Let's talk uppity liquor

scotchandcigar

All I wanted was some steak
Feb 13, 2009
23,407
18,657
168
Vacationland
So while I was at the NH State liquor store buying this
20190315_214435_resized.jpg
I came across this (ignore the reflection through the locked glass case)
20190315_151118_resized.jpg
It was a tough choice, but I decided to save $4,957.99. Guess I'm a cheapskate.
 

scotchandcigar

All I wanted was some steak
Feb 13, 2009
23,407
18,657
168
Vacationland
It also raises other questions in my mind, about the intrinsic value of things. If I expected to be driving a Honda, but it turned out to be a Ferrari, I'd know it. If my J&B order ends up being Balvenie Caribbean Cask, I'd know it. But this person ordered a $300 bottle of wine - already likely of dubious value over a $50 wine - and got a $6k bottle, and just drank it. Said nothing. No "holy shit, this stuff's amazing! There's no way this is the $300 wine I ordered." I really wonder if they noticed any difference.
 

memebag

Top Brass, ADVP
Oct 11, 2008
17,404
5,807
168
Lake Huntzing
For $300 I could spend two nights in my favorite hotel in San Antonio and drink a $50 bottle of wine at my favorite bar on the Riverwalk.
 

Channel98

Don't yell or hit.
Feb 2, 2019
10,256
6,128
168
Glendale CA
A Canadian hotel has served more than 86,000 "Sourtoe cocktails" containing a mummified human toe. Sometimes the toe gets stolen and then a new one has to be located. Yeah, I'd hate to see such a charming tradition come to an end because of a toe thief.

A British man donated his frozen big toe to a Yukon bar so he can drink it in a cocktail

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/frozen-toe-yukon-bar-intl-scli/index.html
 

HecticArt

Administrator
Oct 19, 2008
49,832
17,485
168
Toledo, Ohio
603px-The_Scream.jpg
 

memebag

Top Brass, ADVP
Oct 11, 2008
17,404
5,807
168
Lake Huntzing
Last night at the movie bar, I was drinking IPAs and rye when I remembered a song by the obscure band Peachfuzz called “Champagne and Aperol”. I asked the bartender if they had Aperol, thinking they wouldn’t because it’s mostly a beer and whiskey bar (almost 50 beers on tap, maybe 100 whiskeys). He reached under the bar, pulled out a bottle of Aperol and looked at me dubiously. My eyes lit up. He asked if I wanted an Aperol spritz but started shaking his head “no”, but hell yeah I wanted an Aperol spritz. He made me one and said it was an experiment, so he didn’t charge me. It was yummy.

Champagne And Aperol, by PEACHFUZZ
 

memebag

Top Brass, ADVP
Oct 11, 2008
17,404
5,807
168
Lake Huntzing
I never liked Jim Beam. I love Jack Daniels.

Lately I’ve been drinking Sazerac Straight Rye. Very smooth, but a lot of flavor, and it’s pretty cheap.

I’ve tried some other' pricier whiskeys lately. The best was Jefferson’s Ocean. It’s aged at sea, which sounds gimmicky, and is, but it’s also tasty.
 

Channel98

Don't yell or hit.
Feb 2, 2019
10,256
6,128
168
Glendale CA
Goll-leeee! (I said that in my very best Gomer Pyle voice.) I don't know if a bourbon made by Kentucky hillbillies can be considered "uppity liquor" but this product is certainly popular and sought after. Shazam!

 
  • Like
Reactions: HecticArt

Channel98

Don't yell or hit.
Feb 2, 2019
10,256
6,128
168
Glendale CA

scotchandcigar

All I wanted was some steak
Feb 13, 2009
23,407
18,657
168
Vacationland
Can bootlegged whiskey be considered "uppity liquor"? Maybe it's more "downity" than uppity, I don't know.

Couple finds more than 66 bottles of Prohibition-era whiskey hidden in the walls of their New York home


Don't know if it's any good, but probably worth a lot now.
 

HecticArt

Administrator
Oct 19, 2008
49,832
17,485
168
Toledo, Ohio
If you don't hear from me for a while, I might not be back in the hospital. I may just be on a bender.

You should just go buy a candle and take a trip to Disney instead.