Reply for both:

vodka is not meant to have a taste! It's just watered ethanol. How can that be yummy? A screwdriver is yummy because of the orange juice, and more enjoyable cos it's got a drug we all enjoy the effects of in it.

Flavoured vodka, like Bison Grass or whatever, I could agree on as it's actually got a taste beyond ethanol burning your tastebuds. The eastern bloc types drink vodka chilled down just so the ethanol isn't evaporating and ruining your mouth and instead goes down smooth.

Am I making any sense?
(ElectricSexPants would like to be the Sultan of something, Wed 22 Dec 2010, 10:02, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Yes, that makes sense
But I do keep my vodka in the freezer and also drink flavoured vodka, so am I allowed to say I like it now?
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 22 Dec 2010, 10:05, Reply)

Aww, don't be like that. I was disagreeing not telling you you can't like it!

But yes, for the record you're allowed to say you like it now.
(ElectricSexPants would like to be the Sultan of something, Wed 22 Dec 2010, 10:08, Reply)

Thank you
I fucking love vodka.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 22 Dec 2010, 10:10, Reply)

I don't see what's wrong with liking the taste of it anyway
just because of what it is

it's not like anyone is saying it doesn't taste of anything
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 22 Dec 2010, 10:09, Reply)

But that's my exact point, vodka has no flavour. I don't see the point of drinking normal vodka when you get the same ethanol hit plus other notes from, say, a rum or a gin. Same goes for things like Zubrovka (bison grass) which I do enjoy!
(ElectricSexPants would like to be the Sultan of something, Wed 22 Dec 2010, 10:16, Reply)

it does have a flavour
are you saying that water doesn't have a flavour? ethanol certainly seems to have a flavour.

It's rare that I'll drink neat vodka, it'd have to be something like 42 Below to make it worthwhile, but I like how the taste of it blends with stuff like lime and soda.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 22 Dec 2010, 10:27, Reply)

Mamont is good and comes in a funky bottle, Snow Queen is excellent
There's a Scottish vodka called Pincer made with milk thistle and elderflower that is fantastic.

I've got a mate who's a real vodka buff and I tend to get him some really obscure ones and sit around drinking them with him.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 22 Dec 2010, 10:33, Reply)

the Irish make a decent one called Boru
not a really pricy one, but much nicer than the usual stuff.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 22 Dec 2010, 10:40, Reply)

I shall look out for it
cheers!
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 22 Dec 2010, 10:45, Reply)

it still has impurities and traces of flavour which make it taste different
otherwise every vodka would taste the same, which it doesn't

I keep mine in the freezer.

And if it transpires that I like the taste of watered down ethanol then so be it
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 22 Dec 2010, 10:06, Reply)

So buy a few gallons of ethanol from a chemical supplier, dump in a potato and save money! :)
(ElectricSexPants would like to be the Sultan of something, Wed 22 Dec 2010, 10:12, Reply)

not quite the same
;-)

I think it's the quality of the water that affects it quite a bit.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 22 Dec 2010, 10:17, Reply)

Pure ethanol doesn't have any water in it, wherever it comes from.
Stick in a potato AND some Evian. sorted!
(ElectricSexPants would like to be the Sultan of something, Wed 22 Dec 2010, 10:20, Reply)

I had some buffalo grass vodka from Poland once
and have to admit that it was bloody lovely; nice and smooth.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 22 Dec 2010, 10:10, Reply)

I was drinking that on Sunday
it is stupidly quaffable.

Ooh and my friend's Polish housemate has been making sloe and honey vodka for over the holidays. I can't wait to have some more of that *drools*
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 22 Dec 2010, 10:12, Reply)

Quaffable, what a great word

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 22 Dec 2010, 10:16, Reply)