Vice Scandinavia correspondent Ivar Berglin travels to the front lines of the Vodka/Wodka Wars – and discovers that the tortured history of Russian-Polish relations can be saved in a bottle.
You must watch it, really well made and really interesting. vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/wodka-wars
Your thoughts?
Ps. You can find aloot of interesting videos on Vbs.
( Didn't know where to put this thread, so if a moderate want to change the location, be my guest )
I just got a huge bottle of "milk-filtered" (?) Russian Wodka from my Russian neighbour in exchange for helping her with her computer. I have to say it tastes pretty good, better than Smirnoff, that's for sure.
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M-G (likes that Polish Wodka with the grass in it as well, but only with apple juice)
Sasha, what does it mean when Wodka is "milk-filtered"? You're Russian, the Wodka is Russian, so I guess you might know the answer to that?
Edit: no, it's none of these two: it says (hope I get this right) Ha MoVoke and in vertical MbPhaR (with the V in the first name upside down and the last R reversed) and on the backside of the bottle it states "filtered by milk".
I've never drunken it. :) To tell the truth I like beer more than vodka and I don't almost drink the latter.
The milk (and eggwhite) filtration is the way how they did it in ancient Rus'. They put milk and eggwhite to vodka, they reacted with fusel-oils, congealed and gravitated to the bottom. Kind of a natural way to filter alcohol. :)
I guess it's true---Vermont White Vodka, distilled from 100% Milk Sugar, according to the label. The website for Duncan’s Spirits, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, says:
Inspired by traditional Tuvan milk vodka, this hand-made vodka is triple distilled from pure milk sugar and Vermont spring water. Crystal clear, smooth and with a delicate nose, this vodka is excellent straight and chilled, perfect in a white Russian.
That's it, Sasha :) The bottle and the label are very slightly different, but it's the same idea. Thanks for the explanation :)
I basically like Wodka only in combination with other liquids, like Cola or Tomato Juice. Don't like it that much with Orange Juice, but I don't like it pure. I drink indeed more beer and wine, although I get more drunk, hungover and sick of beer than of anything else. Don't know why that is. That's only with beer. Maybe it's because you drink larger quantities of beer.
The film is full of bias... :) why the hell is he taking on truth that it was mentioned first in Poland disdaining Russian sources? Why don't he mention the very origin or the word? I'll answer you... because as I believe "woda" (water) is the very same word in both Polish and Russian.
Besides the owner of brewery is lying about the corn being added to Russian vodka.
Well Poland didn't stand a chance in the communist times when they were oppressed by the russians. Now when the Polish people are free this question is comming up again.
The taxi driver barely speak Russian to say nothing about English. :)
Yeah, the driver is definitely not Russian (nor Ukrainian for that matter!).
Anyway, what Polish brands of vodka (other than Zubrowka) can you guys recommend? Or Russian, it doesn't matter. Something that is available for export. Here we buy Grey Goose mostly. I want to buy something more authentic next time.
Belvedere is the best Wódka in the world. There are a lot of pretty good wódkas but definitly the best are Polish and Russian. French are very soft, too soft for my taste, Bols sucks, English wódka what the hell is it?????
Do you think I could handle Vodka? This is what I call the Vodka song, I made it up about a year ago. My sister and I go around singing it sometimes, people give us funny looks haha.
Vodka, Vodka, Vodka! vodka on Monday vodka on Tuesday vodka on Wednesday vodka on Thursday vodka on Friday vodka on Saturday vodka on Sunday Vodka oh yay!
Wódka is Polish. It's been proven and most people who know anything about alcohol may/should know this. I think "vodka" was adopted as the official spelling in the west because in Poland the W is pronounced like a V so they settled on the easier, less confusing Russian spelling of Vodka.
This has been a very interesting thread. I think it was definitely the Polish in my opinion. Its very obvious the Russians just adopted Vodka, they didn't invent it.
here is an excerpt from a historian and yes the agreement is that vodka was first produced in Russia and Poland."Vodka has its origins in Russia, but it has been distilled in Poland and Finland as well since forever"There is no correct answer whether it's Poland or Russia.Some believe it was first made somewhere between the borders of Poland and Russia.
Of course, in any war... the british come out tops...
Uh, not exactly. Two come immediately to mind: the American War of Independence, and the War of 1812. Sorry, couldn't resist. Shall we have a shot of Sobieski and let bygones be bygones? :)
Two come immediately to mind: the American War of Independence, and the War of 1812.
Indeed! Although Britain maintained a world class ranking in both cases, being the first country to lose to America (War of Independence), a new world record, and in the second case, keeping Canada, which sits on top of US geographically!
Shall we make that 2 shots of Sobieski, one for each bygone?
