Confirmed with Link: Panarin taking leave of absence from NYR (Warning in First Post)

[NYSPORTS]

The f***ing idiots in this thread have made it unreadable.

I can't wait until Panarin comes back so these jackass can get back to real work in their mothers basement.

Help is here

 

[kovazub94]

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In a taste test I will take Grey Goose over any Russian vodka.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

In a taste test I will take Grey Goose over any Russian vodka.

I learned in Marketing Research class that in taste tests cold vodka is indistinguishable.

 

[Embryo]

Is there a possibility he has to go to trial in Russia for this bs? Or is this going to be taken care of...

 

[kovazub94]

I learned in Marketing Research class that in taste tests cold vodka is indistinguishable.

Is this a challenge?

 

[effen]

Lol we have a full blown soviet propaganda machine posting in here

That's not necessarily true.

They outsource a lot of it to Belarus and Ukraine.

 

[effen]

I learned in Marketing Research class that in taste tests cold vodka is indistinguishable.

This is absolutely not true, and you can test it yourself with [anything other than Popov] and [Popov] for the low low price of whatever a plastic jug of Popov goes for these days.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

This is absolutely not true, and you can test it yourself with [anything other than Popov] and [Popov] for the low low price of whatever a plastic jug of Popov goes for these days.

Are you telling me that my 60k a year education lied to me?

 

[007]

Snowblind is right. I hate to carry on the tangent, but good cold vodka should taste of virtually nothing. That's what it is supposed to be like. Any flavor you get is either marketing or impurities caused by poor distillation.

Grey Goose is very smooth, but I find it boring and overpriced -- it's a marketing gimmick set up by a guy from the US who found a French distiller, suggested they remarket their grain spirit as French vodka, and upped the price. Instant money-maker.

 

[Cmox]

Are you telling me that my 60k a year education lied to me?

Did you take a sorta Liquor Sommelier class? Does that exist? Lol

 

[effen]

Are you telling me that my 60k a year education lied to me?

I think your professor has some experience reading articles and zero experience running garbage plastic jug vodka through brita filters on a Thursday at 10 pm

 

[Fitzy]

I learned in Marketing Research class that in taste tests cold vodka is indistinguishable.

 

[Off Sides]

I think your professor has some experience reading articles and zero experience running garbage plastic jug vodka through brita filters on a Thursday at 10 pm

10 pm?

8 am !!!

 

[IceNeophyte]

I learned in Marketing Research class that in taste tests cold vodka is indistinguishable.

I think that may have been a hyperbolic example, and you missed the learning point of the example be focusing on the detail of it.

Many vodkas are of similar quality. It is the marketing that places a perceived value on some over others. That doesn't mean you can put Popov, as mentioned by others, in a Belvedere bottle and get away with it. You can't. The difference in smoothness and purity of taste would be glaring to anyone who drinks Belvedere.

But, I think Tito's and Grey Goose are similar in quality, for example, and you will pay more for the Grey Goose because the marketing and fancy bottle give it a higher perceived value.

 

[effen]

10 pm?

8 am !!!

The 8 am crew seems less concerned with taste, but I'll concede anything's possible

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Ok, I was wrong. It was "the least expensive was the best".

 

[chosen]

that’s some some breaking news there!!!

About half of Anerica doesn't understand that, and I'm sorry about your stutter.

 

[Crease]

Are you telling me that my 60k a year education lied to me?

Svedka tastes like nail polish remover no matter how cold.

 

[LOFIN]

I mean vodka is the prime example in where image is more than substance. If I want to get drunk, I buy the cheapest ass Finnish vodka. Doesn't make any difference, especially when you are mixing it up. But, if we were to have a somewhat "Russia themed" evening with zakuski and all that stuff, I go for Russian Standard.

Is Bollinger or Dom Perignon really that much better than that budget champagne? Not really. But take a guess will your spouse take fancy Instagram photos about that bottle of Montaubret? Would she do it with Dom Perignon? Exactly.

 

[duhmetreE]

Ok, I was wrong. It was "the least expensive was the best".

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Grey Goose is horrendous Vodka.

 

[Overcast]

Did you take a sorta Liquor Sommelier class? Does that exist? Lol

There are water sommeliers, I could only imagine there would be the same for liquors.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

I am failing to understand why Panarin isn't playing now unless he has gone to russia to get his family or something and if he did that we might never see him again lol. Like pretty much everyone has dismissed the story, has the fbi seen activity that has him under protection or something, like whats up?

 

[DialUp]

I am failing to understand why Panarin isn't playing now unless he has gone to russia to get his family or something and if he did that we might never see him again lol. Like pretty much everyone has dismissed the story, has the fbi seen activity that has him under protection or something, like whats up?

Look the choice was either he spend a year playing double A ball, or he takes a LOA to cover up his gambling problems. This is what we get, and less risk of injury. I'll take it.

 

[Cmox]

There are water sommeliers, I could only imagine there would be the same for liquors.

I never knew this and i guess I couldev looked up the liquor one and now i did. There is Spirits Sommeliers. You learn something new everyday.

 

[ThirdEye]

Anyone with a half decent palate should be able to tell apart different vodkas. Preference is completely subjective though and anyone on any given day might prefer the cheaper one for whatever reason.

Typically more $$ buys you higher quality, but not everyone is able to discern/appreciate whatever it is that makes the spirit "higher quality".