Vodka and Caviar

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Not sure if this should have gone in the Beer/Spirits forum or not…but since there is food involved I just figured here.

Regardless of they type/brand/style of caviar…is there anything that I should specifically look for in a vodka? A specific brand/type that is best or works best?

Thanks.

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Stoli, make sure you keep it in the freezer.

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Serge, the reason I voted for Stoli is because I never got a headache from it. But I am not a spirits drinker so I defer to more experienced berserkers. [truce.gif]

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I rarely eat caviar. But can’t imagine eating it with vodka. That can’t be normal? I am trying to imagine the vodka chasing the caviar, I would try it. It would be a great party. Outside buffet table, summer afternoon, shade trees, grass, a place to take a nap.

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I love Vodka and caviar, but I don’t know if I can explain it.

Freezer chilling does diminish the aroma, but it adds a lot. The vodka becomes viscous and sweet, and very easy to drink. Recently I have been buying Ketel One, which has a kind of nice note of licorice. I’m not too crazy about Grey Goose, but I have enjoyed Chopin, the Polish potato vodkas have a nice clean taste.

I’d gladly eat caviar with vodka regularly but caviar is such a splurge, it’s rare that I can afford the kind of caviar that I like to eat. I’m fond of Ossetra, but Beluga is quite nice as well. Best I ever had was Iranian.

I suppose to me the 2 tastes just go together. They are in a way two takes on a “clean” flavor – the flavor of the sea, and an icy sweet kind of clean that is like water from a magic well…

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My experience with vodka and caviar with Russian friends has mostly been with red “caviar” (salmon, I assume). It’s a pretty good match. I also don’t chill the vodka in the freezer, just my preference. As far as brands, Russkiy Standart is a pretty decent one at a good price.

-Al

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Caviar and Champagne. Romanoff style.

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I’ve done extensive vodka research at Red Square in Vegas over the years and these would be my top choices to pair with caviar:

  1. Youri Dolgoruki - my absolute favorite. Served chilled, with ice, in a cocktail, etc. Extremely smooth with just the right amount of bite on the finish. Could be hard to source depending on where you live.

  2. Original Polish Vodka

  3. Luksusowa - a potato vodka that is very hard to beat for the price.

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Was thinking about grabbing a bunch of airplane btls (not from the airplane)…as to try out multiple types/kinds/brands without breaking the bank of full bottles.

Thoughts?

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Using tiny bottles would limit your choices to the mass producers (Smirnoff, Stoli, etc.); not necessarily a bad thing, but the variety/quality will suffer.

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Vodka tends to kill my taste buds and I like to taste my caviar so I always go with champagne. If you must have vodka, Russian Standard is as good a choice as you’ll find. I recently had a great QPR vodka. Its from phillips and its called Prairie. Its claim to fame is that its organic. Its a corn based vodka and was incredibly smooth when tasted side by side with some decent and semi-premium vodkas.