When I think of vodka, the first thing that comes to mind is my friends in college buying the big bottle for $10 and using it to make Jello shots. That stuffed tasted horrible. It probably would have taken the rust off of a car.
Well, like with any other type of alcohol that I consumed during college, there is a whole another world out there of much finer alcohols that allow you to see the depth of what it’s able to do.
Well, the other day I was out to dinner with some friends. When we finished, we weren’t ready for the night to end, so we looked for an after dinner drink. So we stopped by The Russia House, which is in Washington, DC’s Dupont Circle neighborhood.
When we got in, I felt like I had been transported to somewhere in the middle of St. Petersburg. It was pretty awesome. Probably the most impressive was their list of vodkas. It went on for a page and a half in really tiny font. You could tell that there was something more to this beverage then what I had had in college.
I tried an espresso vodka that was wonderful. It’s not the kind of thing that I had thought that I had like but it was really good. It’s something that I could see myself enjoying again.
I definitely want to go back and see what other types of flavors come from and compliment that of vodka.
#1 by albertdrouart on December 20th, 2009
Try Ukrainian vodka if you have a chance… my father brought back a bottle once when he passed through Kiev on a business trip, and it was a similar door opening experience… Vodka can be good, very good… and drinkable straight with pleasure.
#2 by Justin Thorp on December 20th, 2009
I'll definitely keep an eye out. I wouldn't be surprised if the Russia House served Ukrainian vodka. They had a lot from a lot of different countries.
Some of these liquors are so different and obscure, I wish there as an easier way to know which stores have what things in them.