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Brands of Vodka says
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Billy says
Firstly you have the raw ingredients. The cheep brand will use molasses or corn with the more expensive ones using wheat, rye, barley, potatoes or even grapes. Potato vodkas tend to have a great creaminess while wheat offers smoothness and rye has a greater clarity. Some, Ultimat for example, use a blend wheat, potatoes and rye to get the best of all worlds. The water used
does, of course, play a part in the end flavor. Many of the better brands use deminerlised well, spring or glacial melt water so as to not overpower the delicate flavor of the distillate.
Next comes the distillation and filtration. The use of pot stills tends to be more common in the production of premium vodka and many brands are now distilled three or four times. Once distilled it is often filtered through a variety of materials with the most common being charcoal or quartz.
All this is before you even get into the traditional and modern flavored varieties…
If your wanting to taste a few different types i would say go for;
Luksusowa – A very creamy potatoe vodka made from specially selected potatoes from along the baltic coast and well water.
Krolevska – Again from Poland but this time made from rye with more clarity.
Stolichnaya Gold – This is a wheat based vodka from Russia.
There are some truly excellent vodkas out there (Ultimat for example) but few bartenders seem to know much about them, never mind having the knowledge to suggest them to customers.
Ari says
For the most part the same variations you might find between different brands of bottled water. The reason being is that most flavors come from the water used to dilute it down to 40%.
What they distill is pretty meaningless as multiple distillation and filtration runs removes practically all flavor. Many vodka companies don't even distill their own spirit but buy it bulk from a couple main suppliers. So many brands might use the exact same alcohol base.
mealbean says
just depends on how many times they're distilled. i've seen tests where people have bought cheap vodka and put it through a Brita water filter a few times and taste tests couldn't tell the difference between that and much more expensive vodka.
celebrity girl says
Absolute,Grey goose,Smirnoff.They all taste the same.Some are just more affordable.
jojo says
i would say the best vodka is smooth and you dont feel a burning , depends seems the cheaper vodkas have aftertaste
Nanniekc says
Well, some vodka's are made from rice, others potato's, etc.they disstill it diffrently.
Favorite's: Sky Vodka- leaves no order on breath !