Comments on: Vodka Illusions http://mikebattista.com/2008/05/26/vodka-illusions/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:28:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mike http://mikebattista.com/2008/05/26/vodka-illusions/#comment-311 Thu, 29 May 2008 20:45:21 +0000 http://mikebattista.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-311 I totally think there are differences too…but I don’t know how much of it is based on actual differences and how much is my brain tricking me. :)

Hangovers introduce a new element. I wonder how much is based on expectation…pain is a funny thing, and I imagine that a lot of that is psychological too. Even folk wisdom like that mixing drinks will lead to a worse hangover…I wonder if that’s true, or if mixing is really just often confounded with drinking MORE. I’d love to see (and participate in :) some double-blind studies on both taste and hangoverness.

Yay for Arrested Development!

]]> By: meldoesgradschool http://mikebattista.com/2008/05/26/vodka-illusions/#comment-310 Thu, 29 May 2008 17:07:47 +0000 http://mikebattista.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-310 I agree with you about drinking being a subjective experience that includes the knowledge of the brand, the bottle itself, the branding and marketing that goes with it… but also, I really do think that somehow there is a difference. In my own incredibly unscientific experience, I’ve definitely felt a difference the day after drinking – the hangover seems to be much less severe with better quality vodka. Not to mention that I could swear more expensive vodkas blend into drinks and taste less like grain alcohol than do lower quality, cheaper brands. However, I think it would be quite fascinating to really conduct extensive taste tests with random assignment and Solomon Four-Square design and statistical analysis!

However, the real reason I wanted to comment was that I absolutely LOVE the picture of Gob from “Arrested Development” and the quote about magic… awesomeness. :o )

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