Finlandia

Vodka
Purchase Price: $15
Place of Purchase: Warehouse - New York, NY
Rating: 8.0

Finlandia is one of the first vodkas I remember being a brand name. I always liked the "rocky" texture of the bottle, too, if you were ever blind drunk and needed just one more, there’d be no mistaking which bottle you’d wrapped your paws around. This brand seems to have faded from humanity’s collective consciousness of late, but who can ever forget the run they had in the 80’s when it seemed like every preppie in town spent the winter lounging around in one of Finlandia’s famous knitted sweaters with the red reindeer dashing across the front? Those were wonderful times--to sit in a well-appointed living room dumping a bottle or two of this into the eggnog while Wham’s “Last Christmas” played over and over in the background. This has always been a respectable drink, much better than Absolut and less expensive, too!