Ketel One

Ghosthunter · Post by **Ghosthunter** » Sun May 21, 2006 7:00 pm

Well I decided to treat myself tonight...I went out to liquor store and took a chance on Ketel One...very impressive!!!!

I usually drink grey goose vodka, but Ketel One cheaper so i said hmm let me try it heard good thigns before but never got a chance.

I was gonna try Stoli Gold...never had that before.

Ketel One > Grey goose and cheaper

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun May 21, 2006 7:02 pm

Ya Ketel one and stoli are good, I think grey goose and absolute are overrated. Just stay away from Popov lol

Ghosthunter · Post by **Ghosthunter** » Sun May 21, 2006 7:05 pm

yeah i agree about absolut.only thing it good for mixers but then i would rather use smirnoff for mixers

straight up Ketel is real good

you ever had Stoli gold? how is that one? much better then stoli reg?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun May 21, 2006 7:09 pm

had soli reg and some other one from them, forget the name, not the gold though.

De Plano · Post by **De Plano** » Sun May 21, 2006 7:29 pm

Did a vodka tasting one night (well a few nights, but I mainly remember the one

). We found Chopin was number one, Stoli number two, and Skyy was three. Absolute was right there with Smirnoff and some other one as the bottom dwellers. I guess Ketel was in the middle.

Skyy was number three mianly because it wasnot offensive. Tasteless, but not offensive

Needlefreak · Post by **Needlefreak** » Sun May 21, 2006 7:31 pm

Gave me the ****s bad...real bad....flowing yellow river

...Was hell finishing that bottle...

Ghosthunter · Post by **Ghosthunter** » Sun May 21, 2006 7:32 pm

[quote="De Plano"]Did a vodka tasting one night (well a few nights, but I mainly remember the one ]

I tried Skyy once it good for mixing...but straight up I did not enjoy to be honest

I never tried Chopin...will look for it

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sun May 21, 2006 8:45 pm

Chopin is good stuff!

Skye is the every day drinker...use that for mixed drinks. I'd say it's the lowest I'll go, brand wise.

De Plano · Post by **De Plano** » Sun May 21, 2006 10:17 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Chopin is good stuff!
Skye is the every day drinker...use that for mixed drinks. I'd say it's the lowest I'll go, brand wise.

Can you think of anything that compares to Chopin?

Hmm, me thinks I need to do another Vodka tasting, only this times I'll have a registry for it

Ahren · Post by **Ahren** » Sun May 21, 2006 10:37 pm

I'm not a Vodka aficionado by any means but I do enjoy Finlandia and Thor's Hammer.

Good stuff.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Sun May 21, 2006 11:27 pm

[quote="De Plano"]Did a vodka tasting one night (well a few nights, but I mainly remember the one ]

No no no

Chopin 1, Skyy 2, Absolut 3, Stoli 4...I think.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun May 21, 2006 11:48 pm

Forgot about Fris! good stuff too.

De Plano · Post by **De Plano** » Mon May 22, 2006 12:09 am

Humboldt wrote:No no no

Chopin 1, Skyy 2, Absolut 3, Stoli 4...I think.

Stoli is better than Absolut. This was on Fickle Hill, not one of the ones we did.

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Mon May 22, 2006 12:09 am

try some vodka of choice with about a half a bag of jolly ranchers in a blender with ice filling it up the rest of the way....and yes the blender will obliterate the jolly ranchers quite nicely....makes a nice little frozen beverage.

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Mon May 22, 2006 1:29 am

If you can find it try 'Hangar 1', great stuff. I've been on a Vodka-Soda trip lately....really refreshing and tasty, feels like you're hydrating instead of getting drunk!

tao_jones · Post by **tao_jones** » Mon May 22, 2006 8:05 am

Blisster wrote:If you can find it try 'Hangar 1', great stuff. I've been on a Vodka-Soda trip lately....really refreshing and tasty, feels like you're hydrating instead of getting drunk!

Hanger 1 is the best vodka in my opinion. I am a big fan of Goose/Finlandia/Belvedere(sp)/stoli too.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon May 22, 2006 8:40 am

De Plano wrote:Can you think of anything that compares to Chopin?

I dunno..I'm not huuuge into Vodka...more of a gin fan.

Suppose it's up to the person themselves...as to what "base" they prefer it from. Chopin is brewed from potatos, (I guess "distilled from" is more proper). Most of the others..wheat or rye. There's a French one I've been wanting to try...haven't gotten a chance..it's distilled from grapes (Ciro or Ciroc or something like that).

But I do find that Chopin, when slamming shots, seems to be easier to do a few shots of in a row...over any others I've tried. Goose and One are definitely right behind it though. I don't like Stoli, not really a fan of Abs either..those two..can stay for mixed drinks....although for mixing drinks, I'd skip those two and use Skye.

Ghosthunter · Post by **Ghosthunter** » Mon May 22, 2006 8:47 am

believe it or not for mixing drinks i find smirnoff one of the best for price and taste, i actually prefer it over absolut, in fact i am not huge fan of absolut at all

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon May 22, 2006 8:51 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:Just stay away from Popov lol

Yuck...those big plastic bottles you get at college campus packy stores for dirt cheap. That was one of those brands...another gallon size of that budget vodka was something like Bukoff. We'd all it "puke-off"..cuz the next morning......

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Mon May 22, 2006 9:03 am

No mention about one I just recently became a fan of. 3 Olives is a very good Vodka. I had quite a few this weekend and was impressed how nice extra dry (No vermouth!!!) martinis they made.

fastchevy · Post by **fastchevy** » Mon May 22, 2006 9:08 am

shots of absolut = good.

koldchillah · Post by **koldchillah** » Mon May 22, 2006 10:22 am

Grey Goose, Chopin, Pirat, Ketel One, & Belvedere are my top choices. I wish I could find Pirat again.. It's Polish Vodka, triple distilled and comes in a bottle shaped like a Pirate ship. ARRRRR!!!

Skyy was a college daze favorite but it's also the culprit of my one and only case of alcohol poisoning.

It took me a long time to come back to Vodka and to this day, I've never given Skyy another chance.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:30 pm

Agree with about everything voiced already, except to say that Grey Goose is over-priced and not even that tasty IMO.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:40 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Chopin is good stuff!
Skye is the every day drinker...use that for mixed drinks. I'd say it's the lowest I'll go, brand wise.

Although I've been known to buy the cheaper stuff when MadDoc is on his way over....

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Mon May 22, 2006 11:47 pm

downhill wrote:

Although I've been known to buy the cheaper stuff when MadDoc is on his way over....

We're not talking about condoms dhd.