When it comes to makingcocktails, there’s no spirit more versatile than vodka.

The thing is, vodka does have flavor.

“There’s a big difference between vodkas, if you taste them,” he explained toWine Enthusiast.

Three bottles of Grey Goose vodka on a tray

“To claim that vodka is flavorless and tasteless is just silly.”

Vodkacan basically be distilled from anything that’s fermentable, including potatoes, wheat, and even fruit.

And there’s the catch price.

Bartender pouring a Cosmopolitan into martini glass

It was the ’90s and Absolut vodka was selling like crazy.

So Absolut’s charging 15.

I’ll charge 30.

He didn’t even have a product at this point."