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\nOne of our alcohols of choice is vodka. If we are going to drink it, we should be drinking our favorite. So, we hosted a blind taste test to determine which one was in fact our favorite. P Diddy went on the Ellen show and did a blind taste test to see if he could pick out his own brand of vodka, Ciroc, and did successfully, assuming it wasn’t rigged.\n<\/p>\n

\n<\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n\nHowever, we wanted to pick our favorite, not guess which brand was which. We chose six vodkas based on what we normally drink or thought was good quality. We normally buy Svedka because it is cheap and we think it is a good bang for your buck. We had to include Ciroc because of P Diddy.\n<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/95943853@N00\/6953312391\/\" title=\"Results by NHardeman, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7048\/6953312391_51f3eb5439_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"471\" alt=\"Results\"><\/a><\/p>\n\nThe results based on 13 participants:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Grey Goose<\/strong> $30<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Kettle One<\/strong> $32<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Stoli<\/strong> $23<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Tito’s<\/strong> $26<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ciroc<\/strong> $34<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Svedka<\/strong> $16<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\nPrices are for 750ml bottles<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\nThere was a clear winner and loser. Everyone had their own scorecard and rated the vodkas most favorite to least favorite. Or if they hated vodka, whichever tasted least like rubbing alcohol to most repulsive. Grey Goose won by a landslide and Svedka placed far behind in dead last. I was really hoping that Svedka would place higher, since it was the cheapest. Ciroc placed second to last and was the most expensive. Not a good deal. Stoli<\/strong> seems to be the best value at $23 and coming in third place overall and in the top two in my ratings.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h3>People’s Choice<\/h3>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/95943853@N00\/6807214128\/\" title=\"Grey Goose Winner by NHardeman, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7201\/6807214128_430406ab26_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Grey Goose Winner\"><\/a> \n<\/p>\n<h3>Personal Favorites<\/h3>\nEveryone’s taste is different, and I don’t really care if other people like what I drink. So my top choices were Stoli<\/strong> and Tito’s<\/strong> which are in the mid price range. Svedka again, dead last in my rankings, both rounds getting a “horrible” note to myself. \n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/95943853@N00\/6807232398\/\" title=\"Personal Favorites by NHardeman, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7054\/6807232398_bca29c2ff6_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Personal Favorites\"><\/a> \n<\/p>\n\nWe served the vodkas in non-descript bottles so that people would not be influenced by the label or bottle shape.\n<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/95943853@N00\/6953371009\/\" title=\"Non-Descript Bottles by NHardeman, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7176\/6953371009_02b18ce650.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Non-Descript Bottles\"><\/a><\/p>\n\nEach person got their own shot glass and poured the non-labeled vodka into it. 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