Most popular Liquor in Iowa

[ISUKyro]

Soooo many bad hang overs with number 3.

Bad memories.

 

[clones_jer]

Number 2 & 4 were the gotos in my college days. there's probably nothing wrong the hawkeye vodka verses 5 o'clock but it just seemed morally wrong to buy something labeled "hawkeye" anything.

 

[theshadow]

I am quite fond of #2 actually

For breakfast?

 

[Racer68]

I had a good chuckle out of this ranking...my dad, a cheap Iowa Hawkeye fan, drinks both the Hawkeye and 5 o'clock vodkas, and makes fun of my wife and I for drinking Absolute or Grey Goose...both of us being ISU alums by the way!

 

[Al_4_State]

Templeton Rye is ok, but I'd still take Crown Royal over that any day of the week.

Having bartended before, I can totally understand all of the top 5 with the exception of BV. The bar I worked in rarely sold BV, but Jack, "well" Vodkas, and Captain were obvious choices. I've heard BV has been #1 for the longest time. I still don't understand the thinking behind that, but it is cheap, and when you're young, that's all you're worried about.

You forgot this:

 

[Al_4_State]

I had a good chuckle out of this ranking...my dad, a cheap Iowa Hawkeye fan, drinks both the Hawkeye and 5 o'clock vodkas, and makes fun of my wife and I for drinking Absolute or Grey Goose...both of us being ISU alums by the way!

I hate to say this, but your old man is getting the last laugh. Vodka isn't supposed to taste like anything. Good vodka tastes like nothing, and bad vodka just burns more. If you're mixing it, who cares. Any other type of alcohol, and I would agree that the good stuff is better, but not vodka.

 

[keepngoal]

I hate to say this, but your old man is getting the last laugh. Vodka isn't supposed to taste like anything. Good vodka tastes like nothing, and bad vodka just burns more. If you're mixing it, who cares. Any other type of alcohol, and I would agree that the good stuff is better, but not vodka.

you are right vodka shouldn't taste like anything.. BUT vodka. there is a big difference from hawkeye/5oclock and GG or other good vodkas... absolute, not so much

 

[CycloneYoda]

I hate to say this, but your old man is getting the last laugh. Vodka isn't supposed to taste like anything. Good vodka tastes like nothing, and bad vodka just burns more. If you're mixing it, who cares. Any other type of alcohol, and I would agree that the good stuff is better, but not vodka.

I disagree. Vodka out of a plastic bottle tastes like vodka out of a plastic bottle. I have always been a fan of Absolut in my White Russian.

 

[CycloneYoda]

you are right vodka shouldn't taste like anything.. BUT vodka. there is a big difference from hawkeye/5oclock and GG or other good vodkas... absolute, not so much

Absolut is good, and not overly expensive. I would never buy a premium top shelf vodka like I would whisky or rum.

 

[keepngoal]

Absolut is good, and not overly expensive. I would never buy a premium top shelf vodka like I would whisky or rum.

you are in for a treat... if you treat yourself.

-keep.

 

[CycloneYoda]

you are in for a treat... if you treat yourself.

-keep.

I've tried Effen and the Goose, even Quadro. Just never paid for it. :yes:

 

[Bobber]

Absolut is good, and not overly expensive. I would never buy a premium top shelf vodka like I would whisky or rum.

.

I agree. Vodka is supposed to be tasteless(perhaps why Hawkeye and Vodka goes well together.:biglaugh

So if that's the case, why pay much of a premium for it?

Whiskey and rum have a taste and that's why you pay more.

 

[keepngoal]

I've tried Effen and the Goose, even Quadro. Just never paid for it. :yes:

Get these very cold without ice:

Belvedere or Chopin

-keep

 

[CycloneYoda]

Get these very cold without ice:

Belvedere or Chopin

-keep

I'll tell my wife. She's the vodka drinker of the fam.

 

[woodie]

templeton rye-used to buy that from a bootlegger gas station in carroll iowa when i was 15 years old.would love to have some in my liquor cabinet now.next year when i vacation in iowa i will get a couple of fifths.

 

[EggMcClone]

I got waaay too drunk on BV before the '01 ISU-Iowa game. I've tried to avoid it since then.

One of my friends would always write "**** the" on any bottle of Hawkeye vodka he bought.

 

[Cybyassociation]

Love me some Sailor Jerry's

+763

Cant say enough about the Sailor...Then again my friends will probably tell you the opposite. "Keep it out of his hands" they will tell you. But nay, not for this Sailor, yar matey (no sarcam pirate, only sailor pirate today)

 

[Al_4_State]

I got waaay too drunk on BV before the '01 ISU-Iowa game. I've tried to avoid it since then.

One of my friends would always write "**** the" on any bottle of Hawkeye vodka he bought.

That is ******* awesome. I'm sticking to my guns on the vodka thing. I'll pay for any other type of liquor, beer, or wine. You're usually paying more for a greater complexity in taste and quality. Vodka is supposed to be tasteless. I drink good beer, but keep the cheapest vodka that Hy-Vee is selling at the time I got to the store, on stock for my bloody marys.

 

[Erik4Cy]

#2 and #5 are the only ones I'd be caught dead drinking...hawkeye is crap, which would be expected with a name like that, so is 5 o clock. And BV is in desperate situtations only...

 

[CrossCyed]

Red Gatorade makes cheap vodka very tolerable.

Also, try mixing it with Hypnotiq. Tastes like cotton candy.