Let's talk uppity liquor

So while I was at the NH State liquor store buying this
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I came across this (ignore the reflection through the locked glass case)
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It was a tough choice, but I decided to save $4,957.99. Guess I'm a cheapskate.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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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
 
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.
 
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!

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Chasing down Pappy Van Winkle, the world's most coveted bourbon

Since 1935 the Van Winkles, of Louisville, has been producing a whiskey now so sought-after that this spirited product is a Holy Grail for aficionados
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Channel98 said:
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​


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

When a New York couple was told their over 100-year-old home was built by a notorious bootlegger, they passed it off as small town legend.
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Don't know if it's any good, but probably worth a lot now.
 
scotchandcigar said:
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.

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US-UK trade truce means cheaper whisky for Americans

The United States has agreed to suspend tariffs on UK products including Scotch whisky and cashmere as both sides work to resolve a long-running dispute over Boeing and Airbus subsidies.
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You should just go buy a candle and take a trip to Disney instead.
 
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