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The Great Vodka Taste Test “Our man in Moscow samples 11 premium brands in one wild night.” “The editorial challenge? How to consume 11 bottles of high-end firewater. Firewater is what vodka has always been, devoid of the oaken lineage of its darker cousins—and the high-nosed finery that can too easily get in the way of a good drunk. One does not inhale vodka’s bouquet, but one may use vodka to sterilize a wound on the knee, as familiar a sight to the serious vodka drinker as the shot glass and the handful of ibuprofen.”

A good vodka quote can be found in Modern Drunkards Magazine’s article on Andre the Giant - The Greatest Drunk on Earth When Andre needed back surgery in order to return to wrestling “…the anesthesiologist was frantic. He had never put a person of Andre’s size under the gas before and had no idea how much to use. …one of the doctors asked Andre if he was a drinker. Andre responded that, yes, he’d been known to tip a glass from time to time. The doctor then wanted to know how much Andre drank and how much it took to get him drunk. “Well,” rumbled the Giant, “It usually takes two liters of vodka just to make me feel warm inside.”

Climate change could be more than just sour grapes “Climate change may lead to hotter, drier heat waves, heavier rains and quicker snowmelts in the future, scientists say — and a change in the taste of Oregon’s signature pinot noir wines also could be on the horizon.”