[Lukasz]

I was told recently by some American guy that the best vodka is from France… It was my inspiration to made this post , I don’t know where he learnt such insanities but I was truly shocked, what the hell he is talking about?? :) How many people in US might be so mistaken?? Even in old pre war French restaurant-guides they wrote that there are many different vodkas but true connoisseur will choose always Polish ones. Remember that to drink non-Polish vodka it is not only a big mistake but also a sin! :) What is more important, you still have a chance because “joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth“!

The highest world’s qualtly top Polish brands are Belweder, Chopin, Wyborowa and Luksusowa.

[dfwgator]

Na Zdrowie!

[Holicheese]

Big Belvedere fan. Makes a great martini. I have to say however, that Grey Goose is awesome.
The french also have a Citidel Gin. Very tastey.

[EveningStar]

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[Cagey]

I was told recently by some American guy that the best vodka is from France

Grey Goose, a French Vodka, is hard to beat.

[Allegra]

Belvedere with soda and a twist of lime has been my choice of poison for a few years now.

I actually have a bottle of Belvedere in my room that I bought in Jordan a couple of months ago.

I guess I'm saving it for a special occasion or a really stressful time. I can't buy it here.

I can get Absolut here, though. But Belvedere kicks its butt.

[Lukasz]

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[Sender]

I've never tried Belvedere or Chopin because they are so expensive here. A good potato vodka for a low price is Monopolowa from Austria, but granted that would be a sin ;)

[fredhead]

One winter evening in 1982, in Naples, Italy, I was drinking in a bar, drinking screwdrivers made with vodka that said "Product of U.S.S.R." on the label. I stepped out of the bar and started toward the harbor where I could get on a boat back to my ship, the Nimitz. That's all I remember. Lucky for me, I woke up in my bunk on the ship, but I don't remember how I got there.



And that's the last time I drank vodka.

[curiosity]

Hey! You forgot my favorite, Zubrowka!

[rmlew]

These are all good Vodkas. I learned to drink on Luksusowa and was positively stunned with the horrendous quality of some of the more common vodkas. Smirnoff, Popov, and Absolut are actually painful. I refuse to even mix these.
Frankly all of the Baltic countries have at least one brand of vodka, which can be drunk on its own.
I just went liquor shopping, so I have Luksusowa, Chopin, Wyborowa, Dansk, Svensk, Finlandia, and Ciroc (French vodka made from grapes.)

I hate to say it, but the Ciroc is probaly the smoothest of these.
Ron
PS. The only descent American vodka was Peconic, which is no longer produced.

[curiosity]

Potatoes replaced grain...

Sorry, but that's not true. Some of the best wodka is made from grain. Wyborowa is grain. I'm pretty sure Belvedere is too.

In fact, I prefer grain vodka to potato vodka. It's drier.