Reply #27: My old bartending instructor used to say buy Popov instead of Smirnoff [View All]

[cascadiance]

when getting Vodka, claiming that even the same company was making them both, but that one was just marketed as the better Vodka than the other, and that you get more bang for your buck with Popov even if it isn't the choice of the "elite drinking" snobs.

Of course that was almost 30 years ago, so a lot might have changed. Perhaps brands like Absolut are better, though most note that the way Vodka's made, there's usually not as much that can be that much different in terms of ingredients (most of it being alcohol and water) than there might be with other hard liquors that might be more distinct with their ingredients.