The 'god I'm pissed' thread

[EvilPie]

never been a big drinker, can someone explain to me the progression they had, from having no experience of vodka, to now being able to distinguish the nuances in taste, aside from the flavoured ones of course.. I know i am being slightly ignorant here of vodka, but thought it was all the same.

For me it was simply the first time I ever drank a vodka that actually tasted nice.

I'd always classed smirnoff as a 'premium' vodka because that's what the adverts lead me to believe.

Because of this I'd drank smirnoff neat a few times and thought that vodka was disgusting because smirnoff was disgusting.

It was only when someone suggested I try a grey goose and I instantly loved it that I realised there were nice vodkas out there too.

I'm far from being an expert and have never used the word 'nuance' when talking about any form of alcohol but I know what tastes nice to me.

[Woodsey]

never been a big drinker, can someone explain to me the progression they had, from having no experience of vodka, to now being able to distinguish the nuances in taste, aside from the flavoured ones of course.. I know i am being slightly ignorant here of vodka, but thought it was all the same.

For me it was simply the first time I ever drank a vodka that actually tasted nice.

I'd always classed smirnoff as a 'premium' vodka because that's what the adverts lead me to believe.

Because of this I'd drank smirnoff neat a few times and thought that vodka was disgusting because smirnoff was disgusting.

It was only when someone suggested I try a grey goose and I instantly loved it that I realised there were nice vodkas out there too.

I'm far from being an expert and have never used the word 'nuance' when talking about any form of alcohol but I know what tastes nice to me.

Gonna try a grey goose in a bit to see if there is a difference, never had one. I thought they are mostly the same when you have a mixer iin, guess I will,find out shortly,if that is true.

[Woodsey]

Btw how did we go from me making a random drunk post to arguing about vodka and shit? 

[EvilPie]

never been a big drinker, can someone explain to me the progression they had, from having no experience of vodka, to now being able to distinguish the nuances in taste, aside from the flavoured ones of course.. I know i am being slightly ignorant here of vodka, but thought it was all the same.

For me it was simply the first time I ever drank a vodka that actually tasted nice.

I'd always classed smirnoff as a 'premium' vodka because that's what the adverts lead me to believe.

Because of this I'd drank smirnoff neat a few times and thought that vodka was disgusting because smirnoff was disgusting.

It was only when someone suggested I try a grey goose and I instantly loved it that I realised there were nice vodkas out there too.

I'm far from being an expert and have never used the word 'nuance' when talking about any form of alcohol but I know what tastes nice to me.

Gonna try a grey goose in a bit to see if there is a difference, never had one. I thought they are mostly the same when you have a mixer iin, guess I will,find out shortly,if that is true.

Don't have a mixer. Just a few ice cubes is perfect.

If you don't like it you can always bung half a can of redbull in afterwards.

To be honest if you're still sober you should notice the difference even with a mixer but def try it neat first.

[EvilPie]

Btw how did we go from me making a random drunk post to arguing about vodka and shit? 

Because arguing is fun!!!

[RED-DOG]

This thread is tilting the crap out of me.

Don't read it then.

Tried that. It doesn't work.

[EvilPie]

This thread is tilting the crap out of me.

Don't read it then.

Tried that. It doesn't work.

Now it's tilting the crap out of me!!

[Laxie]

Are we there yet?

[Bigfella]

A good few years ago I was at the bar at my local club. A discussion on vodka started and some bloke insisted he could tell the good stuff from the cheap stuff. The barman was a bit of a character and agreed to put this guy to the test. So he gets two glasses, puts a measure of smirnoff blue in one and a cheap brand in the other. He then switches the glasses back and forth under the counter and places them on top the bar so only he knows what glass the good one is in. So matey asks for a glass of water, samples glass A, swills it about a bit, takes a sip of water then samples glass B. Pretty quickly he points to glass A and says "thats the good stuff". The barman nods and congratulates him confirming that he really does know his vodka and agrees that its worth the extra 50p or whatever it cost. As matey walks away, the barman turns to us and says "funny thing is it's the same stuff in both bottles, I got it down the cash and carry".

That's my only vodka story. 

 

[Jon MW]

never been a big drinker, can someone explain to me the progression they had, from having no experience of vodka, to now being able to distinguish the nuances in taste, aside from the flavoured ones of course.. I know i am being slightly ignorant here of vodka, but thought it was all the same.

For me it was simply the first time I ever drank a vodka that actually tasted nice.

I'd always classed smirnoff as a 'premium' vodka because that's what the adverts lead me to believe.

Because of this I'd drank smirnoff neat a few times and thought that vodka was disgusting because smirnoff was disgusting.

It was only when someone suggested I try a grey goose and I instantly loved it that I realised there were nice vodkas out there too.

I'm far from being an expert and have never used the word 'nuance' when talking about any form of alcohol but I know what tastes nice to me.

Gonna try a grey goose in a bit to see if there is a difference, never had one. I thought they are mostly the same when you have a mixer iin, guess I will,find out shortly,if that is true.

Don't have a mixer. Just a few ice cubes is perfect.

If you don't like it you can always bung half a can of redbull in afterwards.

To be honest if you're still sober you should notice the difference even with a mixer but def try it neat first.

The only difference I can really tell when a mixer is in it is whether it's dirt cheaper supermarket own brand label vodka - or not

imo those one's all taste fairly vile-y the same

All the super duper extra filtered ones taste very similarly

Then all the specialist one's like the uluvka one's have their 'own' flavours because they do things like deliberately filter it less to give it more flavour - or flavour's get added. They're one's that I don't think you can really spoil with a mixer.

It's like bottled mineral water - the exact make up of the minerals in them will give them all a slightly different flavour - but a fairly substantial proportion of the population will drink them and just taste 'water'.

[sovietsong]

This thread is tilting the crap out of me.

Don't read it then.

Tried that. It doesn't work.

Why is it tilting you?

[sovietsong]

My fave beer at the moment is brahma

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I'm not an expert like ray but don't like calsberg.

[Ant040689]

never been a big drinker, can someone explain to me the progression they had, from having no experience of vodka, to now being able to distinguish the nuances in taste, aside from the flavoured ones of course.. I know i am being slightly ignorant here of vodka, but thought it was all the same.

For me it was simply the first time I ever drank a vodka that actually tasted nice.

I'd always classed smirnoff as a 'premium' vodka because that's what the adverts lead me to believe.

Because of this I'd drank smirnoff neat a few times and thought that vodka was disgusting because smirnoff was disgusting.

It was only when someone suggested I try a grey goose and I instantly loved it that I realised there were nice vodkas out there too.

I'm far from being an expert and have never used the word 'nuance' when talking about any form of alcohol but I know what tastes nice to me.

Been writing essays recently for uni, and was trying to be overly impressive with vocabulary. Embarrassed to have used that word tbh! ott.

Cheers for the response, been a moderate cider drinker all my life because of how sweet they are. Tried a guiness about 2 months ago, finished the pint and felt like i had a meal, not for me. Also was at a party and i sweat bucket loads so wanted some water, saw what appeared to be a bottle of highland spring on a table, half full. Went to down it. That's straight vodka. Puddles of it surrounded the floor beside me after it projectile spat it out. JD and coke has been my only attempt at drinking spirits really.

[EvilPie]

JD and coke is a bit wanky really. Try one of these bad boys and please lose the coke. Much smoother and a lot stronger:

[Woodsey]

It all went a bit gay tonight 

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