Vodka.
Vodka has long been my favorite liquor. I pretty much love it in all forms: on the rocks, vodka gimlets, vodka tonics, vodka sours. I do prefer dirty gin martinis, but vodka martinis will do in a pinch.
This begs the question, of course, of what vodka is my favorite. Well, i've had many vodkas: Grey Goose, Svedka, Stoli's, Finlandia, Skyy, and even Philip's, which is even worse than you'd imagine a cheap, plastic-bottled vodka could be. However, to this day, i have had no better vodka than Level, which was the first bottle of alcohol that was ever opened in my apartment, way back in the day when PJ and i first came here. Level is good. Smooth. Tastes good.
But now, PJ informs me that there is a new, good, more cost-effective, yet still on-par with Level vodka. It's called Tito's, it's made in Texas, and it comes in a gawdy bottle with a big gold label. I haven't gotten my hands on it yet, but the Tito's webpage informs me that it is available here in good ol' Wisconsin. I'll be getting some this weekend. I'm excited. It got a pretty good review at Liquor Snobs.
I will inform you of whether Tito's lives up to el grande hypo.
UPDATE:
I went to the Tito's webpage again. Now, the page is lame sorta because when you get there, it asks you to enter your age. I entered 24, my actual age, and was allowed to enter. However, if i were 13, i would have entered "54" and been allowed to enter. Moreover, there's nothing on the page that's really age-sensitive. But here's the lamest part, the part that prompted an update. I went back to the page and, instead of entering my age, hit "cancel." You know what happened? Some stupid message came up, i hit "OK," and was allowed into the page.
Not only is their stupid little security measure stupid, but there's no way not to get to the page. Man, that's lame.
DOUBLE UPDATE:
Went back to the page again. Entered "12" as my age, hit enter. Window came up saying "sorry, you're only 12, you can't see the page" or whatever. Hit "OK," window went away, i went into the page. What the fuck?
I guess the only point is to be able to say "well, hey, we told the kids they couldn't come in, but they still did. Not our fault." Still, lame.
This begs the question, of course, of what vodka is my favorite. Well, i've had many vodkas: Grey Goose, Svedka, Stoli's, Finlandia, Skyy, and even Philip's, which is even worse than you'd imagine a cheap, plastic-bottled vodka could be. However, to this day, i have had no better vodka than Level, which was the first bottle of alcohol that was ever opened in my apartment, way back in the day when PJ and i first came here. Level is good. Smooth. Tastes good.
But now, PJ informs me that there is a new, good, more cost-effective, yet still on-par with Level vodka. It's called Tito's, it's made in Texas, and it comes in a gawdy bottle with a big gold label. I haven't gotten my hands on it yet, but the Tito's webpage informs me that it is available here in good ol' Wisconsin. I'll be getting some this weekend. I'm excited. It got a pretty good review at Liquor Snobs.
I will inform you of whether Tito's lives up to el grande hypo.
UPDATE:
I went to the Tito's webpage again. Now, the page is lame sorta because when you get there, it asks you to enter your age. I entered 24, my actual age, and was allowed to enter. However, if i were 13, i would have entered "54" and been allowed to enter. Moreover, there's nothing on the page that's really age-sensitive. But here's the lamest part, the part that prompted an update. I went back to the page and, instead of entering my age, hit "cancel." You know what happened? Some stupid message came up, i hit "OK," and was allowed into the page.
Not only is their stupid little security measure stupid, but there's no way not to get to the page. Man, that's lame.
DOUBLE UPDATE:
Went back to the page again. Entered "12" as my age, hit enter. Window came up saying "sorry, you're only 12, you can't see the page" or whatever. Hit "OK," window went away, i went into the page. What the fuck?
I guess the only point is to be able to say "well, hey, we told the kids they couldn't come in, but they still did. Not our fault." Still, lame.
perhaps the only good thing to come out of Texas since...
God, I fucking hate Texas
That Tito's looks too good to be true. I'm down whenever.
The stars at night are big and bright...