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Vodka Review: Zelko by

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Average Price
$6.00 per 750 mL / See By State / You add a price you've seen if you join VodkaBuzz.
Percent Alcohol
40
Distilled From
Grain
Produced By
Majestic Distilling Co, Inc
Cap Type
Plastic Screw On

Review

Zelko is another bottom shelf vodka that I'd never seen before. Continuing my push into the bottom shelf vodka reviews, I picked up a bottle.

The Shot

The shot is bitter from the outset. Zelko expunges the mouth of moisture and replaces it with bitter flavors. The swallow burns and makes my stomach turn to the point where it almost expunged its contents. The aftertaste was bitter, but I was too busy choking back the vomit to grab my chaser, which made matters worse. Do not shoot this vodka.

The Mixed Drink

After such a horrible experience with the shot, Zelco mixed with Welch's Strawberry Breeze is a relief. It's not that the cocktail is good. It's that it's better than the shot. Zelko almost completely masks the sweet flavors of the mixer. This isn't even a mixer I could live with.

Opinions

Zelko is the bottom of the vodka barrel. I would avoid it at all costs. At such a low price point, there are better vodkas within a dollar of the cost of Zelko. I typically keep my bottom shelf mixers in the fridge in the rare event that there is nothing left to drink and no where to buy anything else. Zelko is getting dumped down the drain immediately.

Comments On Zelko

  1. Ben said on Mar 17, 2009 at 11:50 am...

    I like your warning in bold print...

    "DO NOT SHOOT THIS VODKA."

    lol

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  2. chuckers said on May 01, 2009 at 12:47 am...

    I commend you, it is hard for me to dump and bad cocktail down the drain, I dont think I could ever dump a whole bottle down the drain. Next time you get some horrible vodka just pour it into a top shelf emply bottle and watch the people rave about it when you serve it up. But if it is as bad as you say it is, you might feel to guilty serving it so i dunno.

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  3. Robert said on May 01, 2009 at 8:14 am...

    I literally almost puked. So, it didn't make me feel bad to dump it. It was a small flask-sized bottle and it only cost a couple dollars. I wasn't losing much. I think I've had more regret pouring out a glass of water.

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  4. James said on Dec 11, 2009 at 4:38 pm...

    Haha, I have half a handle of it sitting in my mini-fridge's freezer right now. I'm too cheap to buy mixers, so we just shoot it. It's not THAT terrible, but that's probably because I'm in college and I'm used to the crappiest beer and liquor money can buy.

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  5. roger said on Oct 23, 2011 at 7:03 pm...

    you know if you take a small sip of something then mix your shot of vodka in your mouth with that and sip it's not as bad just make sure you take another drink rite after.. this is all i buy being i dont like spending much. but this trick works well

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