Pure grain alcohol, usually made on the cheap, diluted to about 80 proof. When you put it that way, vodka doesn't sound all that appealing, does it? (The correct answer is "no.") And yet, among the more notable brands, the differences in flavor profile, smoothness and—perhaps most strikingly—mouthfeel can be substantial. Fact: They don't all taste the same. In the cause of quality journalism, we sampled the world's best. The results? A late morning or two, and the highly opinionated list you see here.
A few years back, LVMH quietly snapped up a stake in this smoked-glass-bottle standard-bearer, which...
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Made at a 300-year-old facility in Holland and named after the original coal-fired still from 1864...
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Equal parts vodka and business school case study—just seven years after introducing it,...
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This Cold War holdover was originally churned out for Russian politburo bigwigs (the name means...
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Like LVMH stable-mate Belvedere, Chopin hails from Poland. Unlike its sibling, which is distilled...
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Named after the Polish word for "luxury," Luksusowa vodka takes as its base material a distinct...
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The first "ultra-premium" vodka to be imported to the States, Stoli Elit is refined via a patented...
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The grape-derived upstart that sparked Polish protests—the Poles unsuccessfully tried to...
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The Finns began churning out vodka in the 1500s, almost as early as the Poles—gotta do...
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This tipple was originally cooked up by ex–ad man Geoff Ross in his Wellington, New Zealand, garage...
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