Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: SASMOX on August 15, 2005, 01:00:16 PM
-
(http://www.vaskuu.cx/albums/AHII/finlandia.sized.jpg) (http://www.vaskuu.cx/albums/AHII/finlandia.jpg)
-
Not a bad vodka. "middle of the road" quality.
-
If I recall right it's american owned now.
-
Since when "cranberry" stuff is white?
Frankly speaking I'll prefer any local brand not cheaper then 60 rubles per halflitre to Finlandia. Their cranberry liquor is a good thing (for girls ;)), but white 40% liquid is not good, even if you don't look at the price.
-
Originally posted by Siaf__csf
If I recall right it's american owned now.
You are correct, it is owned by an American company but it is still brewed in Finland.
Ownership doesn't change the essence of a drink :)
-
Originally posted by Boroda
Since when "cranberry" stuff is white?
Frankly speaking I'll prefer any local brand not cheaper then 60 rubles per halflitre to Finlandia. Their cranberry liquor is a good thing (for girls ;)), but white 40% liquid is not good, even if you don't look at the price.
Russian vodka is very nice drink and I like it as such. However, it is nice to have some variety. The cranberry vodka with lime is very good drink to have with a good friend on a sunny afternoon;)
Today I have a great moment with my best friend here at the shore of lake of Siekkinen (My home lake):cool:
-
Finlandia is a pretty good vodka. I very seldom drink the stuff bare so the fine nuances between vodkas elude me... I only taste the diff between really bad and really good.
-
I gotta echo SASMOX on Russian vodka. I just got a bottle of 80 proof "Ladoga" and it tasted like birds milk when compared to the usual local stuff.
-
One thing I've learned about tasters in the distillery business while a bartender for a few years....they (associates in the distillery business) said never trust the judgement of a smoker when it comes to taste.
-
Originally posted by Ripsnort
One thing I've learned about tasters in the distillery business while a bartender for a few years....they (associates in the distillery business) said never trust the judgement of a smoker when it comes to taste.
I can understand that.
After I quit 1,5 years ago almost everything tastes different than before.
-
Got to try this one the other night. Not bad. I'm not much of a vodka drinker, and honestly couldnt tell you what is what. I do know that this one was very smooth though.
(http://www.waynehorsetrials.com/bottleSplash.gif)
I normally stick with bourbon or tequila.
-
looks like a bottle of perfume. nice design on that one.
-
(http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2002-04-19/food_feature-1.jpg)
Tito's Handmade Vodka
Austin, Texas
-
How's it taste?
-
Tito's is great stuff. But, don't take my word for it. Do a Google search and read the reviews. Made at a true microdistillery in copper pot stills. I met Tito years ago when he was first launching his vodka. He's a very cool guy and fun to talk to. Gave up his job as a geologist and maxed out his credit cards to build his distillery.
Now he owns and operates the only legal distillery in Texas.
-
Ketel 1, Vox, both 'smoother' than Finlandia.
Boroda, on this we can agree.. I prefer vodka with bite... otherwise, what's the ****ing point?
;)
-
(http://store1.yimg.com/I/vodkaguide_1804_47488450)
-
Mix one part pure distilled water with one part pure distilled ethanol. Tastes like the finest vodka for a fraction of the price.
-
Originally posted by Suave
Mix one part pure distilled water with one part pure distilled ethanol. Tastes like the finest vodka for a fraction of the price.
It's called "Absolut" and is sold in fancy bottles for 100x price. And it's not a vodka.
-
Originally posted by Suave
Mix one part pure distilled water with one part pure distilled ethanol. Tastes like the finest vodka for a fraction of the price.
Isnt that just watery Everclear?
-
Ok, stupid question. What makes vodka ........... Vodka? I mean, with most alcohols the ingredients define the drink. Whiskey, scotch, bourbon, tequila, brandy ............. all pretty much (in my experience) use the same ingredients. Quality may vary, but a grape is still a grape, barley is still barley. I've seen so many different vodkas at the store ............ vodka made from grapes, vodka made from wheat, vodka made from almost everything I can imagine. I guess I'm just out of touch, or misinformed when I was younger. I always think of potatos when I think of vodka.
-
Good vodka only tastes like 50% alcohol. There's only one reason to drink it. Unless you like the taste of alcohol, yeah right.
-
Originally posted by StarOfAfrica2
Ok, stupid question. What makes vodka ........... Vodka? I mean, with most alcohols the ingredients define the drink. Whiskey, scotch, bourbon, tequila, brandy ............. all pretty much (in my experience) use the same ingredients. Quality may vary, but a grape is still a grape, barley is still barley. I've seen so many different vodkas at the store ............ vodka made from grapes, vodka made from wheat, vodka made from almost everything I can imagine. I guess I'm just out of touch, or misinformed when I was younger. I always think of potatos when I think of vodka.
I already tried to describe a vodka taste. It's not simply ethanol. It's smooth, and it makes you hungry, stimulates your appetite.
Making vodka is not simply mixing ethanol with water. Chemically it means dissociation of ethanol (C2H5OH) in water and then reaction with other ions. Water has to be specially treated, many organic and non-organic additions are used. Actual mixing of water and ethanol takes several hours at high temeperature, usually with something like birch-tree charcoal.
Here in Chemical Physics institute some scientists used special ionisation devices (I wonder how many $$ they cost ;)) to make their own vodka and, especially, liqueur (nastoyka). They managed to make incredible cranberry nastoyka using this "purely scientific approach" :D
-
Ok, I followed your directions. I mixed 50/50 methanol and water, but for some reason i can'y rwally see the kyboard too great.l
-
Originally posted by Suave
Good vodka only tastes like 50% alcohol. There's only one reason to drink it. Unless you like the taste of alcohol, yeah right.
50% ethanol tastes exactly like 96% ethanol, the only difference is that you have to swallow more of this firewater and burn your throat more.
After drinking pure alcohol mixed with pure soft mountain river water for a month makes you drink vodka like water when you come home from the mountains.
Ethanol dissociation in water is an exotermic reaction, so the water has to be really cold if you don't want to drink warm crap. And if you mix alcohol with water - you need to leave it for several hours at the cold place, otherwise it's almost impossible to drink, unless you are a profi like me and think that both pure ethanol and vodka are soooo tasty! :D
Ethanol (1) = alcohol (2) = wine spirit (3).
(1) - Latin name used by chemists
(2) - Arabic name used my medics
(3) - Common European name
-
Originally posted by Chairboy
Ok, I followed your directions. I mixed 50/50 methanol and water, but for some reason i can'y rwally see the kyboard too great.l
Get a litre of vodka or other traditional spirit and drink it immediately. Ethanol helps to withdraw methanol from your body.
Unfortunately I was too late with my last post and didn't explain the difference between wine and wood spirit :( ;)
-
Originally posted by Chairboy
Ok, I followed your directions. I mixed 50/50 methanol and water, but for some reason i can'y rwally see the kyboard too great.l
:rofl
-
I DRINKD TEH STERNO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
For us poor drinkers that have to buy stuff like: school clothes, school supplies, new ram for the wife's computer, Gass for her gass guzling car, hair die because she just can't stand her roots, new toys once a week for the kids because "they just HAVE to have it" AND who's wife considers the act of job hunting, checking the internet once a week.
I like Smirnoff twist again cheap stuff. Mix the rasberry with some sprite. Yum yum yum. It's usually $8.50 with a $1.50 off cupon for a 750ml
(http://dekabadgirl.weblogger.terra.com.br/img/smirnoff_twist.jpg)
-
If you are going to mix it, might as well get Winner's Cup. Funkypants tested, Creamo approved.
-
Only the finest vodkas come in plastic jugs.
-
Originally posted by bikekil
(http://store1.yimg.com/I/vodkaguide_1804_47488450)
hahaha stupid people. cant even spell 'vodka' :lol
-
Originally posted by Furball
hahaha stupid people. cant even spell 'vodka' :lol
That one is very good, believe me, as a well-known alconaut and local litre-ball champion ;)
As for spelling - the funniest is Finnish, "votka" :D
-
Originally posted by Gunslinger
I like Smirnoff twist again cheap stuff. Mix the rasberry with some sprite. Yum yum yum. It's usually $8.50 with a $1.50 off cupon for a 750ml.
Use those coupons while you can Guns. They are illegal in Texas.