Vodka Review: Three Olives by Robert
- Rating
- out of 5 shots
- Bang For The Buck
- 4 out of 5 shots
- User Rating
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2.8000 out of 5 shots
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- Average Price
- $13.45 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.
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Comments On Three Olives
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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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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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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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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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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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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taffyg2003 said on Sep 09, 2010 at 9:36 pm...
I purchased a 1 liter bottle recently to try this in a martini, since I could not find any bars that stock it. The martini it makes is good, but not special in any way. It pours very watery without the more syrupy viscosity that I've seen from many of the better vodkas I've tried. The initial flavor is mild with a slight peppery bitterness and only a little sweetness to complement. The martini is fairly smooth, though, and has only a relatively mild burn when swallowed. Overall, I would give it 3 stars and place it somewhere in the middle of all of the vodkas I've tried so far. There are better more expensive vodkas, but also better less expensive vodkas, so I find it an unlikely repeat candidate for my freezer.
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Donkitat said on Oct 10, 2010 at 1:30 pm...
I've tried many 'cheap vodkas' and this one is the best. For only about $12 it's cheap, and flavorful. They have many great flavors. Bubble gum's my favorite. It's great with sprite, midori, and grenadine... with a plash of pineapple. It's great for mixing, you can't taste the vodka, only the flavor. You would think bubblegum would be nasty, but it's really not.
The 'tang' vodka is the nastiest one I've had from them. It didn't taste citrusy at all. No mixer would cover the horrific rubbing alcohol flavor. It ended up going 'up for grabs'. Even then it took my friends months to finish it.
Most of their other flavors are great. I guess it all depends on what you're mixing it with.
It's not a good straight vodka, you need to balance it out with something... but for the price, and compared to similarly priced vodkas, it is one of my favorites.
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Robert said on Oct 10, 2010 at 2:09 pm...
I tried a shot of the bubble gum flavor a few weeks ago. It was good but I couldn't think of anything I'd mix it with. Thanks for the suggestions!
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kassandra said on Nov 08, 2011 at 5:11 am...
Try mixing the three olives bubble vodka with 7 up its great! No bad after taste and no burning on the way down. I'm not a big drinker but after trying this I fell in love.
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