only had smirnoff and the other good brands ive heard of are expensive
We get Svedka when we buy vodka. What are you using it for, mixed drinks or straight over ice or something?
mixed with like pop or orange juice or something.i never really drink hard liquior like that straight
Then why are you wanting to pay twice as much for what is, by definition, grain neutral spirits and water? If you aren’t drinking it neat, you are wasting your money buying anything better than standard grade vodka.
Seriously, if you are mixing it you might as well be buying Bukoff. Next to it in the bottom shelf is Popov, which I cannot differentiate from Smirnoff if chilled or on the rocks (with a dash of black pepper).
I’ll second Svedka. Skye is a couple bux more but less $$ than the trendy brands. Frankly, there’s nothing wrong at all with Smirnoff, especially if you’re mixing. If you want to get more bang for your buck or get bombed faster, get the Smirnoff Blue Label (100 proof).
Even in mixers cheap vodka tastes noticeably different. And bad, akin to paint thinner IMO. It doesn’t bother some people, but it does me. Cheap vodka can also give you a *much *worse hangover, and even a much faster ‘bad’ drunk (i.e. quicker nausea, head spinning etc.). I also vote for Svedka. Before I found that I used to drink Kettle One, one of the most expensive vodkas there is. Svedka’s nowhere near as expensive as top shelf and it doesn’t give me any of the above effects and is very smooth. **Smirnoff **is ok, but only a little better than well vodka (and it’s ***not ***imported!) Biggest problem with Svedka is a lot of taverns don’t carry it, in which case I’ll drink Stoli.
Although I have yet to try it rumor has it that if you run cheap vodka thru a Brita water filter twice you can turn it into the good (or at least much better) stuff. Removes impurities
Yet another vote for Svedka. It’s as low as I can go costwise before hitting the “wince” barrier. Once in a while though, you just feel all college-y and you kind of miss that body shudder after taking a shot and you buy some plastic bottle booze and it makes you pay with your sanity the morning after.
Smirnoff Silver label is my wife’s favorite.
New Amsterdam is good. And there’s a very very good vodka sold around here that is always cheap, but tastes like the best stuff. But I can’t remember the name… aren’t I helpful? 
It has a gold top. Does anyone know what I mean? It’s someone’s name… eh fuck it.
New Amsterdam is good.
Stolichnaya.
Buy Royal Gate, and run it through the Brita a few times with strawberries in the filter.
Tito’s Handmade Vodka!
Luksusowa potato vodka from Poland. At $12-$14 a fifth, it’s about as good a vodka deal as you’re going to get. Sobieski is a bit cheaper ($10-$12 a fifth), made from grain, and also great bang-for-buck.
And yet another. Nice big bottle.
Spec’s Liquor Warehouse often has different beer, liquor & wine reps offering free samples. One afternoon, a vodka salesman was handing out half-shots of his product. Not seriously chilled, in little plastic cups–and I’m not a big vodka drinker, anyway…
It was surprisingly good. And it was Svedka!
Seriously? Grey Goose is hardly the most expensive, and is e.g. $18 more expensive for a handle. Ketel One is upper mid.
Smirnoff or Stolichnaya are the standard midrange. Smirnoff Triple/Red Label seems a tiny bit harsh to me. Skyy seems to get a better reputation but isn’t a whole lot more in price. But I’m a philistine; Gordon’s works for mixing, and is classier than Popov.
**Fris **is a very good, reasonably priced vodka. Try it.
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In terms of the stuff you can buy at your average liquor store, Ketel One (I always spell it wrong) is one of the most expensive here in NY state. With tax it’s close to $50 for a big bottle! Svedka is less than half that.
French vodka?!?!? Call me a snob, or a Franco-phobe, but no. Just, no. Be like Russian Champagne… 
Has anyone here tried the vodka in the glass skull?