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Originally Posted by maleficent
Vodka's are all a matter of taste... 
I like my vodka straight -- so I'm fussy...
Grey Goose and ketel one are outstanding but if you are mixing, they might not be worth the premium pricetag... ... Absolut is absolutely blech.. (absolut peppar makes an awesome vodka sauce though for over pasta. )
Stoli is good if you keep it in the freezer... and it gets nice and thick - right out of awam bottle - not so good |
Sage and I aren't very into vodka... I doubt I'd ever drink a glass of it plain, so what I'm looking for in a cocktail vodka is minimal taste or texture. If I'm going to be mixing with a spirit that is supposed to be pure alcohol diluted with water, then by God I want it to taste that way!
We sampled a whole bunch of different vodkas in little airplane bottles and basically what I found was that they all fell into one of two categories: oily (like Luksusowa and Stoli) or crisp/tangy/spicy/hot/there's-not-really-a-word-for-it (like Skyy, Absolut, and VOX) and that if I want something in a drink that's going to be as unobtrusive as possible then I want it to minimize both of these characteristics, which is what Finlandia does (for me at least).