A few years ago I got tired of listening to some business associates with very definite upper-shelf vodka tastes and thought they knew vodka, complain about Taaka specifically, so we did a blind taste test. We tasted straight at room temp, cold from the freezer, and mixed with oj. They had to rank each in order of preference with 1 being first choice to six as last choice.

I had six vodkas available, and they were, Taaka, Ketel 1, Chopin, Gray Goose, Turi, and Absolut. Six people took the blind taste test from numbered cups.

Guess who won?

Taaka came out as the favorite followed by Ketel 1, Chopin, Gray Goose, andTuri, with Absolut a distant dead last. Of the six tasters, one picked Taaka as his first choice and three as second choice. Interestingly, those four were the most vocal Taaka haters.

I think you so-called-vodka-experts don’t know what you are talking about.

CX

Im an avid consumer of Taaka Vodka, I cant stand to mix it with anything..straight on the rocks!! It’s definately the REAL bang for your buck!! Literaly.

I definitely love this stuff. It’s cheap, gets me drunk. Tastes like the inner thigh of a barn-yard animal. Definitely worth the price

I understand that some people take their vodka very serious. The hardcore shaken not stirred martini drinkers and those vodka conisoures sure it may not be the cream of the crop. But for someone drinking on a buddget as stated before and for the quantity for the price the quality works. Im pissed I didnt discover taaka earlier. Sometime you just need a buzz and dont want to pay armendell pricess for it so I give taaka three thumbs up besides its like all great things in the world, american. LOL

Taaka is fantastic, I love everything about it. You can drink it straight, you can mix it with Powerade, or you can do shots with friends. Taaka brings the party together unlike any drink out there. The only bad thing about Taaka is that there is no bad thing. You can’t listen to a legitimate vodka argument from someone against Taaka because they have nothing to formulate an argument with. If there’s anyone, anyone in the entire world to listen about Taaka, it is me.

if i have to drink cheap, i drink taaka. it’s not as bad as everyone makes it out to be.

I actually like Taaka Vodka. I will say that i only buy ” CHEAP ” vodka.. I mean come on all alcohol does the same thing, It gets you wasted and that’s really why most people drink it. lol NOT to be SOBER! I’m not saying it’s the best because I haven’t tried enough of the again ” CHEAP ” vodka but I tried enough to say that it’s the best I ever had so far. I’m sure there are better brands but right now it’s my go to vodka when it’s time to PARTY!

The reason I gave it a 4 out of 5 is because it has it’s purpose. If you want something that tastes good and has more class then go with something like Grey Goose. But if you’re on a budget (like I am right now) then this stuff is the shit. You just have to mix it with cheap soda and a couple glasses down you’ll have a good buzz. You get alot for cheap…I mean come on, why all the bad reviews. Sure it’s not quality but it’s quantity so it has it’s positive side for the occasions that call for it.

I love Taaka . I like the peach,whipped cream,and red berry. The grape fruit punch and cherry lemonade taste like cough medicine. regular taak a give me a headache when they take it from cold to hot and its very nasty. Other than that I love it.

TO WHOM MAY READ THIS TAAKA VODKA TO ME IS A TOP SHELF ABOVE ANY OTHER LOW PRICE LIQOUR. EVERY SINCE THE FIRST BOTTLE I HAD I BEEN DRINKING IT AND PASSING THE WORD TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT DRINK AND EVERYONE AGREES THAT FOR IT TO BE A LOW PRICE LIQOUR ITS WAY SMOOTHER AND BETTER THAN MOST ANY OF THE EXSPENSIVE VODKAS WE HAVE HAD. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNO IS HOW CAN I BE A BOOSTING SALES REP.?

IF U CAN PLEASE PLEASE CONTACT ME BACK ASAP WITH SOME INFO, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST LOCAL INDIE ARTIST TO REPRESENT AND PROMOTE TAAKA VODKA.

SINCERLY URS TRULEY
ANTHONY HENDERSON

I bought Taaka last week. I mixed it with orange juice and also Cranberry Juice w/ gingerale. Both were very good. I’d buy it again.

First of all I live in Utah, so my choices are a bit limited as far as liquor goes, but over the last few years I’ve managed to try every cheap vodka I can get without driving to Nevada. Taaka is by far the best bottom shelf drunk you can find here. I’m writing this as I take shots at room temperature. I’m fairly tipsy, but I still remember how much nastier Barton, Mosk, Pinnacle and something that starts with a Roth I think (lol) are. Even on occasions where I go to the liquor store with more than $10 in my pocket I grab the Taaka and spend the extra on what I’ll mix it with. Your review gives it a 0/5 and I completely understand. It does taste like rubbing alcohol. But, bottom shelf liquor is a market niche. It only exists for people who can’t afford, or aren’t willing to pay for, higher quality liquor. I believe the vast differences of opinion here are based on one simple fact: If you compare Taaka to a “real” vodka it is disgusting, but if you compare it to everything else in it’s price range it is by far the best for mixing and for drinking straight at any temperature. That being said, next time I leave the state I’ll definitely be shopping for some of the brands suggested that we don’t have here in Mormonville.

Bought Taaka to economize–ran it through a Brita filter three times and no more headache or hangover. Of course Brita filters are not cheap so maybe i just need to go back to good ole McCormick–my favorite cheap vodka. But if you have the filter and the pitcher, try it–

I have been LMAO reading your review and some of the following comments! I live in New Orleans, which has a kind of love affair with the brand. I am a vodka WHORE! It’s all I drink, but because I drink so much of it (thank you liver for staying so strong!) I keep several different brands on hand. You’re right about Taaka being okay to mix. Because my favorite cocktail is a Greyhound I keep a couple of extra large bottles in my liquor cabinet to add to my premium grapefruit juice. (Funny how I insist on the BEST gf juice but don’t mind skimping on the liquor.) I also keep Absolut in stock for when friends come to imbibe, and Kettle One for those evenings when I must have my vodka simple and cold. Thanks for the testimony. I’m kind of upset I didn’t think of this first! BTW, do you review flavored vodkas? I’d love to know your thoughts on some of those. My favorites are the orange ones, though I’d swear some are laced with sugar.

Amazed at this Vodka for it’s smoothness.

With the description of vodka on Wikipedia as needing to have no color and no taste to qualify as vodka, this is as close to being purely clear in flavor that I have tasted in the lower priced vodkas. And, rivals much higher priced labels.

Have a few ounces left since I found it working hurricane Ike two years ago in Houston. Actually been treasuring it while I have gone through over a dozen 1.75s since ..mostly for making Kahlua. Looking forward to visiting a friend in Austin where it is also sold and though I live in a motor home with limited space I will surely create room for two cases!

…may I never have to horde trailing ounces again.

I must say that taaka is one of my favorite budget vodkas around, for $3.16 I get the medium sized bottle, and just mix in a little water and im good to go, a lot of people complain about the bitter taste, but I think its just right, and for $3.16 I cant complain. Cheers

I think it tastes like any other vodka to be honest! Doesn’t take much of it to get drunk but maaan are the hangovers nasty!! I would still recommend it! Super cheap too

I realize this is old but had to comment. My wife and I go through about a gallon of Taaka a week. First two shots taste like paint thinner but it’s all good from there. And it’s one of the only liquors that doesn’t give me heart burn.

i absolutely have no problems with taaka i do admit its very cheap and it will get you shitfaced and it is the best budget vodka i have ever had it makes a jam up bloody mary and a wonderful screwdriver

I DRINK TAAKA 100 PROOF WITH PINEAPPLE AND ORANGE JUICE TASTE GOOD TO ME JUST AS GOOD AS THE REST AND GOOD PRICE ALSO

Yoo Takka Flakka flame is that good stuff freal

in my case i must say TAAKA is fucking AWESOME!!! its cheap, it works and it works FAST!!

dont drink too much of it, you will regret it.

This is some bomb shit, if yut looking to get fuckedd up and buy cheap vodka it would be taaka vodka (;

Told my girlfriend to get me some vodka and she came back with this, possibly the worst tasting vodka actually worst tasting anything ever. Tastes like bathroom cleaner and not even monster could hide the awful flavor

Dont know about you but i drink taaka blue label everyday straight loland its good to me. So i give two thumbs up just wish it was more of it up north.

For a broke college kid, Taaka is great. If vodka is the only thing you are going to buy, I would opt for Svedka or something thats a little bit better quality (Taaka is about $12 per handle and Svedka is about $22 per handle) but if you’re getting a few other things and don’t want to spend a lot of money, Taaka is the way to go.

Definitely cheap, definitely bitter, but definitely shootable. I went through several rounds of this stuff and didn’t find it too bad. The taste is easily maskable with a chaser, which is better than drawing out the taste of a cheap mixed drink.

I must have really wierd tastebuds, because I love this stuff. Mixed with Diet Coke or Diet Pepsi, you can’t even taste it. It actually adds a slight edge to the taste of the pop that I like. Also, regarding what people are saying about hangovers, this stuff give me THE LEAST hangover of ANY other spirit. I have drank buckets of this stuff and my only hangover symptoms would be tiredness and a very slight headache. Please try Taaka and keep buying it. We want a product that is good and cheap to stay in business. Very rare these days.

I only get paid once a month and always have to end up getting a small bottle of this at the end of the month. It is quite the love-hate relationship, or like a woman who goes back to get beat by her husband. Every time he says, “heya baby, I wonts hit ya nomores if you don’t make me”…and every fucking time I believe him :(…

I only drink this and drudge through the hangover that begins an hour after drinking it because I hate beer….

Russian’s shoot vodka, and they invented vodka. I dont think there is any problem shooting vodka.

I think that Taaka, for the price, is far better than other economy vodkas. What is worse? That would be, in order of better to worse, Royal Gate, Vostock, Popov, and the worst one of all, Caliber (WalMart). Caliber is very hard to get down.

Is your Vodka distilled three times? If not, do you make one that is? Or, can you refer me to an inexpensive Vodka that is three times distilled? My nutricianist says I can have any alcohol (Vodka or Gin) that has been distilled three or more times.
Thank you.

Yeah Taaka is bad but it does the job cheaply. Its made in Frankfort Ky if that matters. Taaka 100 proof will get you paralyzed drunk but it doesn’t leave a bad hangover. I once drunk Taaka at a music festival. I was dog drunk by 1 pm and spent the next several hours laying in a river trying to recover. Great time!!!!!

best vodka ever!!!

I go through like a bottle a week so the price is perfect!

Your billboards are a travesty to correct English. Do you know the difference between verbs, adverbs, nouns and pronouns???? I think not. You keep saying it mixes easy. Your ignorance is showing: It is mixes easily.
Gad, glad I hate vodka.

A wonderful distill. With a note of winterberries and a smooth down note. best enjoyed on a cube, or shaved (ice). charming. enjoyable.

Taaka is definitely not a good vodka to drink straight. However, it makes a reasonable martini, if you like it dirty. Olive juice does a great job of taming that bitterness that hits the mid to back section of your tongue and lingers unpleasantly.
http://productreviewratings.com/2009/01/taaka-vs-russian-vodka-brands/

I do like my vodka mixed. TAAKA is great no matter what I’ve used as a mixer. Great with grapefruit juice. For the price I don’t think any other can compare. Keep distilling your grain vodka and I’ll keep buying at this great price’ Taaka in my language means “that kind”

We all drink this on a weekly basis and its great. Smooth taste and no harsh aftertaste. We mix and shoot doesn’t matter. Probably one of the easiest vodkas we have ever put down. Gets the god damn job done.

I think you get a value for your money. Of course you may love some of swedish like absolute or skaay but you have to pay abot 50% more. Amoung a chip vodka I foud it worthy to consider.

Taaka vodka is quite possibly the greatest ever distilled;

Pretty honest and forthright, but you forgot to mention what kind of Martini Taaka makes. I’ve found that if done properly, Taaka makes a very respectable martini.

http://productreviewratings.com/2009/01/taaka-vs-russian-vodka-brands/

i had a taste test with friends with 4 value priced vodkas and 4 higher end more expensive vodkas. Taaka was the worst in every case, straight, mixed, and shot. 5 out of my 8 friends wouldnt even try it straight after the shot burned like a flame going down our throats and into our bellies. I found all lower priced vodkas to be of much better quality ie Pinnacle, Sobieski, and even Ruskova. Simply stated I will and would not serve Taaka at a party or to my girlfriends at all.

Hollen

I am no vodka expert but Costco Liquor carries it so I gave it a try. At $8.99 for a 1.75 liter bottle (in Colorado) it was a great deal and also in plastic bottle which is what you need for river trips. I have never been one to drink vodka straight and I didn’t start with Taaka. My experience is that the Costco buyers don’t mess around with stuff that is totally crap and I mixed Taaka with a variety of juices and think its OK and a very good deal. I also tried the 1.75l bottle of Smirnoff at Costco for 2x the price and with mixer can’t much tell the difference

I am drinking taaka mixed with cranberry juice as I type this, so I apoligize in advance for any typos. I love taaka. Not because it is quality vodka, but because of the memories it brings with it. It is very affordable, and brings back memories of being 15 and guzzling pint bottles of the stuff with friends. Yaay taaka.

I was a bad drunk for many years. Like most as my addiction got worse the less i cared about quality and the more i focused on quantity. I drank about every cheap brand out there and the only one that I just could not handle was taaka. Not that i wouldn’t have drank it in a pinch but man was it rough. Once I was smashed I didn’t mind the taste too much, but those first couple of shots before the effects kicked in were down right painful

If you are broke and down to your last and want to get wasted for da low Taaka is where its at I’m 23 years old been drinkin heavy since 18 started out drinking Taaka straight out the bottle and steel reserve 2/11 with the homies because i was underage just lookin for anything to get me wasted quick college days everyones on a budget its 3 of your homies and and a couple a chicks pitch in 5 bucks a piece you get a Liter mix it with cranberry juice or oj guarantee pantie action lol…now that im older taste and brand matters to me on a bad day when im on a budget Id choose Smirnoff vodka or Pinnacle…Cotton Candy Pinnacle for the ladies if you’re on a budget and tryin to get quick panties lol…on a good day Grey Goose, Ciroc, Ketel One,3 Olives…with that being said drink what you can afford

In all honesty, being a college student on a budget, I’ve tried my fair share of cheap vodkas and Taaka has to be one of, if not the, absolute worst I’ve had. I really wouldn’t even wish someone getting drunk off this if they were my enemy. It was a rough night and day after.

I much prefer spending the extra dollar to get Svedka or McCormick’s.

I have a cabinet full of Whiskey, several different brands of Vodka, including Absolut. I buy it for $10 a litre on cruise ships, so that tells you something about high priced brands. The advertising is BS. I always buy Taaka, not because it is cheap, but all vodka’s taste the same when you add OJ. It has never given he a hangover. I have had several taste test with the so called Vodka Conossieurs; they cant tell the different when it is mixed with OJ.

I’m drinkin it right now and it’s definitely nasty! Worst vodka I’ve ever had. If you guys want to try a cheap vodka because you’re on a budget (this dude right here) then I totally recommend VIP Select. I bought it at Albertson’s but I don’t know if it’s a common brand or not, because I don’t see it around other liquor stores. Anyway have fun everyone :>

In all fairness, this vodka is not bad at all when chilled. I’ve tried many of the lower end vodkas and would rank this above most. As for moderately priced vodka, Taaka scores well above Smirnoff and Absolut. I experienced no after taste or burn with the shot, and it mixed great with juices, energy drinks, and Arizona Peach Tea. I would compare it to Sobieski, Svedka or Tenure in terms of quality. Definitely one i’ll pick up again as i’m a law student on a budget.

This shit was way better then karkov!!!!!!!!

Taaka makes a great fuzzy navel………..you betcha

This stuff is $8 for a handle in Columbia, South Carolina so naturally its the drink of choice for all Freshman at USC.

Unless you carry your worldly possessions in a bandana on a stick, this cleaning fluid is used solely to get blacked out with by mixing with an energy drink before hitting the bars. Absolutely the worst tasting liquor I have ever tried, hands down.

This review is “somewhat” biased. It sounds to me like this guy is used to drinking somewhat expensive vodka such as Grey Goose, Ketel One, etc. And while all the facts are there I find a few of those facts just a little tedious, meaning he repeated himself more than he had to about one product, and stated true and valid examples of what his “boys” thought about it, but to give a true opinion or write anything about anything while reviewing a product online means taking the average person you don’t know so THEY DON’T GIVE YOU AN OPINION THEY BASE ON BY YOUR OWN DECISION. If I drank 2 buck chuck, I’m sure we all know what that is… Charles Shaw, and told my boys I didn’t like it, they would taste it and probably feel the same way about it, if not worse. This more or less boils down to personal opinion. I looked this up tonight before I even had a sip of Taaka because I hate cheap alcohol. Taaka in my opinion is probably THE BEST vodka out there for the price. And what’s funny is that of all cheap vodka’s out there, the author uses Aristocrat Royal which is one of the best mixers for jungle juice out there! Maybe next time mention something a lot less desirable like “White Wolf” or something that can at least hang with your bullshit, fag review. Taaka I think is the best value vodka for the money. If they raised prices, I would definitely not buy it. It’s good for the price, but not great for the hang over. Definitely try it if you’re low on money and can’t afford a bottle of Grey Goose like Moneybags, the monopoly guy vodka snob who wrote the review above. Jesus… you can’t blog or write reviews if you don’t know what you’re talking about.

i am clayscholes who has posts listed below must work for Taaka vodka. Seriously honey un pinch your nose, purchase some taste buds, and be real. If you want to drown Taaka with strong mixers fine, but to compare it to Skyy, Svedka, etc you shouldnt be blogging at all about vodka. Taaka is 6 bucks for a reason, VALUE, VALUE, VALUE. I am not a fan of Svedka, Skyy, or any others you listed but they are in a completely different sratusphere from Taaka. Like somebody stated below it takes him back to a time when he was 15 looking to get drunk with no money

@Rob Two things:

1. Calling Taaka a premium brand vodka is absurd. I don’t mean to be harsh, but we’re talking about a bottom shelf vodka here.

2. When I say I do a shot, I really mean I’m drinking the vodka straight with no mixer. I don’t just throw it back. I keep the vodka in my mouth and try to experience it, tasting any subtle flavors or effects. A shot for a review on this site is really like drinking a martini with no olives and no vermouth.

That said, good luck with your review. Taaka is pretty bad no matter how you drink it.

This vodka is incredibly bad for those people that get hangovers easily and it will leave you absolutely nauseated in the morning to the point where you will probably spend about three hours on the john if you drink more than 150ml of the weakest proof in a single night. This is a vodka for those whom are absolutely desperate to get drunk. This vodka can only be mixed to be pallateable if you try to shoot this you will probably ulcerate even the strongest gullet. I am waiting to see blood in the toilet at any moment now because of it, it’s that bad.

As much as I hate Aristocrat, this sh*t is awful. Taking shots of this vile substance was a horrible mistake. Even when mixing this stuff is terrible. The taste cannot be masked, unless you’re already drunk. Stay away from this sh*t. Oh, Taaka made my ex go batshit crazy. She threw violent fits while drinking this. No other vodka made her go crazy.

Goodness gracious. I drank half a bottle of this at the Raiders_Jets game last year and it produced the absolute worst hangover I’ve ever had. My hangover started BEFORE the next morning, more or less around 11pm. This stuff is abysmal. I honestly think my friend hates us for bringing this bottle for us to drink. I told him that I will go to our annual Raiders game next year if he absolutely promises to NOT bring Takka. He agreed. I will be bringing Grey Goose or Ketel.