Comments On Pinnacle

1. Ben said on Apr 11, 2009 at 7:05 am...

   I tried this. Once in my mouth, I taste sweetness mixed with some bitterness. The flavor is very noticable and almost obnoxious. Then after I swallow, the taste vanishes. No chaser needed. I followed it with Sobieski, which was more mellow in my mouth. Sobieski also has bittersweet flavors, but I find it more manageable. Once I swallow Sobieski, a bitter aftertaste lingers. I went back with another shot of Pinnacle. Again, in my mouth I find it very noticable. The flavor vaguely reminds me of a sweeter-tasting Absolut, but I don't like Absolut's flavor. Like Absolut, the aftertaste vanishes quickly for me. Not much warnth or burn to it.
   
   I guess a good description of Pinnacle is that it's flavor is very noticable up front, that'll disappear as soon as I swallow.

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2. Ben said on Apr 12, 2009 at 9:45 am...

   I just tried Pinnacle versus Svedka with shots and Pinnacle vs Svedka vs Sobieski with Diet Cherry Dr Pepper mixes. Pardon my spelling, for I am hammered, but I find Svedka and Sobieski better mixers for this combination. I also liked Svedka more as a shot. Svedka is odorless and tasteless until the afertaste kicks in. Sobieski has some scent to it, and Pinnacle has an overpowering scent to it.
   
   For $10-15 dollars a 750mL, my money is on Svedka or Sobieski. Smirnoff, UV, Boru, and Pinnacle just don't cut it... shots or mixed. I shall end my drunken ranting... now.

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3. Robert said on Apr 13, 2009 at 7:30 am...

   @Ben, I think you found the down side to comparing several different vodkas at once. ;) I'm with you on the Svedka / Sobieski. Svedka is about five cents cheaper than Sobieski here, which isn't enough to worry about. They're both really great vodkas, and even better vodkas for the dollar. It's going to be hard for Pinnacle or anyone else in the middle shelf price range to beat those two.

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4. chuckers said on Apr 22, 2009 at 9:10 pm...

   The guy at the liqour store says pinnacle is a economy grey goose, but looking at these reviews I dont think I will try it now.

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5. Robert said on Apr 23, 2009 at 6:36 am...

   I was told the same thing at an ABC Store. He went so far as to say that it was the "spill over" from Grey Goose. However, Grey Goose is made in Cognac, France, and Pinnacle is made in Champagne, France (the opposite side of the country). The only thing they really have in common is that they are made in France. Like with Russian or American vodkas, they may have a similar thread in flavor (e.g. Russian vodkas tend to bite, and American vodkas tend to aim for flavorless), but it seems akin to calling Smirnoff an economy Russian Standard Imperia or that Relska is an economy Vodka 14. That is, it isn't a true statement.

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6. chuckers said on Apr 28, 2009 at 1:20 am...

   I bought a bottle the other day! Haha, but for good reason, it was on sale for 9.99 and had a rebate form to send it for 10 bucks so it free. Only drank it during a taste test so no opinion really on it yet. Ya the guys in the liquor store prob dont know too much. I dont know if I will ever pony up the 31 bucks for the grey goose, my bar doesnt carry it, so maybe I will run into it at a friends house or party or try it in a club sometime. I can drink bottom shelf stuff and I am pretty cheap haha. And if I would love it then I would end up spending 3x more on vodka so I am still working on finding the best brand for under 20 bucks. That vladimir is 10 bucks for 1.75 and I was impressed. Its been year since I had it but at the time tasted good. But it might just be in my area or who knows. But after i get done trying some more things that your site rates highly I will have to pick up a bottle and see if it still compares.

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7. Robert said on Apr 28, 2009 at 3:27 pm...

   @chuckers, the Bang for the Buck rating is what you want to pay attention to if you want to keep from blowing a ton. There are some great vodkas that hide in the middle shelf because of their price, but can easily take on the big dogs on the top shelf. I mostly come away disappointed by the expensive vodkas because plenty aren't offering more than a middle shelf vodka does.

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8. chuckers said on May 01, 2009 at 12:41 am...

   I did 3 shots of pinacle 2 nights in a row, i get 3 servings of alcohol in me at least every day for the health benifits. Anyways it was pretty bad. Made me appreciate the titos and svedka even more. Like the bottom shelf vladamir and nikolia smoke the pinnacle and like for real they are cheap, they have cheap sticker labels the peel off soon as you get them home and they say nothing about being distilled or filtered! So I bet the are distilled one time and I doubt if they are filtered but they are pure tasting like flavorless which totally beats pinnacles bad taste. I must of found some gems on the bottom shelf, like when i first time in my life had the svedka and titos I wasnt all that impressed because they werent too much better than cheap stuff I was drinking. Now I can say there is wide difference in vodka cause it was a chore to put 3 shots of pinnacle down in a row. Yeah for me, I got a almost full botthe of pinnacle on ice and another in the cabinet still waiting to be opened! Maybe it will grow on me but doesnt look promising. If it is like grey goose I will be avoiding grey goose, at 30 some dollers a bottle grey goose better melt in ur mouth.

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9. Robert said on May 01, 2009 at 8:10 am...

   Goose won't melt in your mouth, but I'd pick it over Pinnacle. I guess I'm going to have to find these two bottom shelf vodkas you like so much. I don't think I've seen them at the ABC stores around here, though.

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10. chuckers said on May 22, 2009 at 1:03 am...

    I got bout and entire bottle down of this, only bout 2 shots left. Its not very good as a shot, but a decent mixer. I still got 2 bottles of it to open so after i decide to put them down I should know this vodka pretty good.

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11. Robert said on May 23, 2009 at 9:10 pm...

    One bottle was plenty for me! Let us know your final thoughts when you get there.

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12. imsaari said on Aug 20, 2009 at 8:54 pm...

    I thought that Pinnacle was a pretty good vodka for the price. I went to the Liqour Store to buy Sobieski, but I bought a bottle of Pinnacle instead, and I'm glad that I did. A 1.75 litre was $17.78, with a mail-in rebate for $10.00 off. I'm a Bloody Mary enthusiast, so I'm not too worried about any "burn". I have a saying about my Bloody Marys (which also goes for vodka), "I have yet to find the perfect Bloody Mary, that's why I have to keep trying different ones!".

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13. Paul Wildwood said on Aug 27, 2009 at 3:55 pm...

    It is amazing how people are sold by creative marketing. Grey Goose sells for $46 a bottle and it's made by the same distiller in France. We did a taste test with Pinnacle vs. Grey Goose and it was 50/50 as to who guessed correctly which was Grey Goose. This just goes to show how much our subconscious mind plays into our decision making. I have been drinking Vodka for 10 years and was hooked on Svedka and now Pinnacle is the staple in our house...we have freezer with an area made for a handle. The most experienced vodka drinkers will tell you that Absolut stands for absolute crap. It's purely marketing. Ever try to drink it at room temperature? The worst of the worst taste.
    
    I spend 19.99 on a bottle of Pinnacle while some sucker spends $46 on Grey Goose to impress his friends, meanwhile I would guess that there isn't a difference in the two. Even more astonishing is the fact that Pinnacle now has a $15 mail in rebate...so they are marketing in a different fashion....guessing that most people will forget to send it in because they aren't buying too much Grey Goose these days at $46.00.

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14. Morgan said on Oct 09, 2009 at 12:01 am...

    Paul I absolutely agree. We had 8 people doing double-blind tasting, and Pinnacle completely mowed through Smirnoff, Skyy, Ketel One, and was split with Grey Goose. Nothing else was close.
    
    Regardless whether anyone agrees with our results, the Pinnacle Challenge is a fun way to have a party that guarantees some tipsy guests. We did it as a head-to-head where the winner moves up the price ladder. And again, we were unanimous or nearly so all the way to Grey Goose, where we could tell a difference but didn't have clear preferences. Belvedere was easier to discern against Grey Goose than Pinnacle was.

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15. Jason said on Jan 07, 2010 at 10:49 am...

    I'll have to retry this one since it's been a little while, but I don't remember being impressed. I think I much prefer Sobieski in this lower-priced middle-shelf category.

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16. Robert said on Jan 07, 2010 at 11:03 am...

    I agree with you 100%, Jason.

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17. Jason said on Jan 07, 2010 at 2:30 pm...

    Yeah, the guy at my local liquor store said that Pinnacle is better than Smirnoff, which I guess is not saying much, and it's tagged there with a best buy, highly recommended rating of 91 from somewhere, but I don't recall being impressed.

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18. sagscout said on Apr 29, 2010 at 7:48 pm...

    Hey, have any of you guys tried Luksusowa? A Polish potato vodka that is a bit more expensive than Pinnacle, around $25-$28 for 1.75 liters.
    I am very fond of it... I like the Pinnacle but prefer the Luksusowa. http://www.luksusowa.net/whyluks.htm

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19. LiquorStoreGirl said on May 03, 2010 at 3:17 pm...

    a girl i work with here, tried the whipped cream vodka from Pinnacle last night, after our manager had talked up the two new flavors we just got in stock (whipped cream, and cotton candy). I was anxious to try the cotton candy, but after she came into work and said shed rather spend $15 on Crystal Palace (which doesnt even cost that much), I quickly changed my mind on buying it. Crystal Palace is HORRIBLE and for her to compare pinnacle to that, does not make it sound tempting at all.

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20. David said on May 29, 2010 at 7:13 pm...

    I just bought some Pinnacle Vodka - I was curious if it would be good for the price. I disagree with many of these comments and reviews. In a bloody Mary mix or with a light flavored soda, it makes for an excellent mixing vodka! I haven't tried it as a shot by itself, but I don't ever take shots of Voka, because why the heck would anyone take a shot of vodka! Very enjoyable vodka for the price. Not the best, but well worth a try!
    
    ~D man

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21. Leann said on Jun 02, 2010 at 9:12 am...

    Pinnacle whipped creme vodka with 2/3 oj and 1/2 pineapple juice on ice is very similar to an Orange Julius (for adults). We also tried the mix in a blender, not too bad!

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22. Robert said on Jun 04, 2010 at 7:47 am...

    @Leann We use OJ with a splash of Red Bull and our favorite vodkas to get the Orange Julius flavor. I'll have to try your recipe if I find a bottle of whipped cream Pinnacle.

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23. Brice said on Jun 21, 2010 at 6:53 pm...

    I see no reason to buy regular pinnacle and havent tried the cotton candy, but the whipped version with almost any fruit juice or or fruit flavored liquor makes a great shot. add a little orange juice and a tiny splash of cran, and its like an orange pushup

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24. Shizface said on Jun 28, 2010 at 2:14 pm...

    I had never heard of it before, and a buddy of ours brought it to the party. We mixed it with Chocolate Milk, and made it into shots. As disgusting as that sounds, they were the hit of the party, and went unbelievably fast. They were really good.

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25. nahhh said on Aug 30, 2010 at 1:02 am...

    Don't hate on this vodka. It's great with orange juice. Creamsicle
    

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26. msm1965 said on Sep 14, 2010 at 2:50 pm...

    I enjoyed this Vodka. I did not find it bitter as previously described, but rather a bit smooth. My friends and I used this as a mixer with diet Orange Soda to make "Creamsicles" and Coke Zero. These were both very tasty and quite enjoyable. I also served the vodka on ice as shots to a group of women, they also found the sweeter taste rather enjoyable and surprising.

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27. Sandy said on Sep 16, 2010 at 8:27 pm...

    I think i love you Ben...

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28. jerjack said on Oct 01, 2010 at 6:58 pm...

    I've tried alot of "middle of the road" vodkas and find Pinnacle very acceptable for the investment. Recently bought the whipped cream and mixed with root beer (root beer float) and liked it, although tend to prefer conventional mixed drinks. If I'm drinking Bloodys, Pinnacle's my brand.
    

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29. Kayla said on Oct 18, 2010 at 8:56 pm...

    Not a bad mixer, especially with coke, tastes like a cream soda. I usually serve it with either coke; orange juice and triple sec; or rootbeer. Anyone who is a big drinker and doesn't want that alcohol taste with the alcohol buzz usually likes it. Only problems it is a bit too sweet.

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30. Reggie said on Dec 13, 2010 at 8:17 am...

    Pinnacle is fantastic for the money. I was in a liquor store and saw that it was rated 90 points by the Beverage Testing Institue and the Pinnacle "Whipped" was rated 92 points. I decided to buy these and try it. It really won me over. I would drink this all day over all other vodkas. You cannot beat it for the price/taste.

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31. Rachel said on Dec 20, 2010 at 3:06 pm...

    I think Pinnacle work very well with mixed drinks : Whipped Vodka with orange & pineapple juice over ice. mmmmm

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32. Loving Pinnacle Whipped Cream Vodka said on Dec 30, 2010 at 2:35 pm...

    I just have to say that Pinnacle's Whipped Cream Vodka is Awesome! My friends and I love it! We mix it with Root Beer or Crush. If you like a Rootbeer Float or a orange creamsicle you will love this vodka. My husband's friends turned their noses up at first two, but after they had a taste they were drinking it up. And these are hardcore Crown & Coke drinkers. So please give this a try! You won't be disappointed!!

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33. Doncinvegas said on Jan 16, 2011 at 9:26 pm...

    I shake this with orange, peach, mango, juice, from dole......nice....

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34. Chris said on Apr 04, 2011 at 10:24 am...

    I personally think the Pinnacle Whipped is unbelievable. Had 4 shots of it last night at a bar here in South Philly. My cousin is all about it, I was aprehensive, but after the first shot, I thought it was just fantastic. Hard to find in some neighborhood bars though.

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35. Laura C said on Apr 29, 2011 at 7:38 am...

    Personally I love the whipped. I mix the whipped with cranberry juice (I actually hate cranberry juice) and it tasts like strawberry shortcake!!!!! SSooooo good!!! My husband (Mr Dark Beer Drinker) tried it and is hooked. He mixes it with OJ and a splash of grenadine.
    I just bought the Cherry Whipped....not sure what to mix it with.???
    Dont care much for the Pinnacle Citrus but it is ok in sprite.

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36. on the rocks said on May 04, 2011 at 4:08 pm...

    Pinnacle whipped on the rocks is the only way to go unless yous a bitch

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37. Kathleen said on Jun 11, 2011 at 5:13 pm...

    I tried Pinnacle Whipped vodka and shook it with fresh orange juice. The bitter, almost medicine-like flavor of the Pinnacle comes through.
    
    I won't use this or buy it again. It reminds me too much of nasty-tasting, sweetened, liquid medicine.

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38. roses251 said on Jul 25, 2011 at 9:11 pm...

    I tried the Pinnacle Whipped cream flavor. It's a dessert drink. Not bad. I've had worse.

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39. Vince said on Aug 09, 2011 at 7:24 pm...

    Perfected the orange julius. Mix ice, Pinnacle whipped, orange juice and a splash of pineapple top with whipped cream and shake. Whipped cream gives perfect consistancy like the real thing...

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40. Robert said on Aug 10, 2011 at 7:50 am...

    Interesting! I'll have to try that. My wife and I normally try to simulate that flavor with unflavored vodka, OJ, and Red Bull.

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41. kat said on Aug 11, 2011 at 11:33 pm...

    I'm currently trying to find whipped Pinnacle Cause I've heard it's great if anyone could give me a hint to where it might be sole.

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42. Robert said on Aug 12, 2011 at 7:20 am...

    If you go to the Pinnacle website's store locator, you can find places that carry it. I'd call ahead to make sure they have the whipped cream flavor. IN Alabama, it's in all the ABC stores, so it can't be that hard to find. If you're in a state that allows shipping of spirits, you can even order it online. They have a short list of places on the store locator I linked to previously.

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43. Robert said on Aug 12, 2011 at 7:22 am...

    Oops. So, that isn't a store locator. It's a distributor list. You can try checking the website of the distributor, though, or call the distributor directly for help. The buy online links are to actual online stores, though.

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44. Renee said on Aug 29, 2011 at 10:49 pm...

    Pinnacle is the best vodka ever. If you haven't tried cake you need to but mix it with pinnacle chocolate whipt with some half and half or ice cream. I promise you won't be disappointed.

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45. Maygan Sanchez said on Sep 23, 2011 at 9:33 am...

    I have had many of the Pinnacle Vodka flavors and I must say that I am in LOVE! I absolutely hate the taste of vodka, but with the Pinnacle Vodka flavors you dont taste the "alcohol". And there are so mant yummy combinations that can be mixed! I am having a party and Pinnacle is the only alcohol on my list...I believe that Pinnacle flavored Vodkas are great for the "frilly drink" drinker!!

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46. J said on Oct 19, 2011 at 8:03 pm...

    Its best mixing with something like rootbeer or orange juice where the whipped cream taste blends better.

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47. Allison said on Dec 29, 2011 at 6:43 pm...

    My hubby bought me a sample bottle to try before it bought the larger bottle. its not bad but lets review. its sweet and taste like whipped cream which i love might i add. i put the small bottle in the freezer and drank it from the freezer and found it decent. it wasnt the best vodka i ever drank however it was sweet with a good taste. i drink it on the rocks and once the ice melts it taste sweet and good. if you are looking to get hammered it will do it.

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48. Sarah said on Dec 30, 2011 at 7:58 am...

    whipped ream vodka is the best and i am glad that i looked at your page cause im using the percentages of "Barstock vodka", "Dry white wine" & "Bud light"...hope you guys continue to keep this online...

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49. bobc said on Jan 06, 2012 at 7:04 am...

    I only like Vodka flavors. I think they have svedka beat by a mile. Svedka suppose to be #2 in USA-- I doubt it. And as far as Grey Goose goes I think pinnacle flabors are just as good if not better. Svae your money answitch to pinnacle unless you are also a starbucks geek too.

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50. Pinnacle drinker said on Jan 16, 2012 at 7:29 am...

    Pinncle is a great shooter with the flavors .... My fav is the whipped which mixes well with everything as do most of the flavors ..... Pinncle is really great only thing is I get hang overs from it and usAlly I don't get hang overs but it's not a big one just my head hurting a little after food and hang over pills I will be ready to start my day

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