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You are currently viewing the Vodka category or one of its subcategories. If you are unsure as to what Vodka is and isn't, you can read a definition here. If you would like to read more Vodka reviews, I suggest you start here. If Whisky is God's drink, Vodka is the People's drink. Vodka is simple and clean, made for extreme revelry and sadness. Vodka is not, nor should ever be, like wine: it is our little water, the sweetheart of men. Thursday, January 26 2006
Banff Ice is another example of a good Canadian Vodka. Indeed, so far, it's quite astounding, of the four Canadian Vodkas reviewed here, three, including this one, are very good. Which is as well for us, since the selection of imported vodka is not so good around here: I look forward to finding more excellent Vodka in some unlikely Canadian products. This vodka is not as exceptional as Polar Ice and Iceberg, but it is highly drinkable. It has a light but pleasant texture as well as a decent bite. The taste is perhaps the most interesting, as it is rather elusive, offering a nice compromise between the western style, tasteless Vodka and its more fragrant eastern counterpart: probably a choice to consider for people who might be interesting in drinking Vodka that actually tastes something, but don't want to be overwhelmed on their first try. In short, Banff Ice is a reliable, good-all-round, daily-drinking Vodka accessible to all. There certainly is better Vodka out there, but there are many, many that are worse. My only complaint is that, if you're sufficiently drunk, the sticker-labels on the bottle, which are already very smooth to begin with, can make prehension of the bottle rather difficult: don't drop it! [/Vodka/Canada] permanent link Tuesday, November 01 2005
Iceberg is a Canadian vodka, which is supposed to be made directly from glacier water, a point which they made sure to put across by marketing it in a bottle shaped like carved ice. Thankfully, the taste is a lot sounder than the marketing philosophy, and Iceberg is a very interesting vodka indeed. Beside glacier water, it is made with sweet corn, which gives the vodka a very peculiar taste. The smell is sweet, somewhat reminiscent of Cream Soda, while the taste is light but lingering, not at all dry, unlike most vodkas (could be good for people who don't normally like vodka straight). It is extremely clean, but the relative sweetness makes it slightly more difficult to drink in large quantities. For that reason, it is much more a sipping vodka, or one to have with meals, than it is a quaffing vodka. It is fairly good at room temperature, but is even better chilled. Highly recommended freezer-chilled on a hot summer day, with smoked fish and various zakuski (snacks). [/Vodka/Canada] permanent link Tuesday, October 04 2005
A very, very smooth vodka with a clean fragrant taste. The aftertaste and nose are full of the aromas typical to a rye vodka, and the fact that it was quadruple-distilled makes it dangerously easy to drink. Its smoothness is such that I sometime find it too light, as I tend to prefer a vodka with a bit of a bite. Don't let yourself be fooled by the flashy bottle, or by the fact that it is from Ontario, Canada; this vodka is definitely up there with the great ones. When good, imported vodka is hard to find, this vodka usually is my safety net, and a delicious one at that. [/Vodka/Canada] permanent link
This vodka sits in a stylised plastic bottle, but I bought some because I was curious to find out whether the content was better than the container. It wasn't. It starts well enough and looks like it will be your typical, neutral-tasting wheat vodka, with perhaps a hint of sweetness (the kind you can drink a lot of), but then everything gets obliterated by a major chemical aftertaste, and one suddenly has an urge to call mom and tell her about the time one didn't quite feed the cat as expected. Makes me wonder whether they thought they could get away with using water from the tap, or something. Okay chilled, probably better mixed, most likely best left alone. [/Vodka/Canada] permanent link |
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