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George’s Rants & Raves: Ketel One Regular & Oranje Vodka
It literally seems like a thousand years ago that super premium vodka brands launched, even though I know it was really in my lifetime -not that I’m all that old....
George’s Rants & Raves: ZU (Zubrowka) Vodka
A couple of weeks ago my editor emailed me and told me I would be getting a bottle of ZU Vodka to try. ZU? Sounds African! African vodka, who ever heard of such...
George’s Rants and Raves: 1876 Vodka
Have you ever experienced an epiphany? No, that’s not some kind of Polish sausage; it’s a sudden and striking realization of deep religious, philosophical or...
George’s Rants and Raves: Svedka Colada (Coconut Flavored Vodka)
It’s absolutely amazing the way in which we develop our sense of taste and then how we evolve to like and dislike certain flavors and foods. I’m willing to bet...
George’s Rants and Raves: Platinum 7X Vodka
You know, honestly, the story of Vodka should be straightforward and simple, but that is just not turning out to be the case. After all, it is by definition an odorless,...
George’s Rants and Raves: Fair Premium Vodka
As I first gazed upon the bottle, my initial thought was why would anyone name a bottle of Vodka “Fair” when they just as well could have named it “Great”?...
George’s Rants and Raves: Vision Vodka
Holy cow, lately it seems that I am getting new Vodkas almost every day. I am really beginning to wonder how the marketplace can sustain this much product? After...
George’s Rants & Raves: Van Gogh PB&J Vodka Review
Somehow, I mistakenly came to the conclusion that there was a limit to what could be distilled and the flavors that any distillate could and should be imbued with....
George’s Rants and Raves: Russian Standard Vodka
The black label with the large Cyrillic letters on the frosty white bottle proudly proclaimed “Russian Standard” vodka and, oh yes, it also indicated it was...
George’s Rants & Raves: Reyka Vodka
Iceland seems to be a land of contradictions. You would just have to figure that any place named after ice would be pretty darned cold, but it turns out that...
