flavoured Stoli varieties- orange, raspberry? I tried the orange a while ago and enjoyed it very much. Picked up a bottle of Russian Standard a few minutes ago, will give it a whirl shortly. It's nearly odourless, and a £10.99 in my local offy it seems an infinitely better buy than the floor cleaner Smirnoff Red at the same price.

Carzy · 8 Nov 2007 at 20:51

Fusion said:
Anyone else tried the flavoured Stoli varieties- orange, raspberry? I tried the orange a while ago and enjoyed it very much. Picked up a bottle of Russian Standard a few minutes ago, will give it a whirl shortly. It's nearly odourless, and a £10.99 in my local offy it seems an infinitely better buy than the floor cleaner Smirnoff Red at the same price.

Raspberry is okay in cocktails and the Vanilla one with lemonade is okay but not a major fan of them...Orange one is nasty

Only flavoured style vodka I like is Krupnik Honey Vodka, daaaamn sweet vodka.

Goldy · 8 Nov 2007 at 20:54

Russian Standard is pretty trashy imo. Not that anyone enjoys the stuff neat anyway.

semi-pro waster · 8 Nov 2007 at 20:59

Goldy said:
Russian Standard is pretty trashy imo. Not that anyone enjoys the stuff neat anyway.

No one enjoys Russian Standard neat or any sort of vodka neat? If the second then I know a lot of people who disagree with you entirely and still a few who would disagree with the first statement as well.

pedrochop · 8 Nov 2007 at 21:02

Jamie said:
I forgot to mention that this is a Honey Vodka(I think )

I've got this too. Actually its herbal rather than a honey vodka. Not opened my bottle yet, but I'm guessing that if you think it was a honey vodka it must be pretty sweet. Nice, I like

wez130 · 8 Nov 2007 at 22:23

bought 2 bottles of that russian standard vodka yesterday because i like the bottle LOL

No, it was on offer in Makro, £7.50 + vat per bottle and it's £13 in asda i think so decent price methinks, got a bottle of absolut at the moment, nice stuff. can't recommend any others though as i'm a vodka noob.