From Serious Eats, a notable New York City barkeep explains what’s up:
Once, I was working the bar on a Friday night when a gentleman walked in, briefly scanned my cocktail list, and asked for a Grey Goose with soda.
I have nothing against the vodka soda. When I’m three deep at the bar, a round of highballs can be a life-preserver. Your Manhattan will take three minutes, at a minimum. Your vodka soda will take thirty seconds. Cocktails might be what keeps people coming in the doors, but highballs fund those doors staying open in the first place.
That said, vodka-soda drinkers are like jilted lovers; they’ve often had brief relationships with other spirits in the past, and walked away feeling scarred and skittish. Reluctant to open old wounds, they have trained their palates to crave neutrality. The phrase I hear most often is, “I don’t want to taste the alcohol.” In effect, they want the punch but not the flavor.
The worst part is, the guy ended up being on a first date. The girl ordered a bourbon, neat. Read on to see how it all ends up.
(Thanks, Brittney!)
agreed – would never date a vodka drinker
i don’t drink vodka, but if you’re so insecure as to be making judgments based on what other folks are putting in their cups, you probably shouldn’t date in the first place.
Of the three people involved—the bartender, the man, and the woman (or the bartender’s vision of her)—the man is the only one that walks out of this not looking like an idiot.
“A shark on whiskey is mighty risky, a shark on beer is a beer engineer.”
Ah yes, my documentary. Bears and sharks always travel together…
they told me your documentary was stupid and grossly inaccurate
pfft. tequilla soda is where it’s at.
The dude who “wrote” this, his royal We, it’s a little… nauseating.
Where’s the person mentioning most people drink that because they don’t want to look like People of Walmart?