Originally posted by NUKE
Like I said I'm no vodka expert and I'd imagine you know what you are talking about.
I liked Chopin a lot though and Grey Goose too. I have some Absolut right now and it kind of has a medicine type flavor. I mixed it with Perrier for grins.
I wouldn't mind trying some good Russian vodka, but I don't really know what's good and what's not.
Absolut is like 100% chemically "pure for analysis" ethanol plus distilled water. I can't imagine how anyone can drink it mixed with mineral water...
We have many different vodka tastes, for example - on Victory day we drank Glavspirtprom "rye", it is simply sweet - too much sugar. There are some bitter vodkas, with caraway extract and other stuff. I like some brands that have added amber acid - it means no hangover after you have more then halflitre per snout.
For me - vodka flavour must be... let me try to explain... not "medical", not "rotten", something fresh (not artificial) that makes your appetite rise, to chase it immediately with something like sour cabbige or salted onion with a piece of salo (salted lard) and a piece of black bread. Vodka must be consumed with special food. If you have some time - get some good herring, serve it with onion rings and some hot boiled potatoes, it's my favourite "zakuska".
Ok, it was your idea, not mine... I went to a fridge (I am at work), found a litre of "Bogorodskaya soft", and poured a small 50ml glass... Cheers!... Damn, an after-taste screams for something to chase it... I only have some Yessentuki mineral water, grrr... and a cigarette. I can't drink beer after an operation yet, so I have some vodka here instead, and you ruined my intention to stay sober tonight... Sto gramm - ne stop-kran, dyornesh - ne ostanovishsya... (100 grams is not an emergency brake, if you "pull" it you don't srop), so I pour another one... I start to wonder do I have something at home to eat
fast without cooking... Third one goes smoother, life is getting better, I hope "Yessentuki" will protect my stomach... It's dangerous, 150ml already into an empty stomach... I feel like I'll bite my dinner table legs at home... Another cigarette... I can't resist buying a can of "screwdriver" on the way home, I can't drink carbonated drinks and it's the only **** sold with beer that has no bubbles... We can't drink in the subway any more, thanks to our beloved legislators, may they rot in hell, but our militia doesn't care - they understand people going home after 23:00..
Good bye! I hope I'll write more tomorrow! %-]
