70cl Rachmaninoff Vodka €9.99 Lidl

Cantona's Collars

As the title says 70cl bottle of vodka for €9.99.

Lidl.

Offer for this coming Saturday only as part of their Super Saturday deals.

Seems to do well in comparisons to the leading brand vodka such as Smirnoff.

groom

Do we have to guess where? Lidl? Aldi?

number10a

I'm guessing Lidl going by the Super Saturday.

Davy

http://www.lidl.ie/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_ri_ie/hs.xsl/4182_17528.htm

Added lidl to title

brokenhinge

It can also be used as paint stripper if your insides need a rest.

Cantona's Collars

brokenhinge wrote: »

It can also be used as paint stripper if your insides need a rest.

Saw that some people call it Rach Man Enough.

Feck it,for a tenner along with some cranberry juice it'd do the job.

Loobz

I drank this once....and once only, Worst alcoholic drink I have ever tasted.

ED E

Can hardly be worse than Tesco Value....

Kathy22

Aldi do a bottle of Tamova for €11.99 which rates pretty high and definitely much higher than the Lidl Vodka.

We bought it for a party last weekend and it went down a treat.

Details here

Reviews versus others here

mikewest

Kathy22 wrote: »

Aldi do a bottle of Tamova for €11.99 which rates pretty high and definitely much higher than the Lidl Vodka.

We bought it for a party last weekend and it went down a treat.

Details here

Reviews versus others here

Correct me if I'm wrong but do they not both get 8's.

Lidl Putinoff FTW however, not on special

brian_t

mikewest wrote: »

Correct me if I'm wrong but do they not both get 8's.

Lidl Putinoff FTW however, not on special

No the Lidl Rachmaninoff, Vodka, 70cl, Alc. 40%. gets 9

mdwexford

I drink this all the time, its fine.

Man up you wimps.

ciano1

brian_t wrote: »

No the Lidl Rachmaninoff, Vodka, 70cl, Alc. 40%. gets 9

The one on offer in lidl this weekend IS the 40% version!

amacachi

What time can they start selling alcohol at on a Saturday?

weatherfish

10.30 am

weatherfish

amacachi wrote: »

What time can they start selling alcohol at on a Saturday?

10.30 am

B0jangles

Anyone know why Lidl have discontinued those baskets of single clove garlic? They were awesome

brian_t

B0jangles wrote: »

Anyone know why Lidl have discontinued those baskets of single clove garlic? They were awesome

http://popartdiva.com/The%20Martini%20Diva/Martini%20Recipe%20Pages/Garlic%20Martini.html

cson

Can also be used as a fuel for an internal combustion engine.

Anyway I shall leave you peasants to your paint-stripper-masquereding-as-vodka-inoff and return to my carafe of Grey Goose. :cool:

Oracle

B0jangles wrote: »

Anyone know why Lidl have discontinued those baskets of single clove garlic? They were awesome

Yeah, they were real cute, but I think they were a special item only, not on regular sale. They might get them in again though.

mp3ireland2

American but should be similar world wide I suppose!

Title 27 Part 5, section 5.22: The Standards of Identity, (a) Class 1 neutral spirits

(1) “Vodka” is neutral spirits so distilled, or so treated after distillation with charcoal or other materials, as to be without distinctive character, aroma, taste, or colour.

I never really notice any cheap vodka's being bad? Is this stuff really bad?

Is it as bad if the label and cost is not known?

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B00E0D71F38F935A15752C0A9639C8B63&pagewanted=all

AlmightyCushion

Wouldn't it be cheaper to just buy the anti-freeze and rat poison separately and mix them yourself.

Antrim_Man

At Xmas they had their Putinoff Premier Vodka for 9.99. Made sure and picked up a few

Lidl own-brand vodka beats market leaders

By Kerrie Kennedy
Thursday, January 13, 2011
HIGHER prices do not always mean better quality, as an own-brand vodka has proven by thrashing top-shelf brands to be named the best vodka on the market.
German retail giant Lidl’s Putinoff Vodka received the highest rating in a survey by comparison site supermarketown-brandguide.com, coming in ahead of the world’s leading premium vodka Smirnoff Red Label.

Marking it 10 out of 10, the €11.99 vodka beat own-label vodkas from Aldi, Tesco and Marks & Spencer, as well as the celebrity favourite Grey Goose which can retail for as much as four times the price of Putinoff.

Editor of the site Martin Isark said it goes to show you can find better than brand quality, even in a competitive market, at the lowest prices. "Neat or with a mixer [Putinoff] is a stunning vodka. Better than leading brands."

Spokeswoman for Lidl Aoife Clarke added that the secret of Putinoff vodka is that it is triple distilled "which adds a smooth quality and a deliciously unique taste — all without the celebrity price tag".

However, Lidl is no stranger to food awards, after winning four Blas na hÉireann National Irish Food Awards in a blind taste test last October.

Lidl took gold in the dairy category for its deluxe Irish premium devon toffee-flavoured yoghurt and for its Irish Valley Irish country cream, bronze in the best newcomer category for its Bridge Bakery luxury lemon cake and gold and bronze in the drinks category for its Carrick Glen cranberry and raspberry flavoured sparkling water.

Lidl also won a gold star from the Good Food Guild last year when its Glensallagh pale streaky bacon was described as "close to perfection" by the British Great Taste Awards.

Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfeykfidsnql/rss2/#ixzz1lLwB9Azw

clonadlad

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Wouldn't it be cheaper to just buy the anti-freeze and rat poison separately and mix them yourself.

I doubt it would. Anti-freeze and rat poison, AFAIK, don't turn into vodka.

But I'm not a scientist.

mrswalton

OK, you are probably not interested in this but I buy this vodka.

I pour into Litre pop top bottles, then add equal qty of homegrown raspberries and sugar.

Turn every day for a week until sugar disolves. Leave in a dark place for about 3 months.

De-lish.

cson

mrswalton wrote: »

OK, you are probably not interested in this but I buy this vodka.

I pour into Litre pop top bottles, then add equal qty of homegrown raspberries and sugar.

Turn every day for a week until sugar disolves. Leave in a dark place for about 3 months.

De-lish.

Saved you 3 months of your life.

T-Maxx

:DJust what she wants for Valentine's Day......

mrswalton

cson wrote: »

Saved you 3 months of your life.

Oh during the 3 month 'wait' you can be doing other things. It is not necessary to sit and watch the bottle. Life goes on. Sorry i should have mentioned that in the original recipe.;)

anyway.....

Absolute raspberry vodka.....................€18.00approx


Lidl vodka .........................................€9.99
Raspberries .........................................Free
Sugar................................................ ...20c
Homegrown/homemade satisfaction - Priceless:D

RandolphEsq

Urge to go drinking . . . now
Absolut Raspberry Vodka . . . €18
Trip to the shop . . . 10 minutes
???????? . . . ?????????
Priceless

INEEDANID

mrswalton wrote: »

Oh during the 3 month 'wait' you can be doing other things. It is not necessary to sit and watch the bottle. Life goes on. Sorry i should have mentioned that in the original recipe.;)

anyway.....

Absolute raspberry vodka.....................€18.00approx


Lidl vodka .........................................€9.99
Raspberries .........................................Free
Sugar................................................ ...20c
Homegrown/homemade satisfaction - Priceless:D

Where you get raspberries in Winter?

Cantona's Collars

INEEDANID wrote: »

Where you get raspberries in Winter?

Freezer section in Lidl;)

FreudianSlippers

brokenhinge wrote: »

It can also be used as paint stripper if your insides need a rest.

+1 don't do it; it's not worth it.

FreudianSlippers

Antrim_Man wrote: »

At Xmas they had their Putinoff Premier Vodka for 9.99. Made sure and picked up a few

Lidl own-brand vodka beats market leaders

By Kerrie Kennedy
Thursday, January 13, 2011
HIGHER prices do not always mean better quality, as an own-brand vodka has proven by thrashing top-shelf brands to be named the best vodka on the market.
German retail giant Lidl’s Putinoff Vodka received the highest rating in a survey by comparison site supermarketown-brandguide.com, coming in ahead of the world’s leading premium vodka Smirnoff Red Label.

Marking it 10 out of 10, the €11.99 vodka beat own-label vodkas from Aldi, Tesco and Marks & Spencer, as well as the celebrity favourite Grey Goose which can retail for as much as four times the price of Putinoff.

Editor of the site Martin Isark said it goes to show you can find better than brand quality, even in a competitive market, at the lowest prices. "Neat or with a mixer [Putinoff] is a stunning vodka. Better than leading brands."

Spokeswoman for Lidl Aoife Clarke added that the secret of Putinoff vodka is that it is triple distilled "which adds a smooth quality and a deliciously unique taste — all without the celebrity price tag".

However, Lidl is no stranger to food awards, after winning four Blas na hÉireann National Irish Food Awards in a blind taste test last October.

Lidl took gold in the dairy category for its deluxe Irish premium devon toffee-flavoured yoghurt and for its Irish Valley Irish country cream, bronze in the best newcomer category for its Bridge Bakery luxury lemon cake and gold and bronze in the drinks category for its Carrick Glen cranberry and raspberry flavoured sparkling water.

Lidl also won a gold star from the Good Food Guild last year when its Glensallagh pale streaky bacon was described as "close to perfection" by the British Great Taste Awards.

Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfeykfidsnql/rss2/#ixzz1lLwB9Azw

I'm quite into vodka and saw all of these positive reviews a few months ago and decided to give it a try. I don't know who was rating these things or who "supermarketown-brandguide.com" are but they must have no taste buds.

Disgusting at best.

FreudianSlippers

PS: 1 litre Absolut on sale in O'Briens at the moment for €19.99 - far better value than €9.99 for 70cl of this.

charlemont

I drank a bottle of it almost ten years ago some bang of it, I was twisted, The blue one is the better of the two.

mrswalton

INEEDANID wrote: »

Where you get raspberries in Winter?

Grew them last summer, made it in September opened the bottle over Christmas, great as a liquer, shots, or in a tall glass with 7up.

I have to agree that i think its rather 'sharp' in its neat state, but with the addition of fruit and sugar its transformed. The sugar also turns to alchohol so i've no idea what proof it ends up. :eek:

Thankfully i have never ended up asleep on the toilet.

I have bought this now to make again this year. Makes a nice Christmas present too. Indeed, frozen raspberries or any frozen fruit will work just as well.

brian_t

mrswalton wrote: »

Oh during the 3 month 'wait' you can be doing other things.

Presumably sampling some you made earlier.