Vana Tallin is for the bougie folk who can’t handle 80% Viru Valge. I was but a youngster when I first encountered a bottle. Friend said you can take a sip if you don’t look at the bottle. I took a few massive gulps, almost half the bottle.
Then I swallowed.
Man I was surprised. And it didn’t spend that long in me, tbh.
But yeah Vana Tallin is a much more sociable liquor. I’m just Finnish and want my money’s wörth, lol.
Ah that one is called Viru Valge Vägev, where Vägev means Mighty.
Of course when I was a student, I bought alcohol by euros per millilitre of alcohol content to get my money’s worth too. Nowadays I buy what I like the taste of, which sometimes ends up being expensive peaty Islay single malt scotch, and sometimes the cheapest gin I can find, to pair with a mediocre tonic. I don’t remember the last time I drank vodka neat lol
It’s almost the same word in Finnish, “väkevä” which does mean “mighty”, “strong”, but literally it’s basically “full of (little) folk”, although idk if Estonian also uses “väki” in the same way but it’s the etymology of vägev anyhow. As in “the little folk” or “fairy folk” sort of, as anything magical or powerful would’ve been said to be so. Not that anyone’s really believed in any sort of fairyfolk for a long time, but just thought it might be interesting, perhaps especially so for a fellow finnic person (and/or I’m just somewhat interested if this all works in Estonian as well or if you’ve read about it idk)
In Finnish folklore, Väki is the life force that flows in every single living creature and being. It is similar to the concept of mana in Hinduism, life force chi in Chinese culture or the Force in Star Wars. Väki literally means a group. It describes the power / group or spirits that reside in a certain idea/concept/element or being.
Oh yeah I don’t buy the cheapest stuff anymore either. Actually bought fairly expensive rums last winter, tried some out to see whether it was worth it. It definitely is worth it to go at least mid-shelf in most things, and sometimes the top shelf doesn’t feel like a waste either.
Vodka neat is kinda horrible, tbh. A good vodka martini with a really smooth vodka, yea. Just vodka, neat? No thanks, can’t do it since that one time I drank a little hand sanitizer (non-denatured) in the army. 'Twas like >73% abv. I was fuuuuuccckeeed, uuupp. Luckily I was an NCO and had independence a bit so I went to the neighbouring barracks (just a firedoor in between them, same building) to use their showers for an hour or so (as the barracks was empty 1/3 of the year).
Vana Tallin is for the bougie folk who can’t handle 80% Viru Valge. I was but a youngster when I first encountered a bottle. Friend said you can take a sip if you don’t look at the bottle. I took a few massive gulps, almost half the bottle.
Then I swallowed.
Man I was surprised. And it didn’t spend that long in me, tbh.
But yeah Vana Tallin is a much more sociable liquor. I’m just Finnish and want my money’s wörth, lol.
Ah that one is called Viru Valge Vägev, where Vägev means Mighty.
Of course when I was a student, I bought alcohol by euros per millilitre of alcohol content to get my money’s worth too. Nowadays I buy what I like the taste of, which sometimes ends up being expensive peaty Islay single malt scotch, and sometimes the cheapest gin I can find, to pair with a mediocre tonic. I don’t remember the last time I drank vodka neat lol
Juu väkeväähän se oli.
It’s almost the same word in Finnish, “väkevä” which does mean “mighty”, “strong”, but literally it’s basically “full of (little) folk”, although idk if Estonian also uses “väki” in the same way but it’s the etymology of vägev anyhow. As in “the little folk” or “fairy folk” sort of, as anything magical or powerful would’ve been said to be so. Not that anyone’s really believed in any sort of fairyfolk for a long time, but just thought it might be interesting, perhaps especially so for a fellow finnic person (and/or I’m just somewhat interested if this all works in Estonian as well or if you’ve read about it idk)
https://littlewomen.medium.com/väki-the-power-in-finnish-folklore-abeb0a9d3c04
Oh yeah I don’t buy the cheapest stuff anymore either. Actually bought fairly expensive rums last winter, tried some out to see whether it was worth it. It definitely is worth it to go at least mid-shelf in most things, and sometimes the top shelf doesn’t feel like a waste either.
Vodka neat is kinda horrible, tbh. A good vodka martini with a really smooth vodka, yea. Just vodka, neat? No thanks, can’t do it since that one time I drank a little hand sanitizer (non-denatured) in the army. 'Twas like >73% abv. I was fuuuuuccckeeed, uuupp. Luckily I was an NCO and had independence a bit so I went to the neighbouring barracks (just a firedoor in between them, same building) to use their showers for an hour or so (as the barracks was empty 1/3 of the year).