# What is the next big thing in liquor?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 26, 2009, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-next-big-thing-in-liquor/490854 "2009-03-26T12:03:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-next-big-thing-in-liquor/490854/41 "2009-03-27T05:57:07Z")

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> [@drastic\_quench](#):
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> Horrible name. Vodka names should reflect class or a swank foreign quality. “Bison” and “Grass” would probably test very poorly in a vodka drinker demo poll.

Never thought of it that way–it’s just the name of the herb that’s used to infuse the vodka.

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**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-next-big-thing-in-liquor/490854/42 "2009-03-27T09:09:40Z")

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Rye Whiskey is very much already on the upswing. I predict two major categories which are going to see explosive growth:

Out of fashion and foreign liquors: Rye, Pisco, Cachacha, Arak, Grappa, anything you can market as “Grey goose level quality for Smirnoff prices”. These will be viewed as the neglected cousins of much more popular liquors where high end production can be had for affordable prices.

More and better modifiers: An increasing interest in modifiers like triple sec, maraschino liqueur, boutique bitters, higher quality tonic water, flavored simple syrups etc. I predict people will be cutting back more on the base liquor but making up for it by adding a small and affordable doses of premium modifiers.

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**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-next-big-thing-in-liquor/490854/43 "2009-03-27T11:42:05Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> Never thought of it that way–it’s just the name of the herb that’s used to infuse the vodka.

Yeah, it’s quite delicious. I first had it in Spain years ago and then it was launched into the Irish market but it seems to have fizzled out a bit. There are plenty of Polish people here so maybe they buy it.

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**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-next-big-thing-in-liquor/490854/44 "2009-03-27T14:08:58Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Out of fashion and foreign liquors: Rye, Pisco, Cachacha, Arak, Grappa, anything you can market as “Grey goose level quality for Smirnoff prices”. These will be viewed as the neglected cousins of much more popular liquors where high end production can be had for affordable prices.
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> More and better modifiers: An increasing interest in modifiers like triple sec, maraschino liqueur, boutique bitters, higher quality tonic water, flavored simple syrups etc. I predict people will be cutting back more on the base liquor but making up for it by adding a small and affordable doses of premium modifiers.

As I indicated above, both of these categories are already huge, at least in D.C./NYC/Portland/SF (and I’d imagine most other blue-state cities).

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