in old Russia, Russian people didn't drunk alcohol. Vodka was called the drink of pure spring water with herbs Vodka drink, appeared about 300 years ago. Vodka is sold at the moment in Russia made not by the traditional recipe. The new generation in Russia, does not choose vodka, and choose the Russian tea. The new slogan in Russia: those who smoke and who drink thats a servant of Judaism
Those are two different translitterations. "Поляков" and "Смирнов" are the male surnames, respectively. Last "v" is always pronounced as an "f" sound in Russian so the ones that end in "v" are literally translitterated, letter for letter, as opposed to the phonetic translitteration that ends in "ff", because that's how it sounds.
The ingredients for ABSOLUT VODKA are grain (wheat), enzymes, yeast (S. cerevisiae) and water from our own well. For the flavoured versions, only natural ingredients from berries, fruits and spices are used.
they should do research on "Palinka". its Vodka`s stronger brother. back when they couldnt afford measuring apparatus,the only way to test if it was good enough to drink,was to set it on fire. rule of thumb:if it doesnt burn,leave it. if it burns a small time,leave it. if it sets your house on fire...well...call the fire department... and i suppose its done... have a few shots with the fire department afterwards!
well, I don't speak Russian, but I'm Polish so I can tell you that Polish word "wódka" (meaning, obviously, "vodka") can be translated as "little water", or as an affectionate way of saying "water" (with "woda" meaning "water"in Polish). I'm not sure if it's the case with the Russian, but I belive it is. Also, in Poland we have two types of shotglasses the 100 ml ones as shown in the video, and smaller, 50 ml ones. I wonder if they have those in Russia as well.
@puretroubleman Well, the word "Whiskey" comes from the Irish words "Uisce Beatha" meaning the water of life for instance. Goldwasser liqueur from Germany is another one that springs to mind.
Isn't "vodka" kind of like an affectionate form of the word "voda" (water)? I know you said it already that it comes from that but you didn't specify the way it's derived. Oh damn, you're supposed to empty the shot in one go? There's no way I could manage that... I'm not even supposed to be allowed to drink alcohol at all. I hope I don't appear rude. Also, yeah, what nokomarie1963 said about using alcohol for cold is exactly what I wanted to say too.
@WOWJBEOWULF Good point, you will get asked "Do you drink?" which means do you drink alcoholic drinks, because if you didn't 'drink' ie water you would dehydrate.
Pickled cucumber, pickled herrings or pickled mushroms, those are real zakąski for tough men, not these fancy little sandwiches with caviar or smoked salmon... Did you know, that one Polish man had 14.8 permils of alcohol in his blood? He died because of wounds in some accident, but not because so high concentration on alcohol - but I suppose, next-day headache probably would be worse than death.
I really like drinking vodka especially shots... But at 4:53 you see another name : "Rakı" most importantly "Tekirdağ Rakısı" Now that's the booze that none other can beat in my opinion...
@aushandsomealvin Alcohol distnds the capillaries and brings a warm flush to the skin. That exposes more of your blood the cold environment and would actually promote core chilling in an extreme situation. A bad idea to take a drink to warm yourself up in the middle of a blizzard. However, once back in a warm environment, a drink would improve the exchange of heat. But alcohol thins the blood and what if there are injuries? So the rule is no booze in an emergency.
Where can I find the mendeleev vodka bottle? I can't find anywhere to purchase it! ...In fact, I really can't find any pictures of it existing online ):
lol "They had to find other sources" ...of course they did. It's inconceivable that a Russian should go for more than a few days without some Vodka. :P
1. Vodka is not russian word, It's old slavic word used by most of slavic nations. 2.The same is with vodka itself. Is definitely not a russian invention, except 40% standarisation. 3.Polish vodka is mainly also made from grain.
... I thought vodka was made on potatoes...
in old Russia, Russian people didn't drunk alcohol.
Vodka was called the drink of pure spring water with herbs
Vodka drink, appeared about 300 years ago.
Vodka is sold at the moment in Russia made not by the traditional recipe.
The new generation in Russia, does not choose vodka, and choose the Russian tea.
The new slogan in Russia:
those who smoke and who drink thats a servant of Judaism
Those are two different translitterations. "Поляков" and "Смирнов" are the male surnames, respectively. Last "v" is always pronounced as an "f" sound in Russian so the ones that end in "v" are literally translitterated, letter for letter, as opposed to the phonetic translitteration that ends in "ff", because that's how it sounds.
The ingredients for ABSOLUT VODKA are grain (wheat), enzymes, yeast (S. cerevisiae) and water from our own well. For the flavoured versions, only natural ingredients from berries, fruits and spices are used.
Not only was this a great video, but I also learned the difference between Russian and Polish Vodka :)
Please do a video about the Danish word Kælling. I would love to watch that one, and others would probably look at it because of the weird letter.
they should do research on "Palinka". its Vodka`s stronger brother. back when they couldnt afford measuring apparatus,the only way to test if it was good enough to drink,was to set it on fire. rule of thumb:if it doesnt burn,leave it. if it burns a small time,leave it. if it sets your house on fire...well...call the fire department... and i suppose its done... have a few shots with the fire department afterwards!
Very educativ,thx vor videos and keep doing this!
Once I had an opportunity to drink vodka distilled five times. It was like a breath of fresh air :)
well, I don't speak Russian, but I'm Polish so I can tell you that Polish word "wódka" (meaning, obviously, "vodka") can be translated as "little water", or as an affectionate way of saying "water" (with "woda" meaning "water"in Polish). I'm not sure if it's the case with the Russian, but I belive it is. Also, in Poland we have two types of shotglasses the 100 ml ones as shown in the video, and smaller, 50 ml ones. I wonder if they have those in Russia as well.
@puretroubleman Well, the word "Whiskey" comes from the Irish words "Uisce Beatha" meaning the water of life for instance. Goldwasser liqueur from Germany is another one that springs to mind.
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great video very informative
Can't believe you guys didn't mention rakija, the predecessor of vodka.
Scientific/historic evidence points out that vodka was brought TO Russia FROM Poland. Yes, I am Polish and yes I like wódka.
Me too! I'm American.
Seems as though a lot of national drinks have names referring to water.
Isn't "vodka" kind of like an affectionate form of the word "voda" (water)? I know you said it already that it comes from that but you didn't specify the way it's derived.
Oh damn, you're supposed to empty the shot in one go? There's no way I could manage that... I'm not even supposed to be allowed to drink alcohol at all. I hope I don't appear rude.
Also, yeah, what nokomarie1963 said about using alcohol for cold is exactly what I wanted to say too.
@WOWJBEOWULF Good point, you will get asked "Do you drink?" which means do you drink alcoholic drinks, because if you didn't 'drink' ie water you would dehydrate.
Pickled cucumber, pickled herrings or pickled mushroms, those are real zakąski for tough men, not these fancy little sandwiches with caviar or smoked salmon...
Did you know, that one Polish man had 14.8 permils of alcohol in his blood? He died because of wounds in some accident, but not because so high concentration on alcohol - but I suppose, next-day headache probably would be worse than death.
I'm assuming its -20 celsius, that's well below freezing...if you still wear a hoodie in that then your pretty damn badass
I really like drinking vodka especially shots... But at 4:53 you see another name : "Rakı" most importantly "Tekirdağ Rakısı" Now that's the booze that none other can beat in my opinion...
Polish vodka is not made of potatoes and its famous and of highest quality.
absolut is actually french owned by a swedish company
what happens if you distille it 4 times
every weekend i drink some vodka!!!!! ^^
@aushandsomealvin Alcohol distnds the capillaries and brings a warm flush to the skin. That exposes more of your blood the cold environment and would actually promote core chilling in an extreme situation. A bad idea to take a drink to warm yourself up in the middle of a blizzard. However, once back in a warm environment, a drink would improve the exchange of heat. But alcohol thins the blood and what if there are injuries? So the rule is no booze in an emergency.
Mythbusters has done several programs on Vodka.
Where can I find the mendeleev vodka bottle? I can't find anywhere to purchase it! ...In fact, I really can't find any pictures of it existing online ):
Isn't 'Водка' (Vodka) the more cute form for Водa (Water)?
Like 'Катюша' for Катарина or e.g. Kitty instead of Cat?
@Geomanb so is sugar and fat, but like sugar and fat vodka is good in moderation
the Russian doll of politicians to the side, I have one of them :D
Госпожа профессор прекрасно владеет обоими языками: как английским, так и русским.
Palinka... `nuff said...
My local pub sells creme egg vodka. nom
@nokomarie1963 can you give some examples?
Original Russian name: Poliakoff English: Poliakov Original Russian name: Smirnov English: Smirnoff.....lol they switched :P
в один глоток!
@LikeAPossum works great with redbull though XD
lol "They had to find other sources" ...of course they did. It's inconceivable that a Russian should go for more than a few days without some Vodka. :P
1. Vodka is not russian word, It's old slavic word used by most of slavic nations.
2.The same is with vodka itself. Is definitely not a russian invention, except 40% standarisation.
3.Polish vodka is mainly also made from grain.
Drinking vodka at a cold temperature is suicide..
As ex-USSR citizen (Ukraine) I approve that information :)
We all love booze. I approve of this video.
Really? Wouldn't it be too much alcohol?
Moskovskaya vodka. Drink and you will go to space
XОЧУ ВОДКИ!!!!!!!
Polish wodka is the best!!
Good job! I was just about to say this. It's a really dangerous misconception that alcohol 'warms you up' and so is good for the cold.