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Polish Vodkas for American Pub


sledz 23 | 2,250  
13 Feb 2009 /  #1
After months and months of Red tape my business partner and I received our liquor license from the city of Chicago.
Were planning to be open by the end of the month, if all goes well.
I have contacted the Okocim and Zywiec beer distributors and getting piwo is not a problem.

What I was wondering what Polish Vodkas should I stock?

Zambrowka...Im already going to buy this:)

I`ll have Sterling, Grey goose, ketel one, Absoult, the basics of course.

What other Polish wodka should I get?

Anything in Poland I can probably get here in Chicago, they sell spyritus here:)
Shawn_H  
13 Feb 2009 /  #2
Belvedere and Chopin. Do we get an invite?
Seanus 15 | 19,674  
13 Feb 2009 /  #3
Sobieski, Pan Tadeusz, Wyborowa and Luksusowa would be sure bets.

Zambrowka?? Never heard of it. Do you mean Żubrówka?
dtaylor 9 | 823  
13 Feb 2009 /  #4
wisnowka always goes down well with the females ;)
OP sledz 23 | 2,250  
13 Feb 2009 /  #5
Belvedere and Chopin

Ive heard of these before..thanks
I might go to a Polish club tonight and see whats happening:)

Do we get an invite?

Sure come to Chicago, I have an Ice cold Piwo waiting you:)

dtaylor wisnowka always goes down well with the females ;)

I was planning on that one also, Ive drank it once, isnt there 2 different kinds?
One is really high in alcohol:)
Seanus 15 | 19,674  
13 Feb 2009 /  #6
Go with dtaylor's suggestion too. The sweet vodkas go down well with them. Poland tends to have clear vodkas, unlike Finlandia and Absolut.

Good luck Sledz :)
OP sledz 23 | 2,250  
13 Feb 2009 /  #7
Poland tends to have clear vodkas, unlike Finlandia and Absolut.

Theres so many new vodka`s out there.
The big thing here now are, Grapebombs,,,,,grape vodka with redbull...ick lol

Good luck Sledz :)

Dziekuje:)
Seanus 15 | 19,674  
13 Feb 2009 /  #8
No worries. If you ever meet a girl called Ania Topolska, please say hi to her from me. She's the bar going type. I worked with her here.
Harry  
13 Feb 2009 /  #9
What I was wondering what Polish Vodkas should I stock?

Infuse your own vodka. It's easy to do: just put the ingredient you want to infuse into the vodka bottle and leave it for a week or two. Good ones to start with include vanilla, pepper, chilli, ginger and rose.

A bar here in Warsaw has 115 types of vodka in stock year round plus another 20 or so seasonal infusions.
Seanus 15 | 19,674  
13 Feb 2009 /  #10
There was a vodka bar in my home city of Aberdeen over a decade ago. It went under but it was relatively popular and I guarantee that it'd be a hit now.

It had standard vodka in all manner of flavours, ranging from Mars Bar vodka to Red Kola vodka. There were always ladies there waiting to experiment with the huge selection.

Sledz, you should have a sampling night. That'd peak people's interest and, though expensive initially, would make you money in the long run.
ShelleyS 14 | 2,893  
13 Feb 2009 /  #11
There was a vodka bar in my home city of Aberdeen over a decade ago

Revolution?
Seanus 15 | 19,674  
13 Feb 2009 /  #12
You are thinking of Stalin, LOL. No, it was just called The Wodka Bar. Wodka being with English pronunciation.
Lir  
13 Feb 2009 /  #13
After months and months of Red tape my business partner and I received our liquor license from the city of Chicago.
Were planning to be open by the end of the month, if all goes well.

That sounds really exciting ! Good Luck with it and fingers crossed it all goes well for you and your partner <just be sure not to drink all the profits j/k >

:)
Seanus 15 | 19,674  
13 Feb 2009 /  #14
Liquor? You bet I did ;) Nah, seriously, any operational losses won't last. You are in the best city in America to have a Polish bar. Some say that Chicago is the 2nd Polish city behind Warsaw. It's a running joke here.

Vodka, even if you hiked the prices up a wee bittie, will be drunk because the Poles miss it. Although the copious amounts are overstated, you do miss stuff from home when away. I missed whisky in Japan and was lucky enough to find Suntory Zen, cheap and very good for the price. A total revelation!!

What's your pub's name, Sledz?
OP sledz 23 | 2,250  
13 Feb 2009 /  #15
Infuse your own vodka. It's easy to do: just put the ingredient you want to infuse into the vodka bottle and leave it for a week or two. Good ones to start with include vanilla, pepper, chilli, ginger and rose.

My friends mother makes her own spyritus, too bad but I cant legally sell it;(

We not going to be a strictly Martini bar, I want to have a good supply of Polish vodka though, were also going to have Guinness and German beers plus domestics.

Has anybody heard of Pan Deuesz wodka?
I seen Chopin and Dębowa today at the liquor store.

That sounds really exciting ! Good Luck

thank you, Im sure Ill have some good stories for you guys:)

What's your pub's name, Sledz?

Dont have one yet,,,,,ideas anyone???
Lir  
14 Feb 2009 /  #16
Dont have one yet,,,,,ideas anyone???

Describe the bar and what it looks like <interior and exterior > then we could think of some names.....maybe start a new thread perhaps sledz ?

Would be fun I think.......

:)
Seanus 15 | 19,674  
14 Feb 2009 /  #17
It would be good if it had a Polish connection and some allusion to vodka. Vodka can make you big bucks, Sledz.

I dunno, Vodkania?? Something along those lines
Eurola 4 | 1,902  
14 Feb 2009 /  #18
So, Sledz...when is the 'parapetówa'? Ask your polish friend what it means :)
Shawn_H  
14 Feb 2009 /  #19
Has anybody heard of Pan Deuesz wodka?

It is Pan Tadeusz, like the epic story. Quite good.

ideas anyone???

How about "Pan Tadeusz" Something close to the hearts of Poles, historic and incidentally, a very good Wodka. You could have all the ladies serving dressed as the beautiful Zosia in her little white peasant blouse like the one in the Polonez scene.


Calicoe 2 | 133  
14 Feb 2009 /  #20
Yum, Guinness and Chopin Vodka - my two drinks. I will definitely stop by when I am in Chicago.
OP sledz 23 | 2,250  
14 Feb 2009 /  #21
Describe the bar and what it looks like <interior

like an 1980`s bad hair day..
All I need is a Miami vice jacket..lol

It is Pan Tadeusz

His wodka is expensive, Hes like the Ricardo Montalban of wodka:)

when is the 'parapetówa'? Ask your polish friend what it means :)

I just did, she doesnt know,,Blondynka????
So tell me:)

Yum, Guinness and Chopin Vodka - my two drinks. I will definitely stop by when I am in Chicago.

Kewl, Any PF member gets a drink on the house:)
pgtx 29 | 3,146  
14 Feb 2009 /  #22
After months and months

FINALLY!!! :)

Does it mean that when i come to TOP this year, the place in the bar will be ready for me??? ;)

parapetówa

i think, it's reserved when you move to a new apartment/house not a bar ;)

Blondynka

that's a good name for a bar!
haha!
;)
OP sledz 23 | 2,250  
14 Feb 2009 /  #23
Does it mean that when i come to TOP this year, the place in the bar will be ready for me???

Tak,,I know ive been talking about it for awhile, but its finally gonna happen:)

that's a good name for a bar!
haha!
;)

Hmmm its kinda catchy:)

Eurola: parapetówa

i think, it's reserved when you move to a new apartment/house not a bar ;)

Ok , I try to figure it out later???

Dobranoc:):)
pgtx 29 | 3,146  
14 Feb 2009 /  #24
its finally gonna happen:)

i'm glad that you got the wheel finally running.... good luck with all your projects... if you need some help you know where to find me ;)

its kinda catchy:)

haha...cheesy stuff... ;P
Seanus 15 | 19,674  
14 Feb 2009 /  #25
Hey there pgtx, good to see you back :)

Sledz, Vodkania ia a cool name. Like a mix of vodka and spotkania. It's quite short and catchy. I'd go to a pub named that no problem.

Pan Tadeusz, yes, perhaps the best vodka I have tasted here. Very smooth compared to the harshness of others.
Babinich 1 | 455  
14 Feb 2009 /  #26
Where, approximately, in Chicago will the bar be located?
Calicoe 2 | 133  
14 Feb 2009 /  #27
Kewl, Any PF member gets a drink on the house:)

Kewl, more reason to go then, and of course, to meet the proprietors. :)
krysia 23 | 3,058  
15 Feb 2009 /  #28
Name the bar KRYSIA...lol ;)
Wahldo  
15 Feb 2009 /  #29
Sledz, Vodkania ia a cool name.

For Christ's sake, don't let Seanus name it. That will be bad luck, lol.
OP sledz 23 | 2,250  
15 Feb 2009 /  #30
Name the bar KRYSIA

Krystyna`s Pub has a nice ring to it,,,,:)

Where, approximately, in Chicago will the bar be located?

Belmont/Cirero area

Kewl, more reason to go then, and of course, to meet the proprietors. :)

And were PF friendly:)

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