Posts Tagged "UV vodka"
Feb3

More People Going Cheaper But Drinking More During Recession

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The report by an industry group shows people drank more but turned to cheaper brands. They also drank more at home and less in pricier bars and restaurants.

Industry growth slowed in 2009, with the amount of liquor sold by suppliers up 1.4 percent. That’s the smallest increase since 2001 and below the 10-year average of 2.6 percent.

Last year, the lowest-priced segment, with brands such as Popov vodka that can go for less than $10 for a fifth, grew the fastest, with volume rising 5.5 percent, after edging up 0.6 percent in 2008. Meanwhile, the most expensive price range, roughly $30 or more for a 750 ml bottle (think Grey Goose, owned by Bacardi), fell the most, tumbling 5.1 percent.

Source: Cleveland

Well this is fucking obvious.  We are in some tough times so why not ease the pain by drinking a little bit.  So you can’t afford that wonderful taste of Grey Goose, so why not go with some Caldwell’s.  Listen I can talk for quite a while about what kind of cheap vodka you can get to save a little money during the recession or I can tell you straight up what to get.

UV Vodka is one of the cheapest and best tasting vodka brand out there.  You can drive up to New Hampshire and get yourself 4 handles for $65.  Absolutely amazing price to get yourself belligerently drunk for quite a while.  How can you go wrong with a clean crisp vodka that is distilled 4 times?  Also check out their different brands.

Dec18

Worst Hangover, Bourbon or Vodka?

Posted at 11:55 AM • No Comments

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The fermenting process that transforms corn and other grains into bourbon, and converts potatoes, grains—and increasingly grapes and other elements—into vodka, not only produces alcohol, but also byproducts known as congeners. And, according to research to be published next March in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, the concentration of congeners, which can be toxic in large amounts, may impact just how terribly you feel the morning after drinking a particular liquor. Researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health and the University of Michigan Medical School put some science behind what many holiday revelers have long suspected—if sleep and total alcohol consumption are the same, because of its higher concentration of congeners, bourbon gives you a far worse hangover than vodka.

Bourbon, the researchers found, has 37 times the amount of congeners that vodka does, leading researchers to believe that it would cause more painful hangovers. To test this theory, they recruited—and paid—95 men and women to go out drinking. After an initial night of acclimatization, study participants were given drinks containing either bourbon or vodka, and kept swilling away until they reached a blood alcohol content level of .11 (the legal limit is .08). The following night, participants drank the same amount, but of a placebo, or non-alcoholic concoction.

Researchers found that, no matter your poison, drinking to a blood alcohol content level of .11 impedes performance the following day. Yet, what was interesting, they said, was that when they tested people after their blood alcohol content had returned to 0.0 the following day, even though bourbon drinkers still felt a whole lot worse, both they and vodka drinkers had the same level of impairment on tasks.

Source: TIME

Maybe studies show that it’s the kind of alcohol that gives you a much worse hangover but I feel different.  I think it has to do with the brand and how they make the booze.  One night I decided to drink some vodka.  The brand I picked was UV Vodka.  Not the best brand but it was good, tasty, and cheap.  Another night I decided to drink some more vodka but this time I went the cheap ass route and grabbed some disgusting Caldwell’s.  Let’s assume I had almost the same amount to drink for both nights.  Can you guess which one gave me the worst hangover?  Do yourself a favor and don’t buy a handle of Caldwell’s for $8.