# What do you DO with Good Vodka? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 26, 2005, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476 "2005-09-26T11:29:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/21 "2005-09-26T20:39:36Z")
Grey Goose + Trader Joe’s unsweetened cranberry juice = heavenly Cape Cod. And I don’t care about the taste as much as I care about the superior buzz. ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/22 "2005-09-26T20:48:36Z")
> [@The Sausage Creature](#): > > And I don’t care about the taste as much as I care about the superior buzz. And the superior morning after! I know it’s debatable, but I swear that finer boozes do have less impurities in them and as a result your head hurts less in that early morning meeting. Even if it’s just a placebo effect, I don’t care. It works, damn it! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/23 "2005-09-26T21:34:00Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > I honestly don’t understand the appeal of vodka at all… to me it has no taste beyond a slight bitterness imparted by the alcohol. Isn’t that the point? That is why it mixes well with just about anything. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/24 "2005-09-26T23:34:01Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Y’all still took turns washing your butts, though, right? That goes without saying, I’d think. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/25 "2005-09-26T23:49:27Z")
I use Smirnoff for mixing. I have a few different flavors depending on what I want to make. I keep of bottle of Stoli in the freezer, ditto when I have something pricey. Same as the other posters, this is for drinking neat. But dammit, not matter how expensive the vodka, Stoli can hold its own as far as quality goes. Not better than the pricey ones, but still comparable. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/26 "2005-09-26T23:49:35Z")
Oooh yes, my summer “business” trip–blinis with black caviar, sturgeon with pomegranate syrup, iced vodka drunk straight. I think that dinner balanced out the getting-trapped-in-the-Moscow-subway part. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/27 "2005-09-26T23:53:26Z")
It makes a wonderful gift for your favorite Moderator. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/28 "2005-09-27T00:02:33Z")
> [@Corii](#): > > We bought a plastic jug of somewhat nasty vodka and filtered it a few times through a Brita pitcher - it ended up tasting at least as good as Ketel One. > > I prefer vodka tonics or ice cold shots. Vodka martinis are good too, and if I feel like I need something sweeter I loves me a good Lemon Drop. But how did the next pitcher of WATER taste? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/29 "2005-09-27T00:08:04Z")
I like Ketel One a lot. It does have a different taste than Grey Goose or Sapphire-- I feel like I can taste that it’s made from potato. Stick it in the freezer, then stick in it a glass, then stick it in your stomach via your mouth. If I plan to corrupt it with something else (totally acceptible) I’ll just buy Gordon’s or something. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/30 "2005-09-27T00:14:37Z")
I usually have a couple of bottles of Stoli around at any one time. I prefer an unspellable brand of Polish vodka, but that is mainly because I get a bottle as a gift every year. As long as I don’t have to pay for it, I’ll drink the best I have, even in a Bloody Mary. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/31 "2005-09-27T00:45:02Z")
> [@Debaser](#): > > And the superior morning after! > > I know it’s debatable, but I swear that finer boozes do have less impurities in them and as a result your head hurts less in that early morning meeting. Even if it’s just a placebo effect, I don’t care. It works, damn it! Actually **Debaser** that’s mostly [true](http://www.wineloverspage.com/winehealth/hangover.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/32 "2005-09-27T03:48:31Z")
I thought I was the only one who mixed vodka with things like… Crystal Light. But it’s quite yummy, especially with some diet Sprite in there for a bit of fizz. I like vodka (Stolichnaya) with unsweetened cranberry juice and diet sprite. I like vodka with orange or grapefruit juice. I like vodka with exotic sparkling fruity pop, like kiwi-mango-whatever. (Soda pop.) I like vodka. I do not like vodka with cola, however. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/33 "2005-09-27T05:17:58Z")
> [@Unintentionally Blank](#): > > What do you do with your vodka? Drink it? I recently discovered that straight shots of high-quality vodka + 100-pound young woman + high altitude = pleasantly drunk _real_ fast. Alternately, mix it with Red Bull or some other energy drink. It tastes OK and does a good job at prolonging that pleasantly drunk feeling. Note: I am a Stupid and Broke College Student, and therefore probably the least qualified person on this board to give advice as to what’s a good use of alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/34 "2005-09-27T05:39:29Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > I recently discovered that straight shots of **high-quality vodka + 100-pound young woman** + high altitude = pleasantly drunk _real_ fast. > [/size] What a coincidence! I, too, am partial to high quality vodka + 100-pound young women. The altitude i can take or leave. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/35 "2005-09-27T11:06:41Z")
This is a variation of the cairpiroska, and it’s great: Grind together chopped mint leaves, 5-6 slices of lime and 1-2 teaspoons of sugar (or sugar syrup) in a glass. Fill it with crushed ice and top it up with vodka. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/36 "2005-09-27T11:31:15Z")
> [@gouda](#): > > This is a variation of the cairpiroska, and it’s great: Grind together chopped mint leaves, 5-6 slices of lime and 1-2 teaspoons of sugar (or sugar syrup) in a glass. Fill it with crushed ice and top it up with vodka. That sounds like a mojito…only not with rum. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/37 "2005-09-27T12:48:29Z")
> [@Unintentionally Blank](#): > > What do you DO with Good Vodka? Mmmm. Out of the freezer, and into a cordial glass. No rocks, no mixers, just straight, super-cold vodka. Sip it or shoot it, depending on mood (but usually two or three sips does it). Very nice. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/38 "2005-09-27T12:59:01Z")
> [@Corii](#): > > We bought a plastic jug of somewhat nasty vodka and filtered it a few times through a Brita pitcher - it ended up tasting at least as good as Ketel One. > > I prefer vodka tonics or ice cold shots. Vodka martinis are good too, and if I feel like I need something sweeter I loves me a good Lemon Drop. I don’t understand the rational behind this. Brita filters cost between $6 & $8, depending on where I buy them, and how many are in the pack. Cossack vodka is, what? Another $6 or $8 for a jug? And you can step up to a decent bottle for a few bucks more. I can’t imagine filtering drinking water through a brita filter that I’ve been pumping bathtub vodka through. So, what’s the deal? Keep the brita filter aside for future vodka filtering? Spend the next week drinking subtly shitty tasting water? Does the filter not retain the bathtub flavor? Is this just some college-kid stunt that’s been tried so shits-n-grins? I gotta know. ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/39 "2005-09-27T13:12:29Z")
> [@Unintentionally Blank](#): > > That sounds like a mojito…only not with rum. On googling, it seems what I’ve described is the caipiro **j** ka, and not the caipiro **s** ka. The caipirojka is like the mojito, only not with rum. Both are vodka drinks, but the latter excludes the mint leaves. I still reccommend the cairpirojka. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476/40 "2005-09-27T13:55:26Z")
> [@Winston Smith](#): > > I don’t understand the rational behind this. Brita filters cost between $6 & $8, depending on where I buy them, and how many are in the pack. Cossack vodka is, what? Another $6 or $8 for a jug? And you can step up to a decent bottle for a few bucks more. I can’t imagine filtering drinking water through a brita filter that I’ve been pumping bathtub vodka through. So, what’s the deal? Keep the brita filter aside for future vodka filtering? Spend the next week drinking subtly shitty tasting water? Does the filter not retain the bathtub flavor? Is this just some college-kid stunt that’s been tried so shits-n-grins? > > I gotta know. Some recent personal experiments have shown me that one gets perfectly acceptable booze filtering results by lining a funnel with a paper coffee filter and filling it with activated charcoal. Put the funnel in an empty bottle and pour the booze slowly through it. Activated charcoal sold for use in aquarium filters works perfeclty well for the purpose. This method is dramatically less expensive than using water pitcher filters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-good-vodka/323476.md?page=3)