What's the best Vodka?

[Robb]

I'm looking to branch out from my Grey Goose pattern.

I find potato vodkas a little more interesting, in terms of having more flavor (if often more harsh to the palate).

What's your favorite? And why?

[Dookus]

1. I love Grey Goose...

too. But check out Belvedere. VERY VERY smooth and fine-tasting.

[qwaszx]

3. Used to drink Goose

Now I LOVE Ketel One!

[Loyal]

2. Too young to drink

Lmao

[Malva Zebrina]

4. Fleishmans--

only because I resist the PR advertisements and the fancy pictures on the bottles. Grey Goose is very smooth indeed, as is Stoli, but is way too expensive for my meager budget. Really, Fleishmans is not that bad at all.
Enjoy

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. Not a vodka drinker...

...but a friend who is swears by Chopin. That is, when he is not swearing AT it.

[Gingersnap]

6. another vote for Belvedere's

that's our current fave, replacing Ketel One.

Maybe we should start a gin thread? We're running low and don't like the ubiquitous Saphire.

[Spider Jerusalem]

13. Try Citadelle...

Very good stuff. At least the equal of Sapphire, maybe superior (I'm partial to Sapphire, myself). YMMV.

[Gingersnap]

16. thanks for the tip

what we don't like about Sapphire is that to our taste it isn't dry enough. Recently we bought a bottle of Junipero, but found it too ginny. We drink our gin in gin and tonics. I'll look for Citadelle.

[Jonte_1979]

7. I have to go with Absolut

But that's mostly out of patriotism.:D

[leftchick]

8. Absolut, Icy, Skyy, Icelandia...

I take mine with water so it needs to taste good. hic! :)

[JVS]

9. Luksusowa is a good polish potato vodka

and the price is pretty good too. 1.75 liters for under $25

[JanMichael]

18. Gawd! When I was in Krakow it was $5 a bottle!

Good stuff though, regardless of the price.

[JVS]

19. The regular size bottle is only about $12 in the US now

a fair deal. Hell of a lot better than smirnoff

[soothsayer]

23. Luksosowa all the way (DC store has 1.75 l for $19.99 right now)

But it keeps selling out!

[HEyHEY]

10. Alberta Premium

[AngryYoungMan]

11. Nobody said "Ketel One"?

Fine Dutch vodka...

[rbnyc]

21. I was just going to say Ketel One. (nt)

;-)

[IggleDoer]

12. Vox

Vox Rocks!

[Mz Pip]

14. The very best vodka I ever had

was frozen buffalo grass vodka I had in Spain. It was made in Poland. That's all I remember.

MzPip
:dem:

[ReadTomPaine]

15. Stolichnaya.

Surprised that no one here mentioned it already. It's the choice vodka according to most connoisseurs and bartenders. Not a liquor person myself and even I can tell the difference.

[Padraig18]

17. Chopin and Wyborowa (sp.?) are both good

[Spider Jerusalem]

20. The best vodka...

is either Russian or Polish Starka (old) vodka. Dark, not clear, aged 5-15 years in oak, like a good brandy or whisky. Russian versions have a touch of port and/or brandy added prior to aging, along with apple or pear...the Polish starka is a blend of raw rye spirits and a small amount of Malaga wine. Good luck finding either anywhere in the States, though...very hard to track down, and extremely rare.

[Closer]

22. My vote goes to

the Swedish vodka Svedka :-)

[T Roosevelt]

24. Nobody's mentioned Finlandia

So I will. Very smooth...

[WillyBrandt]

25. Hangar One, then Gray Goose

Hangar One is VERY new Vodka made in California. I had it as a chic restaurant and it was fantastic: the Mandarin blend in particular is great.

If you have a bottle of this, you will be very cool.

Gray Goose, is of course, fantastic as well. Besides Hangar, I've never tried a vodka as good.