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soundbrigade said:
Not many people like grappa, but I guess they have tried a $2 a bottle stuff, but could try our fuel for the lawn mower as well. Real grappa may cost a bit/lot more but the difference is HUGE
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Completely agree!
Some years ago I was in Italy and we had this wonderful 80% grappa at a small restaurant, got hammered but in a good way. Tasted a bit like very good raisins, only very good, and a little bit better, was very good though.

... Did I mention it was a very nice and smooth Grappa? Was quite good actually.

Good times. 😀
Tasty too!
 
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Just thought I'd chime in with a couple of thoughts amongst you regulars. I typically drink wine, although I like a Black Russian now and then. But a good cordial glass of homemade limoncello is also nice. Or orangecello, depending on what I have on hand.

I like Scotch a lot, but rarely drink it, since I don't buy much hard liquor, and it's fairly expensive. I like Glenlivet, but it doesn't like me - gives me a headache. JW Red works. Black is good, but too strong, so I water it down with ice cubes, making it more like Red.

At 5:15 pm local time, I'm having a glass of cheap Pinot Noir.

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soundbrigade said:
Compare it by trying The Statesman whiskey, cheap Polish vodka with whiskey flavour added against Glenmorangie Signet.
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Magnus, hello! I do not think that the smell of whiskey in vodka is bad. This indicates a different distillation technology. Like moonshine. Many people like this kind of vodka. I drank such Ukrainian Nemiroff vodka, very good. Russian vodka Nemiroff had the usual Russian taste. I also tried Polish beer, it also tastes great.
 
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TheGimp said:
Rum is made from molasses.
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And or sugars be them raw or refined or even cane juice, it's still (pardon the pun) rum. Most moonshine, at least around here, is simple sugar wash. I mentioned it because I believe GUNFU referred to it as vodka.
I'm waiting for the local store put 5 gallon buckets of molasses on sale for $20 again.
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That would be nice. Nothing like that is going to happen in these parts.
 
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TheGimp said:
Aha, but sugar wash is moonshine.

Rum is made from molasses.

I'm waiting for the local store put 5 gallon buckets of molasses on sale for $20 again.
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Best stuff uses no refined sugars, the old timers (including myself) have no problem distinguishing the difference between sprouted corn (malted) and someone using processed sugar. Although some have succumbed to allowing small amounts of refined corn sugar for times sake.
white corn is preferred for the absolute best.
 
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No, I meant only Nemiroff vodka, produced in different countries. Nemiroff is a Ukrainian brand. Nemiroff vodka made in Ukraine really had a taste of moonshine, and the pleasant warmth from it spread throughout the bones. Vodka of the same brand, even in Russia, produced at different factories, has different tastes.
About rum and molasses your information is interesting. Obviously, due to the fact that in Russia there is no cane sugar, only sugar is made from sugar beets, it is impossible to buy real molasses in an ordinary store. You can buy at wholesale companies that sell for bakeries or pastry shops. Most likely, they will also replace molasses with a highly processed starch surrogate.


Now I am reading an article about American wheat whiskey from winter wheat. They write that the taste is very mild. The aroma of whiskey with a delicate floral character with notes of apple, pear and vanilla. The taste is spicy apple with a mixture of mint and chocolate. A long dry finish with notes of cocoa and apple peel. ???????????? ?????, ? ??????? ???? ??? ????? | ??????
 
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GUNFU said:
Vodka of the same brand, even in Russia, produced at different factories, has different tastes.
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Interesting considering the international requirements for classifying a Vodka. Mind you, you're never going to fully eliminate the affect of the water used are you?

About rum and molasses your information is interesting. Obviously, due to the fact that in Russia there is no cane sugar, only sugar is made from sugar beets, it is impossible to buy real molasses in an ordinary store.
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Cane sugar because that's where rum originated. Not sure how beet sugar is classified when it comes to hooch. You would know that better.
 
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Don't international requirements control the quality of water in vodka? Most likely, international requirements are not an obstacle to taste.
From beet sugar, more moonshine is obtained than from cane sugar. There used to be a lot of cane sugar brought from Cuba to the USSR. This sugar tasted even less sweet. Now I also remembered cigarettes from Cuba, cigars, rum and large Cuban oranges, similar to grapefruit. Their slices had very thick films, but they were easy to peel, and they were very tasty, better than sweet Moroccan ones.
Some plants operate on imported raw materials, some plants produce alcohol on their own. I tried Stolichnaya vodka, produced in the Far East in Usuriysk and bought in Vladimir. Alcohol in the Far East is certainly worse, because its other drinks also had a tougher taste. And the beer in Ussuriysk was very good. Water, obviously, has nothing to do with it.
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