Rachmaninoff 70cl Vodka €9.69 in Lidl

IrishTonyO · 28-02-2010 08:11PM #1

Rachmaninoff 70 cl bottles of Vodka (37.5%) for €9.69 in Lidl.
Not great vodka but the cheapest price for Voddie I have seen anywhere

Zonda999 · 28-02-2010 08:49PM

Not great? Worse than tesco "value" vodka even?

Very decent price for 70cl alright though

amacachi · 28-02-2010 08:52PM

Shall be checking that out tomorrow.

donmeister · 28-02-2010 09:08PM

Bought this last week, it got lost somehow

amdublin · 28-02-2010 09:20PM

Nooooooo! This is not a bargain. Rachamainoff is not worth it even if it was FREE!

Don't do it, in my humble vodka expert opinion!

Btw, a litre of smirnoff is €20 in Dunnes at the mo....

The_Conductor · 28-02-2010 09:24PM

Have to agree with AMDublin- it really is incredible stuff. You can get Smirnoff for les than 20 in Tesco- its worth paying the few quid extra for something thats actually drinkable.

IrishTonyO · 28-02-2010 09:27PM

smccarrick wrote: »

Have to agree with AMDublin- it really is incredible stuff. You can get Smirnoff for les than 20 in Tesco- its worth paying the few quid extra for something thats actually drinkable.

yeah it's not good vodka, but smirnoff is €20.59 in Tesco at the moment just about double . Use the rachmaninoff in cocktails or with strong mixers

The cloudy lemon you get in Lidl takes the bite out of it

The_Conductor · 28-02-2010 09:37PM

IrishTonyO wrote: »

yeah it's not good vodka, but smirnoff is €20.59 in Tesco at the moment just about double . Use the rachmaninoff in cocktails or with strong mixers The cloudy lemon you get in Lidl takes the bite out of it

Not good if you like Vodka neat from the freezer......

IrishTonyO · 28-02-2010 09:39PM

smccarrick wrote: »

Not good if you like Vodka neat from the freezer......

that's the best way to have it, love when in Finland every pub has their vodka in the freezer

Diddler1977 · 28-02-2010 09:59PM

Rachmaninoff is one of the worst vodkas I have ever tasted. There is no bargain here

WalterMitty · 28-02-2010 11:55PM

my mother told me that a lady in the area was caught adding this stuff to the smirnoff bottle in her house at christmas. Tongues were wagging about her ever since in the area! :rolleyes: If your a student on a budget and use a strong mixer as above it's grand IME.

Diddler1977 · 01-03-2010 11:01AM

WalterMitty wrote: »

my mother told me that a lady in the area was caught adding this stuff to the smirnoff bottle in her house at christmas. Tongues were wagging about her ever since in the area! :rolleyes: If your a student on a budget and use a strong mixer as above it's grand IME.

Personally I find it undrinkable.

And what was that woman thinking!!!! There is no way this stuff would pass for Smirnoff!!!!!

rubadub · 01-03-2010 12:04PM

amdublin wrote: »

Btw, a litre of smirnoff is €20 in Dunnes at the mo....

Smirnoff red is not great either though, its really the budweiser of vodkas, a great marketing success, most people have tried feck all other vodkas. Skyy vodka was meant to be going for €15 per 700ml in some tescos -not in mine, but wyborowa was €17 per 700ml in my tesco (ballybrack). Skyy is the cleanest vodka I have ever tasted, no bullsh!t fake tradition behind it, it was developed as a hangover free vodka, and does it very well. €15 is a steal, it used to be over 40 in o'briens a few years back.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKYY_vodka

The_Conductor · 01-03-2010 12:09PM

Sometimes you can get Finlandia on special in duty free- I normally stock up then....... Absolut- really is the marketting success imho- sure, its in a pretty bottle, and the contents are very drinkable, but there are better out there.

Diddler1977 · 01-03-2010 05:12PM

rubadub wrote: »

Smirnoff red is not great either though, its really the budweiser of vodkas, a great marketing success, most people have tried feck all other vodkas. Skyy vodka was meant to be going for €15 per 700ml in some tescos -not in mine, but wyborowa was €17 per 700ml in my tesco (ballybrack). Skyy is the cleanest vodka I have ever tasted, no bullsh!t fake tradition behind it, it was developed as a hangover free vodka, and does it very well. €15 is a steal, it used to be over 40 in o'briens a few years back.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKYY_vodka

Skyy certainly is a good vodka for the price

My two favourites would be Grey Goose or Chopain - but i can't afford either

Currently I enjoy Russian Standard which is generally about 21 euro for 700ml

Diddler1977 · 01-03-2010 05:12PM

smccarrick wrote: »

Sometimes you can get Finlandia on special in duty free- I normally stock up then....... Absolut- really is the marketting success imho- sure, its in a pretty bottle, and the contents are very drinkable, but there are better out there.

I am not a fan of Absolut

Effluo · 01-03-2010 06:04PM

Just to update this deal is apparently no longer available.

it's gone back up to 11.69

Rachmaninoff 70cl Vodka €9.69 in Lidl

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