Question by HotpinkKitties: What is the difference between a Vodka like Smirnoff and a Vodka like SKOL?
I notice the price difference with Smirnoff being higher, but what is another difference? Is it the taste? Smirnoff says their Vodka is triple distilled, what does that mean? Best answer gets 10 pts!
Best answer:
Answer by obviously_you’renotagolfer
Vodka is all about “purity”. Multiple distillations achieve greater purity because each time the spirit is distilled, more and more byproducts of the fermentation are left behind. This has lead to distillation craziness however as now there is 10X distilled vodka and probably there will be a 20X distilled in the future.
In reality, all vodka that doesn’t come in a plastic bottle is pretty darn good and definitely just fine for mixed drinks. Smirnoff is a classic popular since the mid 50′s, I think. If you drink your vodka straight and very cold (like you should) you have to have a pretty good imagination to claim there are any differences. The marketing is what hooks most people.
Don’t believe me. Buy some Smirnoff and any other “super premium” of your choice. Freeze both overnight. Try blind shots of both and see if you can tell which is which.
“Hints of citrus, berries, and pine” are all stupid descriptions too, because vodka by it’s very definition is supposed to be flavorless. If it tastes like all that stuff, there is probably something they did wrong.
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