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Posted on 1/31/09 at 4:24 pm to GarmischTiger
anybody try Chopin ? its a potato vodka...Its great for martinis....very smooth...
Posted on 1/31/09 at 5:25 pm to MarlinMan
Vodka for the most part is vodka. If you get caught up in the marketing of vodka, you are stupid.
Posted on 1/31/09 at 5:27 pm to gotclee
Svedka is better
Posted on 1/31/09 at 6:42 pm to foreverLSU
Russian Standard
Posted on 1/31/09 at 7:04 pm to MarlinMan
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anybody try Chopin ? its a potato vodka...Its great for martinis....very smooth...
Yes. I like it.
Posted on 1/31/09 at 8:55 pm to Mo Jeaux
personal fav is x-rated and I really like ciroc when extremely chilled. Too bad p-daddy is now pimping it as the price is sure to rise.
Btw, ciroc is made from grapes and not potatoes or grain.
Btw, ciroc is made from grapes and not potatoes or grain.
Posted on 2/1/09 at 3:48 am to fightin tigers
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ciroc is made from grapes and not potatoes or grain
Sounds like a waste of grapes.
Posted on 2/1/09 at 9:56 am to gotclee
quote:You realize that Smirnoff repeatedly beats Grey Goose on vodka taste tests. One of the specials I watched on tv had about 10 vodka drinkers which 8 of them said Goose was their favorite. After the test, every single one of them had picked Goose as their least favorite when they didn't know which one they were drinking. So looks like you are buying into the marketing.
I commend those second tier clowns that noted why they chose a lesser brand. (Ketel One, Chopin, Rain, Svedka, etc....)If you are mixing your crappy vodka then that explains your lack of discerning taste.
Inferiority breeds incompetence....
Posted on 2/1/09 at 11:04 am to saderade
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So looks like you are buying into the marketing.
While I agree that Goose likely isn't my favorite, it is a good one to have around. As far as buying into marketing..WTF? Smirnoff runs 100x the commercials/ads of Goose. I really can't remember what a grey goose commercial is like and I dont really seem to pick them off in magazines. Not saying people aren't buying into marketing, but if you claim that be sure that people aren't buying into Smirnoff for the same reason.
Posted on 2/1/09 at 11:17 am to fightin tigers
LINK
There's a lot more to marketing than commercials.
quote:
Frank says it is about to get same kind of marketing love that he showered on Grey Goose. He gave the vodka a high $30-a-liter price tag, made it a fixture at ritzy events, and hawked it as the world's best-tasting vodka after it won a 1998 award.
There's a lot more to marketing than commercials.
Posted on 2/1/09 at 11:20 am to yellowfin
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There's a lot more to marketing than commercials
yeah, I have seen you post that before. the truth is that 95% of vodkas taste the exact same. Usually the filtrations are all the same, and if you want to take it one step further send it through a brita at your house.
however, I would love to get in on one of those taste testing of vodka trials. anyone?
Posted on 2/1/09 at 11:25 am to fightin tigers
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however, I would love to get in on one of those taste testing of vodka trials. anyone?
I'm always game for free vodka.
I mix my vodka with tonic water so it doesn't make a difference to me what they use anyway.
Posted on 2/1/09 at 11:28 am to yellowfin
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I mix my vodka with tonic water so it doesn't make a difference to me what they use anyway.
I think that is a big point that most people miss. as soon as it is mixed with anything the purity question goes out the window. fwiw, I used to drink vodka straight up, but now I have moved to scotch because I find it has more depth.
Posted on 2/1/09 at 2:47 pm to yellowfin
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There's a lot more to marketing than commercials.
The guy who invented Grey Goose was the same guy who marketed Jaeger (liquid valium and was field tested at Tulane and LSU). As for GG, the marketing plan was complete BEFORE the vodka had even been determined.
Posted on 2/1/09 at 4:00 pm to Venicetiger
Taaka in a rumpled brown paper bag - hard to beat!
This post was edited on 2/1/09 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 2/1/09 at 4:47 pm to Venicetiger
quote:I want to hear this story.
the same guy who marketed Jaeger (liquid valium and was field tested at Tulane and LSU)
Posted on 2/1/09 at 5:28 pm to Cold Cous Cous
[link=( https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/bizfinance/biz/features/10816/)]Here it is[/link]
Posted on 2/1/09 at 7:28 pm to Venicetiger
I don't go by marketing, other people's taste, or a worried reflection on how my choice might appear to others. For taste and smoothness I will prefer Grey Goose and Belvedere over Ketel One, Ciroc 
,etc. Stoli is always a good standby. If I am drinking a gin martini I prefer Bombay Sapphire.
,etc. Stoli is always a good standby. If I am drinking a gin martini I prefer Bombay Sapphire.Posted on 2/1/09 at 9:38 pm to BigAppleTiger
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I don't go by marketing, other people's taste, or a worried reflection on how my choice might appear to others. For taste and smoothness I will prefer Grey Goose and Belvedere over Ketel One, Ciroc ,etc. Stoli is always a good standby. If I am drinking a gin martini I prefer Bombay Sapphire.
It is vodka. If you pay a premium for anything over Stoli, the marketing has worked.
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