What's your favorite mid-shelf Vodka?

[dean_martin]

Pinnacle - cheap, smooth could actually drink it straight no burn what so ever.

Yep, this is our regular vodka for screwdrivers, vodka sunrises and my wife's vodka and cranberry.

[squire]

Is Smirnoff still the No.1 selling distilled brand Worldwide?

[Brisko]

I usually keep a bottle of Skyy on hand because it's very clean finishing and I can get a handle for about $20 at Costco. I believe they source industrial ethanol and add springwater to it to get the "flavor" profile they want.

I also don't mind Stoli but it has a slightly bigger mouthfeel and a bit of an aftertaste, I guess.

[kickert]

The only vodka I buy is Svedka.

[Parkersback]

I hate to keep linking to articles that you can only partially read (unless you have the New Yorker digital subscription), but this is a great article on the effect of vodka on Russia.

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2002/12/16/021216fa_fact_erofeyev

So but I'll also link this, which is a short article about the same thing, and a video that shows the inadvertent destruction of thousands of bottles of vodka in Russia.

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/tackling-the-russian-god/

[jcg9779]

I'm with you, Brisko. I keep Skyy on hand for mixing, and I do like Belvedere and Chopin (not at all a fan of Grey Goose - it tastes dirty to me).