© 2020 The Growler Magazine. Drinking a great vodka should feel like ice skating the length of a perfectly smooth lake. To make things even easier, a distillery can purchase already-made ethanol, called neutral grain spirit, from a large plant. They’ll make your martinis taste like something more than ethanol and vermouth. It’s diluted back down to drinking strength and filtered through charcoal or another medium. _g1.setAttribute('src', _g1.getAttribute('data-src') ); _g1 = document.getElementById('g1-logo-inverted-source'); J. We love the labeling of this neutral spirit vodka and it stays pretty characterless throughout the sip. That light grainy sweetness extends to a very mild finish. But then, small distilleries began to pop up across the country, and the first thing they did was make a vodka. The only vodka in our tasting distilled from cane sugar, it only features a mild sweetness, with a robust texture and a creamy, lactic note on the finish. Honorable Mentions: Norseman Vodka, Harmony Vodka. if ( localStorage.getItem(skinItemId ) ) { The strangest thing is that there is a legal dispute about the brand in the US where I'm pretty sure it's not even supposed to be sold but I've still seen both versions of the vodka on shelves anyway, I don't know if there's some grey market importation going on or what. var _g1; They might take that vodka, add some juniper, and make it a gin. Playboy Nightlife‘s food and spirits writer Jason Horn was challenged to blind taste test and review five popular value brand vodkas, Smirnoff, Svedka, UV, Popov, and Pinnacle. var _g1; While we spirits writers would rather dote on the nuances of a fine bourbon, a great vodka, in truth, can be awfully pleasant: rich and creamy, smooth and balanced, crisp and clean. We gathered 21 different local vodkas from all over Minnesota—as far North as Hallock and as far south as Harmony (though one is contract-distilled for a Minnesota company just over the border in New Richmond). These are the vodkas most drinkers expect—alcohol and little else. Cultivating the craft lifestyle through storytelling that inspires progress in the communities of food, drink, arts, and the outdoors. But I will admit that some people will love one vodka while others will hate it, seems like it comes down to how sensitive people are to certain bitter adjuncts left over from distilling. "Cheap vodkas are not all created equal. A blind vodka taste test is really the only way to tell what vodka you should drink on the regular, and Tipsy Bartender just did wonders for Smirnoff’s sales. In theory, vodka is an odorless, flavorless spirit. I won't drink any vodka straight, but I'd agree that Popov is a steal. Clearly people didn’t think they’d prefer Smirnoff over … These vodkas follow the spirit of the spirit and aim for something odorless, flavorless, and able to disappear into any mixed drink. They’d sell those to keep the lights on while their whiskey sat in a barrel waiting for its day in the sun. According to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) vodka is “neutral spirits distilled or treated after distillation with charcoal or other materials so as to be without distinctive character, aroma, taste … Reserve these vodkas for spirit-forward cocktails. I really had no idea until I saw a video of a so-called vodka expert giving it the best marks in a blind taste test. } catch(e) {}. ethos, combined with smaller, less-efficient distilling equipment, produced vodka with character. Only problem is that it's very hard to find around where I live. The second track are the vodkas that hope to impart a distinct vapor of personality. Or at least, that’s what we learned when we made our spirits writer Jason Horn blind taste … Has that been your experience with vodka? Their grain-to-glass ethos, combined with smaller, less-efficient distilling equipment, produced vodka with character. Guests are constantly …, The term “craft” is ambiguous at best. Stash a bottle of this in your tackle box. Anything caustic, bitter, medicinal, or chemical would be marked down. In practice, it is anything but. All Rights Reserved. Complex and delicious. It says “6x distilled” on the label (that’s meaningless), but with a splash of tonic, you’ll barely taste it at all. The spirit is meant to be either chilled or diluted a bit. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Very little on the aroma, but a well-balanced, full-bodied texture with faint fruity notes, like apple skins, and a creaminess to the finish. Vegetal, lactic, spicy flavors crept in on the finish. Or at least, that’s what we learned when we made our spirits writer Jason Horn blind taste five different vodkas available for under $12. These vodkas made for cleaner martinis and were less biting on the finish. And those vodkas tasted like, well, something again. Gray Duck Media. Notice on the back of this vodka label the term “Produced by” as opposed to “Distilled by”, and you’ll know how it came together. When I've actually seen it in stores it's like $8-9 for a liter and this is in places where Popov runs about $11 a handle so it's not too much more. They feature interesting esters and complex flavors. _g1.setAttribute('srcset', _g1.getAttribute('data-srcset')); Certainly not back in our college days, when a handle from the bottom shelf was the fire that fueled the Saturday morning tailgate. They could turn one around in weeks, even days. Having done my own blind taste tests before with multiple people that vodka expert must be insane.

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