Belvedere vs. Grey Goose

[Literati]

I find I don't enjoy Belvedere that much.

I used to drink it exclusively and wouldn't even give GG a chance. Then I tried GG a bit, and others like Chopin, and found GG to taste better to me.

Then I tried Ketel One, which tasted exactly like GG.

Then Stoli came in FTW.

 

[JackOfHearts]

They only one my wife drinks is GG... I like Gin so bleh on vodka....

 

[MixMasterTang]

Ketel One -favorite for the best overall vodka
Stoli -for when I want something with Bite
Pearl -for when I want something smooth and a little sweet (smoothest vodka i've had)
Finlandia -for when I want something cheap (this is as cheap as I'll go, not too bad for the price, but no where near as good as the above three)

 

[Huma]

my friend and I drink out vodka neat as our normal drink and have done some blind tastings. results:

Belvedere - very nice. sweeter than most, smooth. I prefer it chilled, but not freezer cold.
Finlandia - garbage. tastes like burning
Stoli - was once my standard, but not as smooth as some of the ones I choose to drink today.
Luksosawa - Polish and potato based. Quite smooth. fairly clean. A very good inexpensive choice that became my standard after stoli.
Grey Goose - Didn't really get the big fuss. Not really much smoother or better than some of the upper tier vodkas at half the price.
Smirnoff - A surprise. Tasted it blind and it came out on top compared to stoli, and luksosawa. Now my default brand for it's tremendous value and smoothness and clean taste.
Ketel One - nice, but not mind blowing. was a nice alternative before re-discovering smirnoff.
Three olive - fairly smooth. again, was a nice alternative before smirnoff. better than most cheap brands but not quite belvedere good.

 

[state 08]

please... I dont even want to see any words related to alcohol...

/puke

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: state 08
please... I dont even want to see any words related to alcohol...

/puke

drown in the water last night?

 

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

taste is subjective. teh goose does come in a pretty bottle though.

another pretty bottle

 

[daveymark]

Mezzaluna for me, with Cristall a close second. It's all relative, though. I won't touch Tito's.

 

[dxkj]

Gordons vodka FTW!

 

[eminemrh25]

How many ppl here make their own ice shot glasses?

http://www.funmansion.com/html/fm-Ice-Shot-Glasses.html

I'ma try it once I get some cups like that...

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: spidey07
meh, they're both poor vodkas and use grain neutral spirits. so in terms of quality they are pretty low.

but intesting to see you taste tests.

I don't think you have any idea what you are talking about.

They don't "use" grain neutral spirits...that's what they ARE!


Grain neutral spirits means it's didtilled from grain

Most Vodkas are.

 

[Sa7aN]

go get some 360, 15 bucks and destroys GG

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[BUTCH1]

Vodka snobs, I'd be willing to bet you could not tell any of your overpriced "yuppie" vodka in a blind test vs this...

 

[BudAshes]

Kirkland vodka is 13 bucks for 1.75L. Vodka is vodka to me as long as you avoid the nasty flavored stuff and gordons.

 

[jpeyton]

Why are we comparing two shitty brands of vodka?

 

[mafia]

Grey Goose is OK but Belvedere is from Poland, the inventors of wódka, which make it more prestigous. Also, I think it is smoother.

 

[Delita]

Looks like there are alcohol bots resurrecting old threads.

 

[lxskllr]

I don't like vodka, but that 360 bottle's pretty sweet. Maybe I'll give it a shot, and see if I like vodka better than I used to. At least I'd get a nice bottle out of it.

 

[CurseTheSky]

Oh look, a thread from 2006...

 

[bigrash]

They taste the same to me.

 

[slag]

Grey Goose is a prestige liquor. It really isn't all that better than any top shelf vodka. Give me Stoli over GG any day.

I can tell a huge difference over the cheaper vodkas when I drink grey goose. It doesn't burn going down.

 

[Stifko]

I'll take Tito's over either of them!

I like Tito's too, and the price point is right.