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Vodka (Vodka Vanity)
me | 01/01/2016 | me

Posted on 01/01/2016 4:47:54 PM PST by Artemis Webb

My brother in law bought me this bottle of Grays Peak Small Batch vodka for Christmas. Dang nice looking bottle. I haven't opened it yet. But I'm wondering who here has a preference for vodka and if you really can tell the difference between one American Vodka and another?

This one is going to end up in white russians anyway. The Dude would doubtless approve.


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KEYWORDS: cocktails; vodka
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To: Farmer Dean
Try Sobieski from Poland.

Dittos. I quit drinking September 19th but Sobieski was my Vodka of choice. Best sweet spot for purity, taste, price in my state.
41 posted on 01/01/2016 5:20:26 PM PST by Tailback
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To: LostInBayport

I keep a sun tea jug (the kind with a spigot) of Stoli Doli in the fridge during the summer. Cut a fresh pineapple (the Dole part of the Stoli Doli) into chunks and put them in the jug. Feel free to leave the core in. Top off the jug with Stolichnya (the Stoli component). This should sit for a week before consuming on the rocks or used as a component to a mixed drink. I find that it is perfectly adequate a day or so into the process ; )


42 posted on 01/01/2016 5:23:36 PM PST by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: stylecouncilor

Now I want a cucumber.


43 posted on 01/01/2016 5:25:44 PM PST by windcliff
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To: AppyPappy
I'm allergic to liquor. It makes me break out in handcuffs.

YOWZA.............

44 posted on 01/01/2016 5:34:10 PM PST by varon (Obama is a tumor.........)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Potato vodka is the only stuff worth drinking! Grain vodka sucks!

On the other hand, grain vodka separates the amateurs from the professionals.

45 posted on 01/01/2016 5:34:47 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Artemis Webb

You can make great Screwdrivers and for medical purposes, mix with prune juice and you will have a Piledriver.


46 posted on 01/01/2016 5:36:57 PM PST by umgud
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To: Artemis Webb

Tito’s is a great vodka at a reasonable price. However, I have found American Harvest to be an excellent vodka ..slight sweetness makes fantastic gimlets


47 posted on 01/01/2016 5:38:37 PM PST by The Great RJ (�Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money.� Margaret Thatcher)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Uh huh...that’s why Russians are such upbeat cheery people...


48 posted on 01/01/2016 5:40:16 PM PST by Jhadur ("I'm shocked, Ricky, to discover that gambling is taking place in this establishment.")
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To: goodwithagun

That sounds perfect for a hot summer’s evening at the beach or even just lounging outside. Definitely on the rocks. I will find out come summer!

The handy little things I learn on FR.


49 posted on 01/01/2016 5:41:58 PM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: PAR35

>>> Tells me all I need to know: “The purity of Grays Peak vodka is only achieved by using premium corn that is distilled five times using water that undergoes a proprietary reverse osmosis process that removes any trace minerals typically found in spring waters that can produce “hot” flavors.” . <<<

Actually, dissolved gasses and organic proteins in the water can have a really deleterious effect on distilled beverages, so running the water through a RO system is a good thing. Even better is using distilled water, but thoroughly boiled water works well too.

I knew somebody who did some home distilling a while back and his comment on the subject of water prep was “Remember what fish do in that stuff and you’ll boil it for sure.”


50 posted on 01/01/2016 5:42:46 PM PST by JJ_Folderol (Just my opinion and only worth what you paid for it.)
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To: AppyPappy

I have the same allergy


51 posted on 01/01/2016 5:46:47 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Artemis Webb

Grey Goose. And that is ALL a friend of mine drinks. Just Grey Goose. Nothing else.


52 posted on 01/01/2016 5:47:57 PM PST by PJ-Comix (DUmmie Skinner: Bought & Paid For By Hillary)
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To: Artemis Webb
Not a vodka drinker, but I'd like to have one of these:


53 posted on 01/01/2016 5:50:17 PM PST by real saxophonist (YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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To: FamiliarFace

“Let me know if you ever want an opinion on rum.”

Mount Gay!


54 posted on 01/01/2016 5:52:30 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: Artemis Webb

Shhh, I am about to tell a great big secret and I don’t want anyone else to hear it ... “Different people have different tasters and no two people have the same reaction to what they taste!”

So you start at the bottom cheap stuff and if you are real lucky and it tastes good - you DON’T NEED THE EXPENSIVE STUFF! Buy a bottle or two of the high-priced names to entertain guests and keep silent about your good fortune. If on the other hand it tastes like kerosene, well Bucky, raise up to the next higher shelf and repeat.

If you are really UNLUCKY and you have got those gourmet tasters that can distinguish between expensive Vodkas ... try to get a job with them or become a teetotaler. Unless you are rich, in that case why should you care?

Anyhow drink it or give it - but be happy that someone likes you enough to give it to you!


55 posted on 01/01/2016 6:00:28 PM PST by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: Artemis Webb

I’ve had the real Russian vodka, made these small distilleries in the outer Oblasks. Some damned fine hooch. But vodka, is vodka to me and the subtle differences are too sublime for my tastes.

If you were to make vodka martini’s I would say there is a perceptible difference. Otherwise, if you’re mixing it as long as it’s not Old Mr. Boston or some other rot-gut you’d be hard pressed to tell the difference.


56 posted on 01/01/2016 6:09:35 PM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: goodwithagun

Mmmmmmmmmmmm........;)


57 posted on 01/01/2016 6:12:44 PM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Mount Gay is very good, but my favorite is Appleton Estate Reserve. Try it sometime if you haven’t. It costs a little more , but not obscenely so.


58 posted on 01/01/2016 6:15:00 PM PST by FamiliarFace
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

“Mount Gay!”

One of the best things to like about Barbados (and there are several)


59 posted on 01/01/2016 6:16:27 PM PST by IAMNO1 (Enough with the divisions. Lets get somebody in there who'll fix this mess.)
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To: Artemis Webb

I like infused flavors, a friend had hot peppers sitting in vodka in the freezer for a long time, it was very nice.

I guess a lot of people would roll their eyes at infused flavors in vodka, but I rather have that than a sweet mixed drink.


60 posted on 01/01/2016 6:25:11 PM PST by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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