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Vodka Review: Three Olives by VodkaBuzz

Rating
3 out of 5 shots
Bang For The Buck
4 out of 5 shots
User Rating
3.0000 out of 5 shots
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Average Price
$13.14 per 750 mL / See By State / You add a price you've seen if you join VodkaBuzz.
Percent Alcohol
40
Distilled From
Wheat
Times Distilled
4
Charcoal Filtered
Yes
Produced By
Three Olives Company
Imported By
Three Olives Company
Website
Three Olives
Cap Type
Metal Screw On

Identifying Features

Frosted bottle with a martini glass silhouette in regular glass. Through the martini glass, three green olives can be seen printed on the back side of the bottle.

Written on the Bottle

Three centuries of perfection. Presenting the original, ultra-premium vodka from England. Handcrafted in small batches, Three Olives is made from the finest English wheat. Our method of quadruple distilling and quadruple filtering removes natural impurities, yielding a vodka of exceptional purity and smoothness. Three Olives celebrates the ultimate martini.

Review

After we tried Rain, we decided to see if there were any other higher-shelf vodkas hiding under lower-shelf prices.

The Shot

The shot is smooth on the pallet. The taste isn't sweet, but it isn't bitter. It's an odd neutral taste, though there is some kind of slightly bitter flavor. The ethanol burn is mild, but undeniable, upon swallowing. The after taste is fairly bitter, though I can live without a chaser.

The Mixed Drink

I mixed Three Olives Vodka with a couple different mixers. The first were two flavors of Amp energy drinks. The bitter flavor of the vodka came through to negatively impact the flavor. The second mixer was orange juice. Three Olives Vodka did really well in the screw drive. The o.j. covered up the bitters and made a tasty drink.

Opinions

Daniel did a shot with me. He said it reminded him of Smirnoff, and that it burned a lot on the way down.

Three Olives Vodka is a decent vodka for the dollar. It isn't the best shooter, but it's an ok mixer.

Comments On Three Olives

  1. Jason98684 said on Feb 16, 2009 at 2:00 am...

    It makes an great mixer for my favorite recipe,

    Statutory Grape

    1 oz 3 olives GRAPE Vodka,
    1 oz Blue Curacao
    Spash of Sweet n Sour
    Just enough cranberry juice to make it purple

    its like an bar version of grape koolaid... yum

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  2. Ben said on Apr 02, 2009 at 7:31 am...

    I tried this finally. It's been sitting in my fridge for a week. I found it fairly neutral as a 1/2 shot. Since its from England and Boru is from Ireland, I thought "What better combo could there be? I mean, they've only fought so many wars..." So I followed it with a 1/2 shot of Boru, which I found slightly harsher. Retried the 3 Olives to confirm this. And then finished with some Sobieski. I'd rate it a bit below Sobieski for shooting. Three Olives doesn't really have much character, but it mixed pretty well with my Diet Mountain Dew(TM), though. For $16 on sale, I'd rather spend my money elsewhere. Not bad, but not great.

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  3. Robert said on Apr 02, 2009 at 7:46 am...

    I fully agree with you. It sounds like you're loving the Sobieski. Sobieski will be better than a lot of stuff.

    You should create an account and put some of those prices in! There may not be much value in the price map right now, but I'm going to do a lot with it down the line. Creating an account will also save you from having to enter your information every time you comment.

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  4. Austin said on Aug 02, 2009 at 4:11 pm...

    Me and wife did a blind taste test between Three Olives, Grey Goose, and SV Supreme. We picked the Three Olives over the SV and Grey Goose. SV came in second though...

    Great vodka for the price, one of the best of the 20 dollar bottles I would argue.

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  5. steven dv said on Feb 18, 2010 at 5:39 pm...

    I have a better opinion of three olives. xlnt and mild; clean flavor; few next day bad effects. very good value

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  6. David said on Jun 10, 2010 at 12:32 am...

    This is ABSOLUTELY (pun intended) the best vodka I've EVER "tasted"! After trying highly rated Grey Goose & Stoli (both NASTY vile & bitter!) along with a few other less offensive brands including some cheap ones, Three Olives is a real treat. Like vodka SHOULD, it has no actual flavor. Once you get past the initial alcohol "burn" on your first sip, it's like drinking water if you drink it straight up. It isn't cheap, but it's so smooth & doesn't have that bitter twang that makes "high rated" vodkas so disgusting & like drinking an ashtray even sometimes. It's so smooth you can make tasty kamikazes without even using triple sec.

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