Oh, Vodka. Â How I love thee.
I believe Ron White hit it on the nose when he said that “I believe if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade… And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka and have a party!”
Even though I’ve had my dalliances with scotch and soda, vodka is still my go-to drink, so when a bottle of Sobieski Vodka found its way into my inbox, I was anxious to give it a shot. Â (Poorly constructed pun purely unintended.)
The first thing that I did when I received my bottle was do a taste test against the bottle of Goose that’s ever-present in my fridge. Â Since blindfolds are for the bedroom and not the kitchen, I decided to do a non-blind taste test. Â Strangely enough, while Sobieski leaves a slightly heavier alcohol taste on your tongue when consumed sans mixer, it goes down about as smooth as the Goose. Â (The Goose actually had a stronger aftertaste.) Â Both vodkas left that familiar warming sensation in my midsection, but I think that’s to be expected.
Now, I probably wouldn’t recommend drinking Sobieski neat… well, now that I think of it, I wouldn’t recommend drinking Goose neat either. Â I mean, the whole point of vodka is that it’s a neutral spirit that doesn’t pollute the taste of your mixer. Â In cooking parlance, it’s the canola oil of liquors. Â Since both Sobieski and Goose achieve this feat admirably, I literally couldn’t tell the difference once I had made my drinks into Bloody Marys… except that my wallet would have been significantly lighter purchasing the Sobieski ($15 at the corner liquor store) as opposed to the Goose ($42 at the corner liquor store).
Sobieski’s “Truth in Vodka” campaign is right. It’s a recession. Â Flashy and extravagant are out. Â And I’ll drink to that.
