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James Silverton[_4_]

wrote on Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:31:05 -0400:

> Any vodka drinkers here? Vodka is the only alcohol I've drank
> all my life. I used to drink gin until I suddenly developed an
> apparent allergy to the berry they use to make it. In my
> younger days, I drank Popover or Majorca because it was cheap.
> Now I buy Schmirnoff (Sp?) My question is this: How much better
> are brands like Absolute or Grey Goose or the many others which
> cost more? What do I gain by spending more on a bottle? I
> don't drink it neat or in martini's just in a few mixed driks.
> Just curious as to what makes one vodka better than another.
> Thanks.

I've said it before but here goes again. I keep a bottle of home-made
pepper vodka in the freezer and have a slug when i feel like it. The
basic vodka is the cheapest I could find, and once it has been steeped
with the peppers, who cares? Absolut does not know how to make Pepper
Vodka and by the taste I think they use green peppers.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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