Grisha Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 Three words: Red Army Vodka. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Axe_ Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 Cool beyond words. What's the Russian equivalent of 'three-day bender?' Cheers, (literally) Jason 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtMuhammed Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 Wow, all I can say is wow! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Commissar Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 From the "History" section, in big red letters: WARNING: Do not attempt to pass through airport security with this bottle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 Originally posted by Axe2121: What's the Russian equivalent of 'three-day bender?' Normal life . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grisha Posted February 26, 2003 Author Share Posted February 26, 2003 Just remember, if you want to drink like the Russians, make sure you have a lot of bite-sized foods ready, like cheeses, meats, breads, pickles, vegetables, etc. With every shot there must follow food. And it wouldn't hurt to prepare with a bowl of pel'menyi beforehand. How else do you expect a human to remain conscious after putting away half a bottle of vodka during the long night? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 I wonder what calibre the bottle is? "Gunner, target, drinking glass" "Unload" "On the way" "Drink" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 Half a bottle? In a night. Try half a bottle in a half an hour . . . WWB 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lumbergh Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 Since when does the Red Army have an 858 area code phone number?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Saunders Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 That is the coolest vodka ever!! :cool: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimorodok Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 Q: 1. has anywone had it yet? I've seen it in my local liquor store, but I'm not a big vodka drinker so I didn't plunk down for a bottle. If it's as exceptionally good as it says, then I just might. 2. what's pel'menyi? Zimorodok 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grisha Posted February 26, 2003 Author Share Posted February 26, 2003 Originally posted by wwb_99: Half a bottle? In a night. Try half a bottle in a half an hour . . . WWB Well, I think that might either mean an impressionable college student in Miami U, or an alcoholic. When I went to Moscow this past summer about 10 of us (9 Russian buds, me) spent 12 hours putting away 5 bottles - and after about the 3rd or 4th bottle the number still drinking had dropped, so it was probably more than half a bottle for those of us who went the night My Russian friends considered that a good drinking session. And, don't worry, I was pretty much the living dead after about 6-7 hours of sleep - but, amazingly, no hangover. Hence, take a bite of food after each and every shot. [ February 26, 2003, 11:43 AM: Message edited by: Grisha ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soddball Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 Originally posted by wwb_99: Half a bottle? In a night. Try half a bottle in a half an hour . . . WWB I don't think this "Red Army Vodka" quite compares with Smirnoff Red Label. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grisha Posted February 26, 2003 Author Share Posted February 26, 2003 I don't think this "Red Army Vodka" quite compares with Smirnoff Red Label. This past summer I also had dinner with a good friend and his 70+ yr old father who had been a career officer in the Red Army. He's a professor now at an institute in Moscow, and my friend and I went over to his Dad's apartment after buying some food. The dinner was great as was the conversation and the gracious gifts. We must've been there for nearly 6 hours, but it passed quickly (I got the chance to see a number of photo albums, some of himself and his relatives in the Red Army, and some of his hiking among the Kamchatka peninsula back in the 50's). During our dinner, we started with a bottle of official vodka with the label of the Soviet Union on it. Talk about smooth, and it had not even been in the fridge on that hot evening. The Red Army vodka won an award in Moscow in 1999, so I'm wondering if it might be this same official recipe. I'll soon find out, since I ordered 2 bottles from internetwines.com (a well run operation from Illinois for a number of years). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grisha Posted February 26, 2003 Author Share Posted February 26, 2003 Originally posted by Zimorodok: Q: 2. what's pel'menyi? It's sort of like chinese won tons (pel'menyi has meat) that you boil, then eat in a sea of sour cream 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmdr DeadMeat Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 Originally posted by Sarge Saunders: That is the coolest vodka ever!! :cool: No way. Finlandia vodka rules! :cool: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runyan99 Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 The proletariat certainly does not pay $31.51 for a bottle of vodka! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soddball Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 Darn - not available in the UK. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavalryMan Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 Originally posted by Soddball: Darn - not available in the UK. But here is the person to contact if you want to be the "distributer" Drinks-net.com I love the fact that it can be purchased in a "single presentation ammunition box (which also contain three shot glasses), or in ammunition boxes containing 3-6 bottles)! Try that in your duty free! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Saunders Posted February 26, 2003 Share Posted February 26, 2003 Originally posted by Cmdr DeadMeat: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Sarge Saunders: That is the coolest vodka ever!! :cool: No way. Finlandia vodka rules! :cool: </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionn Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 "How else do you expect a human to remain conscious after putting away half a bottle of vodka during the long night?" HA!!! No wonder the Russians don't rule the world. A half a bottle and they're out? Sheesh! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkiviadis Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 In the days when the Soviet Union existed, the hi-grade vodka of choice was "STARKA", reserved for the nomenklatura only. My mother went on a tour to Moscow in 88-90? - I've forgotten, and I had her bring back a bottle. It was a pepper vodka brown and SMOOOOTH, SO SO SMOOOTH - WOW! I killed it with my wife and a pal of ours who was a navy helicopter driver. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavalryMan Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Originally posted by Stalins Organ: WOW! I killed it with my wife and a pal of ours who was a navy helicopter driver. I hope the "3 week" flying rule was imposed. I doubt that 24/48/72(delete as applicable to navy fliers) hours rules would suffice 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Originally posted by Fionn: "How else do you expect a human to remain conscious after putting away half a bottle of vodka during the long night?" HA!!! No wonder the Russians don't rule the world. A half a bottle and they're out? Sheesh! And yet, neither do the Irish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkiviadis Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 CavalryMan, re: I hope the "3 week" flying rule was imposed. I doubt that 24/48/72(delete as applicable to navy fliers) hours rules would suffice He was on leave. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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