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What makes this vodka so expensive.......?

I was at a function in Newcastle last year and they were selling this stuff at £100 at a time and I seen it in Sainsbury's at £37.'...

I don't drink the stuff but I was just wondering.....
 
If you compare the taste of grey goose to something like smirnoff, it's like the difference between lambrini and cristal champagne.
 
viv1969 said:
If you compare the taste of grey goose to something like smirnoff, it's like the difference between lambrini and cristal champagne.
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Note you have my spidy sense tingling........me thinks I may just try a normal vodka and then a grey goose when i am in London this weekend visiting my sister....she can pay;)
 
Vodka has a taste!? Well you live and learn. I'll stick with single malts though. ;)
 
DorsetDude said:
Vodka has a taste!? Well you live and learn. I'll stick with single malts though. ;)
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Malts all the way but our Irish measures not the pitiful drops in a glass you get over here in England and charged more for it as well....and not forgetting the bar keeps phrase of "would you like ice in your malt?" WTF :D
 
DorsetDude said:
Vodka has a taste!? Well you live and learn. I'll stick with single malts though. ;)
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Oh so will I, but in the vodka world, goose is the equivalent.
And in the same way as malts, anyone putting a mixer with goose should be publicly flogged.
 
The other half loves the stuff. No idea why as it all tastes the same to me. I too shall be sticking to the single malts.

viv1969 said:
Oh so will I, but in the vodka world, goose is the equivalent.
And in the same way as malts, anyone putting a mixer with goose should be publicly flogged.
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I would go as far to say anyone putting Ice in with it as well.
 
Rob87 said:
The other half loves the stuff. No idea why as it all tastes the same to me. I too shall be sticking to the single malts.



I would go as far to say anyone putting Ice in with it as well.
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Good man!
 
What is your favourite malt whilst we are on the topic?

Mine is a Glenlivet 1976 35Y expensive but nice ... special occasions only or a Tyrconnell Malt and from my own home area in Northern Irelan, a Bushmills 21 yr old Malt
 
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I rather like Bowmore Legend.
 
Jura Prophecy for when I want something peaty and strong with a nice cigar and for every day single malt it has to be Glenlivet 12 year old
 
Oh Jura....nice.
 
just been reading the news and the first half of this article, may be of some use. I am going to try this around my house and in other places as well to see what the results are.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26925249
 
I dont drink Whisky but love the smell of Lagavulin.

Gray Goose is so smooth, drunk ice cold and neat!
 
Incidentally a good vodka should be stored in the freezer. It doesn't freeze at domestic freezer temperatures and so is ready to drink at it's best.
 
Hard to pick a favourite single malt, there so many. A vote for Talisker wouldnt go amiss though. I bought a distillers edition once in a black box that was orgasmic I recall. For a speyside I think you're hard pushed to beat a Macallan. The 10yo in the brown box but cant seem to get that anymore. Bowmore Islay good stuff, Laphroiag, Caol Ila, Aberlour a'bunadh, Balvenie
 
DorsetDude said:
Hard to pick a favourite single malt, there so many. A vote for Talisker wouldnt go amiss though. I bought a distillers edition once in a black box that was orgasmic I recall. For a speyside I think you're hard pushed to beat a Macallan. The 10yo in the brown box but cant seem to get that anymore. Bowmore Islay good stuff, Laphroiag, Caol Ila, Aberlour a'bunadh, Balvenie
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I feel your pain in choosing a favorite....the Macallan brand are potent and lovely but no longer are they allowed to be branded as "Speyside" malt.....some stupid law prevents this happening:eek:
 
DorsetDude said:
Well, its the taste thats important so who cares at the end of the day.
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Doesn't worry me but it did worry the Macallan owners......but clever wording has been used since and has risen in popularity especially in the US.......and as you say it is about the taste:cool:
 
The worrying thing about Macallan (and other distillers) is that they've stopped putting an age statement on their malts now. This can only be a bad thing I reckon. They can continiue to charge high prices but probably now mix in 6, 7, or 8 year old whiskies. Ive got a Macallan Gold at home but not opened it yet, we shall see what that's like.
 
archangel said:
What makes this vodka so expensive.......?

I was at a function in Newcastle last year and they were selling this stuff at £100 at a time and I seen it in Sainsbury's at £37.'...

I don't drink the stuff but I was just wondering.....
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My other half works with a guy that drinks this and swears it's the best you can get, he won't touch or entertain any other.

I keep trying to get her to ask him to bring some in for me to try, as I'm very curious what is so good about it and why the hell it's so expensive...
 
My wife bought me a small bottle of Grey Goose for Xmas and I have to say it's the smoothest vodka I've ever tasted, so smooth I could drink it neat without the "after-shudder" you normally get with vodka.

Having said that, it's nice as a treat but I certainly wouldn't buy it regularly as I don't think the taste justifies the price and you are mainly paying for the name
 
FlyingShrapnel said:
How does Russian standard compare to the Grey Goose? So far that's the smoothest vodka I have had...
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It doesn't really compare.
Russian Standard's not a bad example....but it's not even close.

For those who are interested, Google how Goose is distilled. It's the only vodka made that way.
Russian Standard is triple distilled. Goose is distilled only once and is still smoother than a greased up pig.
 
For vodka you should try and find a bottle of Reyka if you can, a very very good alternative to Grey Goose- tastes very very nice and easy to drink. I get it through my work at half price so wouldn't even think about Smirnoff etc now.

On another note I just got a text saying the owner of the company has just left a bottle of Balvenie Portwood for me so I will get that when I'm back to work on Tues. I have photographed bottles whisky which sell for thousands at auction for my work and even bottles which belonged to Wm Grant himself all those years ago.
 
Wouldn't normally touch vodka except as an ingredient in a liqueur recipe, but a friend bought me a bottle of Adnam's Longshore for my birthday, and I have to say it's rather good. There is a distinct taste, and it's rather pleasant - with subtleties as refined as a really good gin or a single malt. Nothing like the typical cheap vodka that most people would automatically think of.

Still on my list to track down and try is an Islay ginThe Botanist from Bruichladdich and Caorunn from Balmenach. There are some very good spirits being produced in the UK.
 
markyboy.1967 said:
Remember gin is just a flavoured vodka.
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And the same can be said of whisky..
.. but that's not to say that vodka needs to be without flavour itself.
 
viv1969 said:
It doesn't really compare.
Russian Standard's not a bad example....but it's not even close.

For those who are interested, Google how Goose is distilled. It's the only vodka made that way.
Russian Standard is triple distilled. Goose is distilled only once and is still smoother than a greased up pig.
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Absolutely agree with the Russian Standard/Grey Goose comparison. Whilst RS is a very nice vodka and relatively smooth, it's not in the same league. I've found that Green Mark is smoother than Russian Standard and reasonably priced
 
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