why does vodka taste like rubbing alcohol?!

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If you haven't really ever been around alcohol that much, I suppose you could see the smell of rubbing alcohol and ethanol as being similar. But I would imagine most drinkers would be able to discern them very easily. One smells like nasty poison, the other smells like tasty poison.

It does because it basically is. I have better luck with vanilla vodka, It seems to be able to be mixed stronger because the vanilla cuts the rubbing alcohol taste somewhat.

If you only have just a *slight* citrus taste, maybe you should dial down a little bit on the vodka. It just takes a while to get used to mixing things so that they are palatable.

I wouldn't bother with expensive brands if you're going to be mixing.

I'm in college. I know these things.

LOL that's pretty much the taste of alcohol.. most hard alcohol is mixed to dull that rubbing alcohol taste.. the more alcohol the stronger that taste.. that's the whole point of mixed drinks when u party or whatever so people can enjoy the night without taking shots/girls generally get them

lol because that's what it basically is!!! there's just sooo much alcohol in it the smell and taste is very strong. yeah most people mix it with other stuff because o the strong taste. u gotta be hardcore or and alcoholic to drink it straight haha

You're using cheap vodka, aren't ya? Expensive doesn't always mean better, most most of the time it does. Belvedere, Grey Goose, Chopin, even Finlandia are some of my favorites. Much smoother.

Only cheap vodka tastes like that, good vodka tastes like nothing.

Why have you been drinking rubbing alcohol?

That is cheap vodka. You want Russian Standard.

we should drink vodka before doing sex.

u r right