We're at TGIFridays, where we've secretly replaced fine liquor with swill

cranberry · May 23, 2013

I typically drink Ketel One and I at least think I can discern it from low-end vodkas based on smoothness (and of course I like how it sounds when I order it) but YF's point is well taken and I'm certain that choosing a premium vodka for a mixed drink is throwing your money away. Also, hangovers aren't that big an issue with vodka, anyway, unless you're mixing it with something sweet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/26/dining/26wine.html?pagewanted=all&position=&_r=0

The idea for the Dining section's tasting panel was to sample a range of the new high-end unflavored vodkas that have come on the market in the last few years in their beautifully designed bottles and to compare them with a selection of established super-premium brands. To broaden the comparison, or possibly as a bit of mischief, our tasting coordinator, Bernard Kirsch, added to our blind tasting a bottle of Smirnoff, the single best-selling unflavored vodka in the United States, but a definite step down in status, marketing and bottle design.

After the 21 vodkas were sipped and the results compiled, the Smirnoff was our hands-down favorite.
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expendable · May 23, 2013

DanielSimpsonDay said:

Uncle.Ruckus said:

I think I read somewhere you can take Popov or McCormick vodka and run it through a Brita twice and it will taste high-end.
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It makes it smoother, without a doubt. The filter is pretty much shot after a few pass-throughs, though. The filtration process is the primary difference between Popov and Smirnoff. Same source liquid, but Smirnoff is filtered at least twice more. Home-filtered rotgut won't have the same mouth feel as some higher-end liquids, e.g. Grey Goose, which will add glycerin for a smoother feel, but it certainly won't have the original nose hair-shedding harshness.
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Mythbusters pretty much confirms what you're saying, DSD.
(The audio is crap, and there are subtitles in some kind of language, but Kari gets cheery drunk, so there's that).

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