Found an unopened bottle of Vodka in my parents’ alcohol cabinet they think is 35+ years old (going to make myself a cocktail and hopefully a cool lamp when the bottle is eventually finished)
Found an unopened bottle of Vodka in my parents’ alcohol cabinet they think is 35+ years old (going to make myself a cocktail and hopefully a cool lamp when the bottle is eventually finished)
This is a literal relic of the ‘Vodka-for-Pepsi’ era. In the 70s and 80s, the USSR traded Stolichnaya to Pepsi in exchange for Pepsi concentrate because the Ruble wasn’t accepted internationally. You’re holding a piece of peak Cold War economic history there
Tall-Mango4759 on
Why do they think it’s 35+ years old? They used to sell these here recently
Edit: they still sell it
Mollywobbles77 on
Can’t see stoli without thinking of abfab
Mudfap on
My favorite. Do yourself a favor and put it in the freezer. Tastes much smoother.
zoqfotpik on
Huh. I had that same bottle when I was in college 35 years ago.
zerotwoalpha on
Remember it goes bad once it is opened.
Cichlidsaremyjam on
Oh Stoli, the maestro of nights I kind of remember.
RCBing on
Hey that’s like $30 USD
SaltandLillacs on
Cheers
CTCLVNV on
I have had a taste or 100,000 sips, Once upon a T.ime
Gc1981 on
I have a nearly finished one. Stopped drinking. Will be there a long time now.
albatroopa on
I’d be using this as a water bottle at work.
SuperGuitar on
That’s the spirit!
soulscythesix on
If you’re gonna finish the bottle, maybe wait till at least tomorrow to make a lamp
Tigereyesxx on
Classic Russian Vodka…
DasArchitect on
My dad has one, but it says “Distilled in USSR” so it must be a little older.
Elected_Dictator on
My parents had an actual USSR bottle and it said imported from USSR not Russia.
podcastvibes on
I have one like that but it says USSR
pike360 on
Brings back lost memories.
Peear75 on
when the bottle is eventually finished in 10 minutes you meant to say 👍
gman2391 on
I think this bottle is less than 35 years old. The USSR was dissolved 34 years ago(dec 1991). If it was 35+ years old it would say USSR instead of Russia.
I have an unopened of stoli at home that says “imported from the USSR”. Now that bottle is probably 35+ years old
silveraxe_kyo on
Cool design
OldSoulNewTech on
I have a man at the rushan embashy…..
Md693 on
I still can’t smell that stuff without wanting to to vomit I drank a fifth before school in 7th grade I was fucked up dad had to come pick me up
egnards on
My mom used to love cosmos made with Raspberry Stoli – She was very very particular about it, and if we went out to dinner I would often make fun of her after the bartender asked about drink orders, by saying her order in a monotone [though its been about 12 years now and I’ve mostly forgotten all the details].
When she died the first thing I did was look in her liquor cabinet to see the very last bottle she had purchased, and which had been unopened – Grabbed that shit up right quick to bring back to my apartment. I finished it a few years ago, but every year on her Birthday and the Anniversary of her death I’d make myself a very poorly crafted cosmo and toast to her.
I don’t collect liquor bottles, but I still have that empty one at home sitting on my bar.
Somehow this bottle brought back those memories.
chchad on
“Stoli & cranberry” – underage me in the 90s confidently ordering the only cocktail I knew
myotherbike on
nitwit_newt on
Dexter_McThorpan on
Booze does not improve in the bottle.
Fit-Success-3006 on
My parents have the same thing in their cabinet only they don’t know it’s full of water.
Jaythiest on
Too bad it’s just average vodka. I’m sure it will do what vodka does though. Pretty average looking bottle as well and I think still the same bottle they use today.
Unless you can just make cool lamps out of bottles. I assumed you were saying the bottle itself was cool somehow.
QuiGonGinge13 on
Wow they haven’t really changed the label much have they
YoniMCI on
my local supermarket has this bottle for € 11,99….and its not neven a good vodka….
banevading420 on
If it were my parents I could guarantee its probably 98% water now. We were those kinda of teenagers.
Torodaddy on
Its vodka, unfortunately it probably tastes exactly the same
BennySkateboard on
The bottle still looks exactly the same. The lamp will be more alcoholism than retro beauty.
highergrinds on
It’s just a bottle of vodka. They sell it in the store.
Rea1EyesRea1ize on
Allegedly, when I was a teen we used to steal booze from the liquor cabinet. This was one of the items we had. My wires are so crossed that I associate stolli with 5 o’clock and el toro. I know they are not in the same category, but in my brain they’ll always be one in the same.
When I was like 30 I went to my parents place for a family party. My brother and I made a couple drinks and went downstairs to hang with the family. We both started laughing when we realized we had just poured ourselves coke and tap water. My parents found it less funny than we did.
liamdrake02 on
Your parents didn’t buy that bottle 35 years ago. They bought it yesterday and are pranking you into thinking you discovered treasure.
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This is a literal relic of the ‘Vodka-for-Pepsi’ era. In the 70s and 80s, the USSR traded Stolichnaya to Pepsi in exchange for Pepsi concentrate because the Ruble wasn’t accepted internationally. You’re holding a piece of peak Cold War economic history there
Why do they think it’s 35+ years old? They used to sell these here recently
Edit: they still sell it
Can’t see stoli without thinking of abfab
My favorite. Do yourself a favor and put it in the freezer. Tastes much smoother.
Huh. I had that same bottle when I was in college 35 years ago.
Remember it goes bad once it is opened.
Oh Stoli, the maestro of nights I kind of remember.
Hey that’s like $30 USD
Cheers
I have had a taste or 100,000 sips, Once upon a T.ime
I have a nearly finished one. Stopped drinking. Will be there a long time now.
I’d be using this as a water bottle at work.
That’s the spirit!
If you’re gonna finish the bottle, maybe wait till at least tomorrow to make a lamp
Classic Russian Vodka…
My dad has one, but it says “Distilled in USSR” so it must be a little older.
My parents had an actual USSR bottle and it said imported from USSR not Russia.
I have one like that but it says USSR
Brings back lost memories.
when the bottle is eventually finished in 10 minutes you meant to say 👍
I think this bottle is less than 35 years old. The USSR was dissolved 34 years ago(dec 1991). If it was 35+ years old it would say USSR instead of Russia.
I have an unopened of stoli at home that says “imported from the USSR”. Now that bottle is probably 35+ years old
Cool design
I have a man at the rushan embashy…..
I still can’t smell that stuff without wanting to to vomit I drank a fifth before school in 7th grade I was fucked up dad had to come pick me up
My mom used to love cosmos made with Raspberry Stoli – She was very very particular about it, and if we went out to dinner I would often make fun of her after the bartender asked about drink orders, by saying her order in a monotone [though its been about 12 years now and I’ve mostly forgotten all the details].
When she died the first thing I did was look in her liquor cabinet to see the very last bottle she had purchased, and which had been unopened – Grabbed that shit up right quick to bring back to my apartment. I finished it a few years ago, but every year on her Birthday and the Anniversary of her death I’d make myself a very poorly crafted cosmo and toast to her.
I don’t collect liquor bottles, but I still have that empty one at home sitting on my bar.
Somehow this bottle brought back those memories.
“Stoli & cranberry” – underage me in the 90s confidently ordering the only cocktail I knew
Booze does not improve in the bottle.
My parents have the same thing in their cabinet only they don’t know it’s full of water.
Too bad it’s just average vodka. I’m sure it will do what vodka does though. Pretty average looking bottle as well and I think still the same bottle they use today.
Unless you can just make cool lamps out of bottles. I assumed you were saying the bottle itself was cool somehow.
Wow they haven’t really changed the label much have they
my local supermarket has this bottle for € 11,99….and its not neven a good vodka….
If it were my parents I could guarantee its probably 98% water now. We were those kinda of teenagers.
Its vodka, unfortunately it probably tastes exactly the same
The bottle still looks exactly the same. The lamp will be more alcoholism than retro beauty.
It’s just a bottle of vodka. They sell it in the store.
Allegedly, when I was a teen we used to steal booze from the liquor cabinet. This was one of the items we had. My wires are so crossed that I associate stolli with 5 o’clock and el toro. I know they are not in the same category, but in my brain they’ll always be one in the same.
When I was like 30 I went to my parents place for a family party. My brother and I made a couple drinks and went downstairs to hang with the family. We both started laughing when we realized we had just poured ourselves coke and tap water. My parents found it less funny than we did.
Your parents didn’t buy that bottle 35 years ago. They bought it yesterday and are pranking you into thinking you discovered treasure.
Poor it all out for the dead homies in Ukrainian.