Stolichnaya Vodka

I don't love Stolichnaya. I love vodka, and it is precisely this love of Russia's water of life that tempers my taste for Stolichnaya specifically. In the few years that I've actively consumed vodka with the passion necessary to form firm opinions regarding specific brands (also the passion that complements my now keen ability to discern between properties of each brand with my eyes closed), I've tasted nearly all there is of the stuff to taste. This finely fermented Russian cousin of mine and I have been there for each other through thick and thin, through sick and sin. Together we've experienced and survived the introduction of such unwelcomed ...

This is a vodka that will not get you a reputation for being a cheap drunk in a bar or party. Not that it's expensive, it isn't, its about normal price for a bottle of vodka, although the main brands might be a little cheaper. What this vodka really has is taste and culture which makes it different. Firstly the taste. Everyone who has drunk vodka will know that there is really nice vodka, really horrible vodka, and a large amount in between. Stoli is probably in the middle section, but at the better end of the scale compared to the grotty stuff. To me all vodka should be drunk cold, whether this means lots of ice, or a bottle in the freezer its up to ...

I don't know if everyone is familiar with the Darwin Awards story about the couple who were making love in the open air on top of a hill when the man, who was on top, had the misfortune to be struck by lightning. Not only was he killed outright, but also much of the charge flowed through him into his partner, melting his genitals and fusing them to hers, and causing her to lose consciousness, which was perhaps a kindness. When she awoke, however, she was horrified to find, in addition to the misfortune described above, that her dead lover was being eaten by a bear, and that she was still attached to him. I repeat this story (and apologies to ...