Alright so last vodka came from potatoes and tasted about as good as eating an eye of a potato, what’s next? Oh Eurotrash. Well shit. However as we say, despite the looks of things like Skyy, the taste is sometimes there. We do have a metric that essentially describes a book by it’s cover but that is 1 of 7 metrics.
Sadly the aftertaste and smell of drinking this clean sort of means it does not do well on other metrics. This is without a doubt a mixing vodka, and I’m glad I did not buy a full bottle having to look at that blue ‘only-looks-good-in-a-nightclub’ bottle. While I will admit along with my chemistry cohorts and friends that it’s not the amount of distillation but the size of the columns that matter, at least they ran this through enough that it can be passable in cocktails.
What they Say: “Whether mixing up a cocktail or simply adding it to cranberry juice, Platinum 7X delivers a super-premium experience without a super-premium price,”
(Editor’s Note: I bought a small bottle because even I am not that dumb, and this was what I could find in terms of literature)
Taste: 6.0 – I will give it this it is quite clean and fresh at first.
Aftertaste: 3.5 – You do get a bit of an off taste that you associate with a cleaning product as time goes on, but it isn’t painful.
Burn/Smooth: 5.5 – This is because it’s actually rather smooth for such a taste. I mean not great, but hey this could have been worse.
Aroma: 3.0 – I can almost hear our DJ Lvl crying that you can say 7 times distilled but the purity matters on the distillation columns themselves and I feel like that sums up how this still manages to smell cheap.
Honesty: 3.0 – I can get behind delivery of a super premium product without the price – hell that’s pretty much the reason this site exists if only to warn people of what they can low-shelf and what they cannot. However when your bottle is what can only be described as a ‘knock-off eurotrash skyy’ look you lose approximately 3 points despite what you gained.
Mixability: 5.5
Vodka Tonic: 5.0 – That is passable.
White Russian: 6.0 – This is actually quite good. Alright 7x here’s where you didn’t fuck up.
Value: 6.0 – I know many would say, hey but that’s so cheap. The problem is that despite what you think with things like New Amsterdam, Three Olives handles and Wodka – it’s a dollar less maybe (enough to vary by store) and at the end of the day you would not want this in your bar. Sure have it in a decanter as the ‘house vodka’ but still there are even better at this price point so it’s certainly a value, but not a great one.
Google Shop Average: $11
Website: http://www.platinum7x.com/
Reviewer Scores:
BuffaloJern: 5.0
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Metric Score: 32.5/70 |+| Metric Average: 4.64 |+| Reviewer Average: 5.0
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Final Thoughts: I can actually see myself buying this in a situation of prepping for a party at a non-Buffalo Lounge location. Where my specific needs are getting vodka cheaply know no one cares what it is, and this is due to the variance of store-to-store cheaper than some other options. Aside from that though – nope and that says a lot.
Out of all the different brands of (mostly top shelf) Vodka I have drank…this is the only one that consistently gives me a headache. Perhaps..it’s too pure! 🙂 But I do like the clean taste and how well it mixes with anything…and the cool bottle.. but I will have to pass as I tried it on three separate occasions…with the same outcome.
It’s the best vodka ever if we’re talking price and smoothness, if u think your head is going to ache, it will. Clear your mind and, then give it a try, with me a 5th between 2 ppl and no real hangover to speak of. And, the only headache was caused by my partner’s terrible billiards skillz.
Too pure? That is not the way this works. All drinking alcohols (ethanols), will always have a minimal amount of methanol. And that is the beauty of vodka. Via distillation and filtration methanol is minimized so we don’t get headaches as we would with tequila.
Terrible. Hang over, headache, nauseated, WITH ONE SHOT… I’ve tried this on multiply occasions. Always a bad experience.
Slow learner huh baby??…hysterical review…thanks for the laugh….am sober in AA for 37 years…this drinking thing only gets worse kids with time and age……come see us if you get a bad review on your liver, a DUI or domestic violence charge…we have an answer…do not drink..get to meetings…I found two small bottles of this crap in Publix parking lot and said…got to check in out…. brought it home and hit up Dr. Google…..my husband who has 24 years sober said Gilbey’s Vodka out of a brown paper bag is nectar of the gods…thought this might be some good research for a relapse on this product……I used to have terrible hangovers for days on any alcohol…always good for a 12 lbs weight loss…….now prescription dope was much better…we handle that issue too…these are excellent reviews …loved em all..thanks
I believe what AA says…we come to 3 ends if we are alcoholic…jails, institutions and death…:( I was on that path in 1984 ..
I enjoy this vodka. It is not harsh tasting like some others. Yes I may have a headache, but that could be from consuming to much. I only buy this now.