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Originally Posted by Vinny
ketel y squirt? No comprendo.
I thought my bud made a beer called ketel, so I wasn't sure. I drink ordinary Vodka so the name didn't ring a bell. Sounds damn good though.
And because I have nothing better to do, here's why you shouldn't waste your money on Grey Goose when you go out to the bars. This is the tale as told to me and I haven't bothered checking any facts, so I apologize if anyone knows anything's incorrect.
As the story goes, in the early eighties Jagermeister was bought by a very smart young enterpreneur to market to the United States. We'll call him "Jim", as I can't remember his real name. It wasn't all that popular or anything but was doing moderately well.
One day in the early eighties, an intern or secretary or something came into Jim's office with a terrified look on her face, almost afraid to hand him the news report that she had just seen. Eventually she handed over the story, afraid he was going to go on a tirade, upset about the bad press.
Jim looked at the story, was puzzled for a few seconds, and then eventually a big grin crept across his face. "Crazy German Devil Liquor Makes College Kids Insane, as if They're Possessed by the Devil!" the headline read.
As the intern braced herself for Jim's wrath, she was shocked to hear him laughing instead. "Joanne!" he shouted, "Call marketing. I want thousands of copies of this story made up, post them all over every college campus in the country! This is going to be huge!" The confused Joanne complied, and within a few weeks the Jagermeister craze was born. A few years later, Jim sold off Jagermeister, making hundreds of millions in profit.
Flash forward to the early nineties. The vodka craze is in full bloom. Absolut ads are everywhere and Stoli and Ketel One are starting to make inroads into the US market. Ready to make his next fortune, Jim makes his move.
He flies to Europe and travels around looking for just the right deal. Eventually he finds a small distillery in France. He quickly makes them an offer they can't refuse and snatches up the company. "Grey Goose" is born. They make good vodka, nothing special by any means, but definitely not swill. Jim has the distillery amp up the production and starts his marketing department up on designing the fanciest, most sophisticated bottle they can manage.
When the distillery finds out how much Jim wants to charge for their Vodka they tell him he's crazy. "Sir, we make a very fine vodka but it is by no means the best in the world. We'll go broke if you try to charge this!"
"Just trust me," Jim replies and goes ahead with his plan. He releases Grey Goose in the fancy new bottles and prices it at an absurd price point, 50% higher than Absolut and other similair quality vodkas. Shockingly, Grey Goose is a huge success. Despite the questionable quality, the fancy bottle and perceived quality from the high price point make it a must have item for the "in crowd". Jim, once again, makes a fortune.
So next time you're out at the bar about to order your 12 dollar "Grey Goose and Tonic", remember this: before the fancy bottle, Grey Goose sold their vodka for about the same price as Gordon's. Marketing.
Bahh, it's good but nothing special. See my next post. I stay away from the rotgut but beyond that it's all the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahoe
I agree. Beer can be all over the place as far as taste goes. But Vodka's taste can't be influenced that much, imo. Plus 95% of the Vodka consumed is a mix. Why bother spending so much that is mixed with some fruit juice by the time it hits the pallet.
BTW...I bet my brother and his old Prof takes care of 2% of the straight Vodka consumed. I like it basically straight too sometimes...I put a few green olives and a lil olive juice in and its ready.
LoL.... reminds me of last year. We bought a bottle of cheap ass Korski and dumped it into an empty bottle of Absolut. People were doing shots and mixing and were saying "it really does taste better!"
Funny as all shit.
Powerade Grape. My roommate gave me about 5 of these and they're delicious.
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