grain or potato

[onethatcares]

vodkas that is?

I like the potato version better.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. I thought I had an allergy to vodka made with sugar beets long ago

liver didn't process it well.

[onethatcares]

2. hmmmm, don't

think I've had the borscht version yet.

I'll start looking though.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Might not be around anymore

This was maybe 35 years ago. Russian brand I thought. Or Eastern European. Cheapp vodka.

Sugar beets may be diverted to sugar rather than alcohol now.

[Xipe Totec]

5. It was probably the methanol that hurt you.

Bad distillation can kill you.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Oh, you think it maybe wasn't a good brew

Could well be. I got a couple of acne spots from it, and didn't recover from drinking for a couple days.

But beer does the same thing to me.

Now I stick to gin, though the latest domestic vodka hasn't bothered me. But i drink lightly if at all.

[Xipe Totec]

11. You're supposed to boil off the top third and toss it

Boil and distill the second third, and toss the final third. Cheap bastards that want to increase profit toss out less than the required first third. That's where the methanol is.

All fermentation produces small amounts of methanol. But methanol boils at a lower temperature. So, if you boil off about a third, you'll get rid of most if not all the methanol. If you repeat the process you will improve the purity. Hence the double and triple distillations.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. You have solved the mystery

and I avoided vodka for 30+ years because of that

I remember it had a red and silver label

Thanks, Brewmaster!

[PearliePoo2]

4. I want to buy some premium vodka for...

my Ukrainian sister-in-law. What do you recommend?

[Xipe Totec]

7. Sobiesky or Wyborowa Polish vodka.

Stolichnaya, if it must be Russian.

[PearliePoo2]

14. Here are three I bought her:

Luksusowa Potato, Russian Standard Special Edition and for something different made in the USA, Tito’s Handmade.

[TexasBushwhacker]

16. Tito's has gotten lots of rewards

Oddly enough, Tito's last name is Beveridge.

[onethatcares]

8. grey goose.

it's my expensive looking/tasting cheap stuff. Otherwise, it's Skol. LOL.

[bucolic_frolic]

13. Skol, you'd have to consume that in the Norwegian section

since we're being sorted by our fearless leader now

[PearliePoo2]

15. See my post #14. Hope she likes the sampler!

[shenmue]

6. Grain

Mmm.

[sl8]

10. Channelling someone?