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I stopped reading there...A+ for effort anyway.

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i'm no vodka expert but i'm pretty sure wookie is right. they might not taste all the same, but chilling does dull the flavor and makes them more similar and easier to drink. it's the same with beer. americans prefer to have their beer well chilled, but that just dulls the flavor (this is where europeans LOL at americans for drinking such crappy beer that they need to chill it). to bring out the full flavor of beer it should be served a bit warmer than "chilled". the exact temperature range depends on the type of beer. that's why if you go to a brewery, they'll serve you the beer cool, not chilled.

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Unlike every other liqueur vodka isn't an alcohol that is meant to be consumed at room temperature. Best vodkas taste their best when consumed properly. It's like saying that Honda is a better car then Ferrari cause at 30mph it is a much smoother ride.

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I'm confused a bit. If vodka is best served chilled (I've always drank it chilled) then test blind chilled. If cheaper vodkas do well than it's all profit.

One common perception on real cheap vodkas is that you get a worse hangover (perhaps because it's so often mixed with sugary stuff into punch) and sugar may be the real culprit. Hangover intensity is pretty hard to filter out of a test.

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I don't like the idea that more expensive versions of a drink is intended to taste more like water. I think the idea of buying premium vodka is pretty ridiculous as there is really nothing to justify the price.

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Thats my point too. However all "blind tests" are done with room temp product and that just doesn't make any sense.

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Almost impossible to measure hungover without proper quantity analysis approach to the testing but experienced vodka drinker always knows which vodka works better for him personally.

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FYP.

If you can prove to me that there is a vodka that fares poorly relative to other vodkas when all are at room temp in a similar double-blind taste test but comes out out top when all are chilled, again double-blind, I'll buy you a bottle of it.

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I need to prove you that product that should be consumed chilled should also be tested chilled??? Really??? Doesn't label on that bottle proves it already? If you'd try to "double blind test" different brands of hot chocolate would you do it at room temperature or warm? How about ICE cream? Also room temp?

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Vodka is best enjoyed chilled because it tastes like **** when it's not chilled. When it's chilled, it stops tasting like **** because most ****ty alcoholic beverages things taste less ****ty when chilled. We taste test them at room temp to taste and see which taste the least ****ty. That is best discerned when warm, accentuating the differences rather than muting them. If you're going to try and argue that the vodka that tastes the least ****ty when room temp is NOT going to be the least ****ty vodka when chilled, the burden is on you.

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I don't have any burden since it's basically your claim that "all vodka taste like ****" vs vodka makers claim that "our product better served chilled" (and they know a bit more then you do, right?) but I'll bite.
If you doing some kind of testing, any kind of testing on the product you implying that you know something about that product. Apparently you dont. Fine, you don't know sh** about this product but maybe you like that product and thats why you doing it...but no...you are clearly stating that to YOU this product taste like sh*t. Is it safe to assume that your whole group doesn't know anything about this product and doesn't like the taste as well. Yeah i think we can assume that? If there is even a group to begin with...but whatever...So this whole thread is just attention whoring, right? I think the burden is on you now, b***ch.

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Wookie's shift from abject sarcasm to "pissed off brute mode" has been entertaining. Keep it coming you two!

:popcorn:

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also, this is hilarious, regardless of intent/position

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The flavor won't suddenly implode into new levels when you chill the stuff... vodka doesn't go trough any major molecular change when chilled. So basically stop making ******ed comparisons 3checkraise.

It's same as testing which bird can fly fastest. UNDERWATER!.... sigh.

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I order stoli and soda and tanqueray and tonic strictly for the alliteration.

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3CR, you're pretty much dead wrong here.

It's been shown over and over by professionals that almost nobody can tell the difference between anything chilled. Nearly all sodas taste nearly identical served icy cold. this is not an absurd claim, it's based on the very simple science of your taste buds going numb, which they absolutely do during a cold drink. Vodkas all taste nearly identical served chilled. In order to actually taste any difference, you have to serve them warm and taste the vodka.

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This is how you do vodka tasting
Same source did blind tasting and came up with following results (note that vodka was chilled).
http://www.russianlife.com/vodka/ranking.cfm
more vodka tasting
and more vodka tasting

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This post has exciting implications

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from the first link: so right there it's saying it can't be too cold. yes, it's also saying it can't be too warm. so clearly there is an optimal range but it's warmer than ice cold.

also, i'm not sure we can really trust this site:

(a) it's not a blind test. that's not very scientific.

(b) one if its judging criteria is: i didn't know that the label changed the flavor. why should packaging have any effect on how well rated the vodka is?

(c) the "how to taste vodka" article you linked is an article on the site, it appears. that same taste test that they keep referring to is your 2nd link. it's from "Russian Life" magazine and guess what... (from your 2nd link)
from the third link:
uhhhh just about every blind taste test i've heard of actually has smirnoff ranked very highly. so for them to assert this before they even do the test has me wondering about the validity of the site. i mean, they didn't even test smirnoff to back up their claim.

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I posted all those links only to reinforce the point that tasting has to be done chilled (not too cold and NOT room temperature).

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I guess you didn't bother to read either his post or the site you cited then, you know, the part where one of those authorities taste tests using room temp vodka.

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I personally think that Smirnoff is one of the best tasting vodkas on the market but different regions of the world value different qualities in their vodka. For example you can't force Nemiroff down my throat but it is highest rated vodka in Ukraine and south Russia (despite high price). Russian Standard is not well known in US but highest rated in Eastern Europe (also not cheap btw).

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link please???
From my first link

Get yourself a nice 2-3 oz., clear glass. Pop in in the freezer for an hour. Then pour in a healthy shot of your frozen vodka. Let the vodka warm up just very slightly, holding the glass in your hand. This will take just a bit of the freeze off it. If vodka is too cold, it will freeze your taste buds and you will not get an adequate tasting. If it is too warm, the flavor mix becomes too complex and the dominant flavor less discernible.

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lol, you provided it. it was your second link. at the bottom:

http://www.russianlife.com/vodka/ranking.cfm