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I have been a Gin drinker for years but feel a need for change. I typically would have a Martini or with Tonic and Lime which is obviously less evident for flavor notes. It's more the martini component where I have found Vodka kind of rough (Tito's, Ketel One or Belvedere for example).
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Considering that the DEFINITION of vodka is "alcohol, distilled to the max. amount of purity available by standard distillation methods, then diluted with water to achieve target proof level" I think it's kind of unrealistic to ask for "vodka that doesn't taste like alcohol". The stuff is nothing BUT ethanol and water, with trace contaminants remaining from carry-over during distillation.
Just today I bought the cheapest bottle of vodka I could find in a store called Loukonoff. It's advertised as a "handmade" product from an old "Russian Heritage Recipe". Which probably means nothing, just advertising talk.
It has almost no taste. Well, it has a slight taste, but I'm not sure what it is, as I drink Bourbon, which has a more pronounced sweet taste. It's the first vodka I've tasted in 40 years, and prefer it to the Smirnoff I used to drink. At first I mixed it w/ water, but it's tastier straight up.
Considering that the DEFINITION of vodka is "alcohol, distilled to the max. amount of purity available by standard distillation methods, then diluted with water to achieve target proof level" I think it's kind of unrealistic to ask for "vodka that doesn't taste like alcohol". The stuff is nothing BUT ethanol and water, with trace contaminants remaining from carry-over during distillation.
Apparently so, guess I'll stick with my London Dry Gin and some forays into Bourbon instead.
Apparently so, guess I'll stick with my London Dry Gin and some forays into Bourbon instead.
Keep in mind that the definition of gin is "ethanol, distilled to the maximum concentration possible with standard distillation methods, then diluted to the desired proof with water and flavored with essence of juniper and other flavors".
For distilled spirits, my personal preferences are toward whiskey (or whisky) in its many varieties, brandy, amd tequila - these are spirits that carry more flavor from their process than the clear gin/vodka group.
I am presently in the midst of some in depth Vodka research (the store down the road has the biggest bottle of Vodka I have ever seen for $9.95). It tastes like nothing at all and has no smell. From what I've read, this is the deal w/ Vodka. It is distilled to 190-195 proof, then water is added to get the proof down to around 80. So unlike something like Bourbon, which retains a sweet taste from it's corn origin and hasn't been distilled to within an inch of its life,Vodka is distilled so that it has no taste.
I bought my neighbor one of these 1.75 liter Big Vodkas today. She said she usually buys the higher priced brand, which makes no sense to me because if it is distilled so much, one brand should taste about like any other brand. Like nothing at all.
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