vodka

i am drinking vodka...having some interesting ideas...thinking "outside the box"...or perhaps just "inside the bottle"...

have you ever tried chocolate flavored vodka? i bought a mini bottle of it today...

i am not a vodka connoisseur...but i've tried a few. my favorite is probably stoli, but i haven't tasted some of the top self brands like grey goose or belvedere. absolut is quite good for mixed drinks. the first time i tried stoli was in east germany. i bought a bottle of plain and a bottle of lemon flavored (i think) stoli from a shop while on a tour before the wall came down. i've seen a few ads for potato vodka lately. i've tried a couple and think they're ok...i'm sure i haven't tried the best though and i hear chopin is the best vodka you can drink. i had an interesting vodka from poland once that was flavored with bison grass called zubrówka...it was quite tasty. apparently it's fabled to be an aphrodisiac. i don't know if that's true but i have 5 kids so there might be something to it. anyway, i highly recommend you try it if you're a vodka drinker.

do not do shots of vodka unless it is a premium brand and ice cold. seagrams, popov, and smirnoff are not premium brands. i wouldn't recommend doing shots of absolut, three olives, or skyy either. start your shot experience with stoli, then move up the chain towards chopin (though i can't really verify it's the best because i haven't tried it).

ok...i need another drink