Message 18603 of 39188 in General Discussion

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> The peach isn't horribly strong so i think i will try your drink with 
> the peach schnapps and see how it works.... Thanks!

I think you should try to avoid mixing flavoured vodka with a liqueur as much 
as possible. You should at least be not to easy with combining those two.

The choice for using a peach vodka instead of peach liqueur* (maybe combined 
with vodka) is because for some reason you don't want to use the liqueur and 
prefer the vodka. For instance, better flavour, stronger, less sweet, nicer 
bottle, more easy.

When making your drink you have some characteristic in mind and choose the 
appropriate ingredients for it. When you end up blending a peach vodka with a 
peach liqueur you are missing the point for using the peach vodka. Peach vodka 
is for drinks where you want to make use of the characteristics of vodka and 
not the characteristics of liqueur. Why did you choose for peach vodka to make 
the drink and end up with mixing it with other peach liqueur? 

I'm not saying that the combination is impossible (drinks based on a 
strong-sweet balance) but you should be alarmed when you find that you are 
mixing those two when creating a drink. You are mixing too many things and end 
up with a compromise drink. A drink which won't be outstanding and can only be 
classified as 'another variation'.

- Why did I start using the flavoured vodka?
- Why did I eventually choose to use a liqueur as well?
- Is the vodka really needed in this recipe, how does the drink taste, what 
does the vodka characteristic contribute? 
- Did I achieve the flavour I wanted to realize when I choose to use flavoured 
vodka?

Example:

Absolut Apeach
Goldschlager
cream


here you use Absolut Apeach instead of a liqueur if you want to achieve a 
strong alcohol content, maybe because you want less sugar too. Anyway using 
vodka is because you wan't to lower the use of liqueur. If you find that the 
peach flavour is not strong enough, the right action should be using less 
goldschlager. This keeps the characteristic you had in mind, a high alcohol 
content (and less sugar) . Adding a liqueur would leed to a compromise, you 
don't achieve the flavour you wanted at the start. There isn't an argument for 
the use of flavoured vodka in this drink anymore and maybe it is even better 
to omit the flavoured vodka or replace it with a normal vodka. 
I wonder if you want a high alcohol content in this drink anyway because of 
the cream. Alcohol is hot, bitter and astringent while cream is cold, soft, 
silky and sweet. I think that a peach vodka is best used in drinks which 
should be classed as strong, fresh, sour, astringent. Use a flavoured vodka 
where it is needed not because you just want to get rid of it. 

Flavoured vodka is for strong astringent fresh sour drinks (or maybe you just 
like the particular peach flavour very much). If you want a drink with another 
characteristic, flavour considerations won't give argumentation for the use of 
a flavoured vodka.

*True peach schnaps is different from the peach liqueurs which are also called 
peach schnapps. Schnaps is around 40% and without addition of sugar very 
similair to flavoured vodka. I guess the liqueur style of schnapps is meant 
instead of the vodka style because I think it doesn't need much explanation 
that mixing real schnaps with flavoured vodka is totaly useless.