What is you favorite Polish Vodka?

Hi, I would like to find out how to make my own vodka, I Love the stuff! and would drink it all day and night if I could make it here at home.....anyone have any suggestions???

hi girls and guys; this is my first time on a site like this, so please bear with me, it is rather entertaining to read the messages and I have been having quite a grin. i was in the usa for 11 years, where vodka was cheap, not like australia, so i'd like to find out how to make my own vodka at home?????? any hints?? also how to make kielbasa pickled sausage....the two go down very smoothly, the smell coming from you doesn't, but what the heck....we're only here once !

Well, you can but spiritus add 1/2 parts water, add some honey and a clove let it sit for a few months and you'll have your own honey vodka or you can soak it in with other fruit and make sth different.


żołądkowa "bitter stomach" is awesome. Have you tried the other flavors? I like the original but I think theres mint and sth else. I dring Zubrowka shots. I don't really like it with apple but Zuberek is ok to add. its a sprt of apple flavor and cinnamon around the shot edge.

What does everyone think of Luksusowa?

Yes...it's ok and not too pricy

Excellent! Żubrówka is my favorite, but there aren't too many types of Polish vodkas to chose from in US stores.

Luksusowa is usually easy to find.

I've noticed that the Żubrówka sold in the US doesn't taste as good as it does in Poland and I found out why.

"Żubrówka in the United States

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Żubrówka

Because bison grass contains the toxic compound coumarin, which is prohibited as a food additive by the Food and Drug Administration, imports of Żubrówka into the United States have been banned since 1978. When produced according to traditional methods (between one and two kilograms of grass per thousand liters of alcohol), Żubrówka contains approximately 12 milligrams of coumarin per liter. In 1999, Polish distilleries introduced reformulated US-export versions of the product, sometimes using artificial flavors and colors, always with the emblematic blade of grass in every bottle, but "neutralized" and coumarin-free."

There are many PL vodkas in the US...where I am anyway
Chopin, Belevedere, Wybrowka, Alchemy, Harnas, Jazz (comes in the shape of a trumpet), Sniper..lol looks like an AK , sobieski..more

Where in the US are you?

I don't know how true that is for the zubrowka..it's just a wiki. I'm not sure if neutralizing the grass would even take the flavor out. I'll tell you what. I have a bottle that I just brought back from PL and I'll go to the liquor store and buy one here to see if there's a difference. Keep in mind that there are a couple different bottles of zubrowka.

I'm around DC.

A friend shared some Chopin with us... (actually, nevermind - they brought that back from Poland). It was Very good! I've seen it in the US - not cheap, nice bottle, probably very good--as long as no changes were made.

The US imported Żubrówka wasn't bad, but was expensive and really not the same (different brand of Bison Vodka too). We did find the same brand at a place in Baltimore, but haven't opened it yet.

It would be interesting to hear what you think of it.

I will let you know soon...not too sure when it'll be opened. Probably this weekend.

Was in a green bottle? I've heard the same about that one. I get the same as they have in PL from a store in NJ.

Sounds good.

It was a green bottle (the one bought here).

I did a quick google image search and that one looked like this:



The other one bought here also, that looked like the ones from PL (almost a tan color), look like this:

They tasted exactly the same I also had someone bring a bottle of the green one over. That one tastes the most different.

F

Very interesting. I checked the cabinet and haven't opened the 2nd one bought in the US. There's still some left from PL, so I'll wait until that gets lower and try the two together then. That Bison grass looks like useful stuff with a lot of good flavors--the wiki said it's even used in pipe tobacco.

Whats a good Polish Vodka I can buy in the States?

What is you favorite Polish Vodka?

The next one....

Na Zdrowie

I like dębowa. It's also a very good vodka. Can't buy it in the US though..haven't seen it anywhere anyway.

Pan Tadeusz Vodka is also very good as well as Ultimat black cherry

I once (vaguely) remember drinking some black vodka. Tasted a bit of liquorice. Any clues to what that might be?

Blavod?

I drank something black once. Had no idea what it was either...?
But, man was it good!!!

Rings a bell. It was fine stuff. Thought I'd bought some at the airport once but when I got it home it didn't taste too good. Maybe it was bad all along!

I just brought back some Apsinthion

Haven't had the chance to open it yet though. Waiting for the right night.

Hey Fisz whats a good brand I could get here?
I`d like to get a bottle to have around the crib

I'm sure you have plenty of liquor stores with PL vodka. Look for Wyborowa. Chopin is also good, but pricy.

I`ve seen that brand in the sklep...
Like to have some around the house for a special occasion.... tx

If you can find the single estate...even better

Looks classy! Haven't seen that one in any stores yet.

What's the difference, FISZ, between this and the regular one, except the cool look?
My favourite is Luksusowa. Today I took all my alcoholic Christmas gifts back to the liquor store and since I didn't have any receipts I could only exchange for something else. The total credit was $92.50 (Canadian) so I grabbed three 1.14l bottles of Luksusowa. Beats all those wines and liqueurs people gave me for Christmas. LOL

It's made in smaller batches...kinda like a single barrel whisky, it's just better.

here's some info: polandforall.com/polish-wyborowa-vodka.html

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Well, we just tried the US version and the Polish version (a few sips of each straight). There's a definite difference. If you had it with apple juice you probably wouldn't know the difference.

The Polish version has a better flavor and is much smoother. It's worth noting that the Polish version has medals on the label that the American imported version doesn't. According to that wiki (quoted in an earlier post) there something in the bison grass that isn't allowed in the U.S. so it's eliminated and they use some flavoring to try and make up for the difference. The U.S. version (Chicago mentioned on label) is also greener in color.

That's a big no no. I don't like it with apple. maybe just a little Zuberek, but that's all. Maybe your taste buds are better I couldn't tell the difference. Even if they did neutralize the grass..I think that the flavors from the grass would still remain. Who really knows....Coke and RC tastes the same to me