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On Tuesday March 20 a dedicated group of C'est What product tasters assembled to determine the best flavoured vodkas available. Although parkas were not needed to brave the elements, a certain internal fortitude came into play as Absolute Kurant and Mandarin, Finlandia Cranberry, Kremlyovsksya Chocolate, Inferno Pepper, Smirnoff Citrus, Stoli-Razberri and Vanil were compared.

None of the vodkas were overly sweet, most prefering to hint at flavour rather than bludgeon in liquer-like fashion. The over all stand-out was the Stoli-Razberi with a median score of 24.5 out of 30 leading a very well liked field in which all but two finished with scores higher than twenty.

Prices listed below are the pre-tax wholesale prices from the LCBO, in the stores they would go for 10 to 15% more.

Nose
Body
Palate
Finish
Likability
Total
Rank

out of 4
out of 4
out of 6
out of 8
out of 8
out of 30

Stoli-Razberi
$19.62 750 mL.
3.5
3.0
5.0
6.5
6.5
24.5
1

Inferno Pepper
$18.15 750 mL
3.5
3.0
4.5
5.5
5.5
22.0
2

Stoli-Vanil
$19.62 750 mL
3.0
3.0
4.0
6.0
5.5
21.5
3

Absolute Mandarin
$19.94 750 mL
3.5
2.0
4.5
5.0
6.0
21.0
4

Smirnoff Citrus
$13.40 750 mL
3.0
2.5
4.5
5.5
5.5
21.0
4

Absolute Kurant
$19.05 750 mL
3.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
5.0
20.0
6

Kremlyovsksya Chocolate
$21.46 750 mL
3.0
3.0
4.0
4.5
5.0
19.5
7

Finlandia Cranberry
$18.60 750 mL
3.0
2.0
4.0
5.0
5.0
19.0
8
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