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You can't take it with you, so you might as well drink it down by the dram. Lyle Shellenberg made a special trip to Hillsdale Liquor in Portland, Oregon to make one extravagant purchase. KPTV reports that Shellenberg purchased a 50-year-old bottle of Glenfiddich Scotch whisky at a price of $27,000, making him one of only 50 people in the world - and six in the United States - to own this special release. The bottle arrived at the liquor store in a locked leather case, and Shellenberg plans to crack it eventually as a special event to share with his family. "But then there comes a time," he told KPTV, "The seal's going to be broken and opened because I just have to know what it tastes like." If you had $27,000 to spend specifically on food or booze, how would you do it? Go nuts in the comments below. Previously: - Whisky whets investor thirst for 'neat' returns - The Hollywood glitz of Japanese whisky - Five ways to make yourself a whisky connoisseur - Bottle of whisky sells for $200,000 |
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Sorry, but $27,000 is too much to spend specifically on food or booze when you make less than $40K/year. I would prefer to invest it. Perhaps I would include liquor stocks in those investments, but it's not good to put those eggs in one basket.
As for Scotch, I've had it, but I would never spend anywhere near that amount of money for it. I'm a red wine girl myself.
If you ask me, the insane price tag probably makes people think its some kind of elixer
Unfortunately, Glenfiddich tastes like panther pis s.
Lagavulin? Now that's a different story!
I'll take a Barrel of Jack Daniels. No reason to get fancy
congrats to the gentlemen on his purchase.
May he enjoy it in good health.
NO ONE HAS A RIGHT TO TELL THIS MAN HOW TO SPEND HIS MONEY!!
really, mind your business.
SIR, ENJOY YOUR SCOTCH. I WISH I HAD $27K TO SPEND LIKE THAT!!!
What a bunch of jealous crybabies! Why aren't you castigating P-diddy or Lindsey Lohan on a DAILY basis for what they spend on DINNER!!! What does Kim Kardashian spend on a single vacation? What does Angelina Jolie spend on a single room makeover? What does Paris Hilton spend in a single evening?
Atleast this is something this guy has saved for his entire life. Let him enjoy it...and stop being so jealous!
shame on him for not giving the money to a local homeless guy so he can buy 27,000 cans of old english 800 instead.
While I think paying that much for something you're going to drink is an insane waste of money, and something I would never do, I'm glad to hear that he's at least going to drink it. Unless they're going to resell it later, I can't stand it when someone buys a bottle of wine or scotch and just lets it collect dust, employing it as a status symbol.
If I were him, I'd have a taste and then sell it in small quantities to people so they could have a taste, too.
You people are downing this guy for this once in a lifetime puchase. But I do not see any coments about the hollywood crowd who spend 5 times this much on one party.You should be downing them and boycotting there over price movies not this guy.
why should you down anyone for spending their money how they choose?
True!
Don't tell me who to diss punk.
Who cares what he spends his money on. If I had that kind of money I would probly buy a nice bottle of liquor too. Its his money who are to tell him how to spend it. People dont tell me how to spend my money and I dont tell people how to spend theirs. Charity? Im sure most of you preaching about charity dont even donate to charity yourselves so why preach to him. Its his business people. Leave him alone
I don't care that he spent his money on it. I'm just wondering how stupid a person has to be to spend that kind of money on something so frivolous. I wonder if his kids had to go without while their daddy saved money for his life long dream of owning an expensive bottle of booze. Moron.
50 years IS A LOT!!!!!!!!!!
Car or Bottle of Scotch... I don't think this guy thought this all the way through. Ha.
Lotta people complaining that he didn't give it to charity, but if you own any of these, you need to look in the mirror:
$100 shoes, $40 jeans, $100 dress, jewelry of ANY kind. Or how about...if you eat at restaurants, if you eat candy, if you drink anything other than water. It's HIS money...fix yourself before you try to fix him
My guess is that this guy's searching for something he's probably not going to find in that bottle.
Yes, it would be great if he donated that money to charity or some other good cause mentioned above BUT it is his hard earned money (or not) but it is his money and kudos to him for spending it the way he pleased! Contary to popular belief, it is HIS money, not ours!!!!!!!
Would you choose water over wine? Old scotch over helping starving children to survive!
He thought giving the money to a good cause but then he said, naah i'll just buy this bottle of scotch.
I suppose you think he should have given it to some church so that they could drink it up instead.
Although he is proud to advertise that he has so much cash that he can basically throw it away, he still retains three things: stupidity, conceit, and anomie. It signifies that he has nothing outside of himself that he values.
" It signifies that he has nothing outside of himself that he values."
You have no idea of what outside of himself he values, you have no idea of what charities he supports....
The money he spent on that one bottle was enough to pay the wages, that feeds the family, of one lower-level worker at Glenfiddich, for most of a year. Consider that someone who has enough money to buy a ridiculous price for whisky might also give more than a fair amount to charity on a regular basis.
Chump. It's going to taste like he spent about $2600 too much on a bottle of Scotch.
So it's going to taste like $24400 Scotch?
cool story bro; I love CNN!
Really?! That kind of money on booze.. not perhaps, charity?
while giving the $27k to charity would have been great- spend your money how you choose.
BRING BACK TO THE UNITED STATES "KNOCKANDO" SINGLE MALT. I AM IN PAIN DUE TO ITS ABSENCE. IT IS A SO SMOOTH TASTE DEFINING SCOTCH. LOVE IT - BUT CANNOT BUY IT IN THE UNITED STATES.
Some people have more dollars than sense.
If I had that much to spend on food and drink, I would give it to people who need it. But hey, it's all a product of the great capitalist system that seems to be working perfectly so far. Glenfiddich is cheap junk anyway, what a rube.
People are poor because they are stupid and lazy. Let the vermin starve.
Maybe he already gives quite a lot to charity.
Rock on Dude!! It's your money. I love a good single malt. Glenlivet is in my price range,... sometimes even spring for the 18 year old bottle..... Taliskar tastes sharper but is also very nice.
If I had the money I'd do it too. But I'd go for something other than glenfiddich.
Big deal!!!
"A Chinese businessman has put down a deposit of $79,400 ($100,000 Singapore) on a bottle of Scotch whisky that goes for $200,000 ($250,000 Singapore). The 62-year-old bottle of Dalmore single malt is one of only 12 produced, according to a report on ChannelNewsAsia.com."
Thank you for supporting Chinese businessman by buying Chinese made products!
Ummm, Dalmore is distilled in Ross-Shire, in Scotland. How does that make it Chinese again?
ummmmm – yeah – it was bought by a Chinese businessman......I'm assuming he made the money he spent on the Scottish made drink selling Chinese made products......get it?
I wonder how many Otter Box smartphone cases, Mechanix brand gloves, Dell Computers, Apple iPhones, Casio calculators, Swingline Staplers, Etc.Etc.Etc. the Chinese businessman had to manufacture before he laid out the $200,000 for the bottle of Dalmore?
I would guess 200,000 metric asstons.
Calm down. He gets his steaks from Steak N Shake
So we're supposed to worship the most conspicuous consumers, as if selfishness was heroic? Is that what civilization has been reduced to? I would expect to hear this type of rhetoric in a John Birch society meeting circa 1950. That I'm hearing it in the 21st century, on the forum of one the world's most powerful corporations, as climate change barrels down on us all like a geological-scale freight train, does not bode well for the longevity of homo sapiens.
What a bunch of dumb__es. It's an investment you stupid idiots!!!! What, you think he's going to go home and drink it after dinner? Do me a favor...check and see what it's worth this time next year. When you find out you'll be wide eyed, sracthing your head, and kicking yourselves for not buying it. Do all you haters invest in anything? Probably not. That's why he has the money and you envy and hate from the sidelines...watching the action (as usual) and wishing it was you. HA HA HA
Did you even read the article? "Shellenberg plans to crack it eventually as a special event to share with his family" and good for him too I hope he enjoys it. Lifes too short not to.
You should read the article again but slower this time and the whole thing, maybe then you will understand it.
I love your plan, but in my experience it doesn't work. We bought a bunch of late 60's-early 70's Lafite and Mouton Rothschilds a ways back, and they are worth far more now than we paid back then. Problem is, we keep drinking them. Great feeling, poor investment. ;-)
So true - that's the other 47 per cent. If they can't get it paid for by someone else - then why should you have the pleasure of enjoying it. Maybe because you put your mind to doing what is correct, proper, respectful and educated yourself. If you have arrived where you can spend YOUR own money - by God go for it. I would lift a glass with you.
I paid $550.00 for a set of 4 of crown royal a couple of years ago, money well spent.
It's his money, he can spend it anyway he likes. If people don't like it, too damn bad.
What $27,000 sportscar would fit the tastes of a man willing and able to spend that kind of money on hooch?
Anyone who can rationalize spending $27,000 on a bottle of Scotch is suffering from impaired thinking. Another fine example of American skewed values and priorities. Sounds like "let them eat cake" to me–the revolution is coming–heads are gunna roll–and America will finally get back on track towards Democracy and economic justice.
Its his dough. He can spend it anyway he wants. That's how it works. Don't like it? – too bad.
The "Too bad" attitude of the Greedite elite is running out of time
Aren't you due back at your Occupy Tulsa rally?
If he earned the money he should be able to spend it how he wants. If he has that much money he probably has paid 50 times more dollars in taxes than the average family which supports all those great social program and handouts for the lazy.
How about social programs for the handicaped, for children, for seniors who have worked all their lives,; you subscribe to the myth of "lazy welfare recipients"–just like the myth of voter fraud–my wish for you is I hope you have two good eyes so you can see what is really going on in this Country.
Yeah, "American skewed values." That's why only 6 of the 50 bottles were purchased by Americans. Get over yourself.
Even 6 is too many–thats not the kind of company I'd like to see American's keep
He doesn't need to answer to you. I best he wouldn't want to keep your company anyway.
I'd like to see Americans keep company with people that know the correct usage of the apostrophe.
chefjeff59–can I be your best friend's
scott, there are HUNDREDS of other nations on this planet, so I would be willing to bet that the 6 American buyers represent the greatest proportion from any one country
Thanks for the geography lesson. Show me a distribution list of what nationally purchased what amount of these 50 bottles and I'll disregard the original poster's over generalization of Americans because 6 people out of 300+ million are doing well enough for themselves to purchase a seemingly rare bottle of scotch. I guess the 44 other buyers have their priorities in line regardless of where they live?
This guy is not our King, President or even our role model. He has no obligation to the people that he doesn't voluntarily assume. For all we know he is a philanthropist. The only mistake I see here is he picked the wrong scotch, he could of had a McCallum.
Whaat? Oban, Ardbeg Corryvrekken....
Laphroaig, Lagavulin, MacAllan...the list of Scotches better than Gledfiddich goes on.
It is his money d-bag, he can spend it how he likes.
Can we all tell you how to spend your money?
You had better hope that our society does not come to a "heads will roll" situation. Liberals don't believe in guns, conservatives do.
Yet Obama goes on a $7 million vacation on the tax payer's dime, and the liberals have no problem with it.
Obama and his wife work very hard, so they deserve a multi-million dollar holiday (even if the country is broke).
Really? American skewed values? did you even read the article? He's one of six in the US – there are 44 others WORLDWIDE!!!! please be less judgemental and more intelligent......
Only 5 out of 50 were purchased in the US. I guess the rest were greedy Europeans and Asians?
I'm assuming that you live at home in the basement with your Mom and Dad. Yeah thought so. Why else would someone hate on this man that's worked hard and now spending HIS OWN money on what he wants.
Hmm, I bought the other five bottles. Why? So I could dump the nasty liquid down the drain and use the cool looking bottles as candle holders.
You mean the kind of "economic justice" is where you take everything from those who have earned it and give it to those who have not, until all are equally poor?
I'm essentially working 2.5 jobs right now. Not because I really want to work that much, but because my employer has not found anyone qualified to hire for the openings. If this drags on for months, I'll make over $200k this year, so I suppose "justice" would be for me to pay $180k of that in "taxes".
Only six out of FIFTY were sold to the U.S...
Wow this despite and tax increase on job creators.
That really sucks. It totally wiped out the 2.5% raise we are getting in March. FML
Nothing tastes that good....
Your wife did.
And boom goes the dynamite.
A Votre Sante!!!!
My choice is The Balvenie, great scotch & 75 bucks well spent. Congrats to this guy for spending HIS money on what HE wanted to spend it on.
And of course, those people who say they would spend it on other things, and that he should have done this or that for charity, would be first in line if this fellow called them over for a drink. There are some people who are the life of any party, and, well, some people here wouldn't even so much as get invited.
People should not be so judgemental. Yes, $27,000 is a lot of money to spend on a bottle of liquor, but I'm sure most of us feel that way because we see liquor as insignificant. Obviously it's significant to this individual. On top of that, we don't know this man. If he spent $27,000 on scotch, how do you know he did not give $100,000 to his local charity? Sometimes I spend $100 on shoes. I like shoes and will pay $100 or more for a shoe I like. It's my money. I also donate money and time to charities as I choose to...it's my money and my time! Although I don't think this is "news", I think its just fine for a person to buy what they like/appreciate.
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Yeah, I'm wondering. How much am I allowed to spend on alcohol? What should I spend for my food? Tell me how I should spend my retirement money. I didn't make it by putting in my own time, busting my own butt. Clearly, commentors on this board know what I've done to get to the place I am today.
This is ridiculous. Anyone who has enough money to pay $27,000 for a bottle of scotch should be taxed more heavily. They can afford it. There are poor people out there who need booze far more than this guy, and we could buy 2700 of them a bottle of their own hooch with this largesse. Can you imagine a world where everyone is poor enough that they never have to work and can just chill and get drunk on money from rich people? Close your eyes and imagine it. Go to the polls and vote for it. Yes we can!
I find this story disgusting. Wait, I find someone spending $27,000 on a single bottle of scotch disgusting. I have nothing against drinking, or indulging every now and again, but if I were that man, I would have put that $27,000 to better use.
Perhaps..... But also perhaps for this man spending $27K on a bottle of scotch is equivalent to us buying a can of soda.... We don't know what his financial situation is like.
Well, go on with your bad self and spend $27,000 on other things. This man, however, spent the money the way he wanted... BECAUSE IT'S HIS MONEY.
Stupid stuff like this happens when the government isn't around to help you spend your money wisely.
Well when you have $27,000 make sure you come here, so we can approve whatever you spend it on.
Trust me, the second I have that kind of spare change, I'll be sure to get your approval.
Hey Jillian,
You know what's even more disgusting? Bottled water consumption! Proof that the human race is completely irrational. Total amount U.S. spends on bottled water annually = $15 billion. Total Profit made by Coke and Pepsi each year individually on bottled water sales = $336 million. Total Global Water Bottle sales annually = $50 billion! (source: http://www.statisticbrain.com/bottled-water-statistics/). Stop condemning the wealthy people that can afford occasional extravagant purchases. $15 billion spent annually on a product that IS NOT REGULATED by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is a far greater waste of money than one rich guy spending his money on something he can afford.
Okay???? I'm allowed to have my opinion, just as you are to have yours.
I find your opinion of this story disgusting.
Someone's taking this a little too seriously.
What's disgusting is that this guy had $27,000 to spend on scotch and spent it on Glenfiddich, FFS.
When I travel in Europe, for an experiment I try to find the cheapest bottle of wine on the store shelf, just to see what it's like. Usually it costs about 1.50 euros (cheapest was 1.16), and it's never been as bad as some $20 bottles I get at home.
What's a dram?
A dram is 1/8 of a fluid ounce, or a little bit less than a teaspoon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dram_(unit)
It all makes sense now. Thanks!
It would be funny if he got a DUI after drinking it :)
"Half my money I spent on wild women, booze and gambling, the other half I wasted – W.C. Fields
$27K for 50 years? $540/yr.? That should make my 15 year old Glenfiddich worth $8,100.00. But I only paid $32.00. Ha! I feel like having a scotch.
Ha! Love the thought process!!
its inverted amortization.
Wow. Yet, I am the one living paycheck to paycheck donating a $1.00 every time I am in the grocery store.....
And God bless you for that $1.00!!!
Time to change jobs!
That money could have fed people in the US that were hungry. The United States has some heartless people..
Tammy,
If he has the money to make such a purchase, I will bet you that he also donates generously. Don't assume his purchase is the only thing he saved his money to buy. He probably donates more money than you and I combined.
Don't be too sure, Eric. Just had a food drive at a local grocery store over the holidays for my son's Cub Scouts den. A homeless-looking man on a bicycle bought and donated a bag full of food, while a plastic-looking woman who pulled up in a Ferrari would not even look our way! Seemed those with the least donated the most, and vice versa. Very interesting to observe.
Susan,
How do you think some people get rich? Also, some people don't agree with the Cub Scouts. Another point, some people already donated to some other charity and didn't feel like donating to the Cub Scouts.
Dear Susan:
I'm sorry for not stopping. I used to get teased a lot in high school, so when I finally made it big, I went to a plastic surgeon and told him I wanted to look just like Barbie. Now I can't bend my knees or elbows. I can turn my head to look at you, but my neck squeaks when I do that. And that's a Lamborghini, not a Ferrari, biotch!
-Barbie
tammy – really? and we could all be a lot more polite and courteous to each other too.
Time to invoke the Mr Macawber principal.
Hint: David Copperfield
Wow! A whole dollar.
May God let you enjoy in good health!
I find it fascinating that criticism of selfishness is consistently interpreted as envy. Why should we envy selfishness? It's nothing to be proud of. If anything it's proof of social failure. A society that values accumulation of wealth above all else isn't a society at all, it's a corporation.
Then why do you work? Other than to get ahead.... i certainly can't afford a $27K bottle of scotch, but I have worked hard to get the things that I have. I also take great care to be as generous as I can be with what I do have, and help others when and where possible. But, the truth is that we will always have the poor, so we try to alleviate the impact as much as we are able. However, those who bash this man just because of the price of this bottle are envious of not being able to do the same.... As others have said, we have no idea what the financial situation of this man is. Obviously, he has $27K in disposable cash to throw at a bottle of scotch. So what?
False. It's possible to criticize selfishness WITHOUT being envious of it. You either didn't understand what I said or you're willfully ignoring it.
Self interest is what makes our economy work. Without that component then we will have an economy that lacks productivity.
Ah yes and that's working so nicely too. Inequality of wealth hasn't been this extreme in the United States since before the Gilded Age (the "Robber Baron" period gives the best fit) and yet here everyone's busy defending it. It's though this forum was populated entirely by the 1%, but of course that's impossible: the 1% are busy enjoying their overpriced liquor.
Now THAT sounds like envy.
Drink it with friends and family on a especial occasion on a crystal sniffer and smoke Cuban cigar, french cheese, truffles, caviar, and smoked Alaskan salmon on a Cruise line to anywhere. Whhat?
I suppose a $27,000 drink among friends and family is in reality .... priceless.
a fool and his money... etc
...are lucky enough to meet.
I bet they don't work for minimum wage and are most likely republicans.
Why should that matter? He did well for himself and earned the right to spend the money how ever he wants.
I'll toast a drink to that!!!!
How can either of you tell anything from this article. He could be extravagantly philanthropic and this represents a tiny fraction of what he does to better the world, or he could be a 1% robber-barron who has ruined thousands of lives in the pursuit of this excess.
It only matters because CNN is so slanted against Republicans.... So, anything that has anything to do with money in any way shape or form, respondents will always introduce the clash betwixt the Dems and Reps–because you do realize that ALL Republicans are rich and want to eat your children and grandparents whiles ALL Democrats are poor and very generous......
I'm guessing if he can afford that much for some scotch,he is not only not foolish...he also has money.
He will piss that away.
I c wut u did there....
That's a lot of dough to spend on a bottle of hooch. I hope he and his family truly enjoy it!
Ahh... He can have the scotch. I never liked it anyway...
He's probably going to mix it with some Coca-Cola.
I see a lot of people putting down this guy for spending what he spent, but all they're really doing is crying about how he's wealthy enough to afford it and they're not. Acting like they'd be a bigger person and give away large swaths of money or spend it more wisely (which is a matter of opinion anyway) if they were rich, but we all know most people would just waste it on whatever frivolous BS their hearts desire, be in booze or whatever. I personally can't afford even a $100 bottle of scotch, let along $27K, and I'm not interested to have either. Why decry the man or anyone else who appreciates a quality drink? Just because you don't appreciate it or can't afford it. How is it different than someone going out and dropping a few hundred, or a few thousand on a designer handbag that doesn't hold things better than a $20 handbag, or how is it different from a guy buying a $90K pick up truck that he'll never do anything with but drive to the grocery store instead of some $1500 clunker that would do the same job for less? There's hundreds of examples of this. Not to mention rare bottles can be worth a lot of money on the collector market, he may not even want to drink it. Which I'm sure someone will find rediculous but I could give you examples of that all day. People need to mind their own business, this isn't news, a lot more has been paid for a bottle of scotch, just look at the Macallan 64 year old Lalique that sold at Sotheby's for $460,000. Chivas Regal even has a 50 year that sells for over $10K (they only made 255 bottles).
Because it's highly offensive that anyone would spend that amount on something as base as alcohol when there's more than even a single starving child in the world, let alone millions.
Essentially, until all children are taken care of, your (collectively, not you personally) wants are irrelevant, and should be put to the side. Perhaps it's not entirely your fault that those children are in that situation, but more importantly, it isn't their fault that they are. As such, their needs outweigh your wants.
So I take that to mean you don't ever spend a dime on frivolous pursuits or base desires?
you have no idea about this mans life... he may donate millions to charities. The Gates family donates millions to charity and still can afford to spend millions on a home. drfyhu, do you have a home? if yes, then how dare you have a home when millions of children are homeless, you greedy ****. sounds foolish, yes?
So every single dime you make is going to feed starving children worldwide? I highly doubt that, get off your high horse and take the story for face value and stop trying to put your over inflated sense of being onto it.
So should anyone that buys an expensive home, car, bottle, etc be forced to think about the hungry children when they complete their transaction? BS... Stop hating and let the rich do as they will. I am not even a Republican but it offends me to see such envious people in our midst.
From each according to their ability to each according their need.
And ofcourse the Government will decide who gets what.
Seriously? So if someone chooses to not have kids because they have some sense of responsibility,yet (probably you and) others breed out of control,they now have to take care of your kids because of your faulty decision-making processes?
You must have been drinking some non-$27,000 scotch,with some crack thrown in for good measure.
If your reasoning is consistent, then I can assume that you believe the people who spend 6 or 7 figure amounts on paintings and other "art" are even more shameful. I'd rather buy the liquor. At least I can taste it, smell it, and feel it. I will still have the empty bottle for display.
Trainwreck summed it up nicely. Who are we to judge how others spend their money? I guarantee that if I were to visit your home I would find at least a few items that I feel are a waste of money.
Quite the bleeding heart you got there. Everyone has a guilty pleasure, you shouldn't judge this guy without knowing him.
Wait – so we should all be working to pay for starving children? how did they get that way? children just don't "appear" do they? so wait – i'm just trying to get this straight.....two people want to pleasure themselves – they have a baby and then not care for it? and everyone else is supposed to pay for it?
Sorry to break the news to you, Sunshine, but do you know what happens when you feed starving animals? They survive, and breed more starving animals.
Do you think people are any different?
And how do you know how much or how little this guy spends on charity? Anyone who drops $27k on a single bottle of scotch probably donates 10x what you make in a year.
Well said
What a shame, imagine how many starving people he could have fed with $27,000...
But I bet you have no problem in Obama taking a $7 million dollar vacation to Hawaii on the tax payer's dime.
Actually I do...time to wake up America, and start taking care of the poor and destitute in this country and stop being so selfish.
Any other stupid comments?
We need a male version of Norplant to go with the female version. If you have more than two children and you apply for public assistance, you go on birth control or you don't collect.
I'll make you a deal. I'll work on feeding the starving poor, and you work on keeping them from breeding like rabbits.
Nope I sure don't
as opposed to the MONTHLONG vacations W took at his fake Texas ranch each year for eight years? THAT was ok, right?
You guys are all the same. Obama takes a few weeks for a vacation, which he is allowed to do.
George Bush spent his whole presidency on vacation... and you weren't complaining then, I'll bet anything.
Welcome, id!ot.
7 million is nothing compared to the constant private jet flights senators take paid for by us. Its othing compared to the vacations Bush and his daughters took. 7 million didnt all go into the hotel its security, locking down streets, the flight with a small staff incase he has to push the red button. its freaking Hawaii nothing is cheap there and its his birthplace
Hey,ass, what did that have to do with a bottle of scotch? I bet you never complained when Bush took a vacation asshole.
A president is never really on vacation anyway, so let's get that out of the way right off the bat. More importantly, I personally want my president to be able to go anywhere in the world he wants whenever he wants for any reason. It is a projection of power. Besides, Air Force One is essentially a flying White House. So get over yourself. Jackhole.
Or the $1 billion plus in campaign expenses.
And the choice was between tweddle dee and tweddle dummer.
In complete agreement with your comment!
Yes but they would be starving again a week later. I could stretch this bottle of Glenny at least a month. ;-)
How many starving people did YOU feed today? Don't judge the wealthy just because they are wealthy.... All we heard about during this last election was about how rich Romney was..... Like Obama ISN'T? For this guy, like he said, it's like buying a sports car for someone else. I wouldn't spend that much on a bottle of scotch. What is worth $27K to you?
Yes, imagine how much $27,000 could feed starving, greedy and needy people. I'll tell you a secrete.. not much! You give people an inch and they take a mile. Now, if he spent $27 million on a bottle of scotch that would be a different story.
Proves that Adam Smith was right when he said any item is worth what the buyer is willing to pay.
Actually, I think this also proves that PT Barnum was right too.
$27k for a "bottle of booze?" Hilarious choice of words, but not really. I don't understand all the furor over the Hope Diamond, it's just a chunk of carbon. Human are mammals and all mammals are animals. How can we elect an animal president?
In economics one is taught about the principle of scarcity. That alone makes diamonds more expensive than water that everyone needs to survive. Water is plentiful while diamonds are scarce.
There sure is no shortage of stupid people in this world. Way to piss away 27 grand. Why not just burn it it makes pretty colors.
The 18-25 yr old is fine with me
I agree
Scotch after 21 years only gets worse. It being old doesn't mean it's going to be better.
Not if they're kept at cask strength until right before bottling.
Agreed! Once they reach 25, they start talking back! Hate it!
When I do drink, I like to actually enjoy what I'm drinking so I always lean towards the top shelf mainly good bourbons, good vodka and occasionally some good champagne. My big drinking days are a thing of the past now but I do remember taking 12 guys on a bachelor party to Las Vegas when I was the Best Man in my good friend's wedding. Every night the bar tab was well over $1,000, when you start getting VIP tables and ordering bottles, $1,000 is actually on the very low end in Vegas. I believe it was our second night there and it wasn't long after Club Pure at Caesar's Palace had opened up, we knew some people so we were able to walk around the line, got two large tables & our own bouncers plush a whole lot of liquor/mixers. They really get you when you use red bull as a mixer by the way. That night, and keep in mind we were all still in our twenties back then, our tab at pure came to just over $28,000. That was just one night of a five night trip, let's just say that it took me a good year to pay off my best friend's bachelor party but in the end, it was worth every penny. Don't even get me started on what they do to you down in South Beach, we stayed there for 15 days while we were supposed to be back at school 1500 miles away, that trip was also worth every penny.
Simply buying a bottle from the liquor store, I would have to say that my biggest single bottle purchase from a liquor store was probably about $180 and it was a special occasion, if I bought that very same bottle at a fancy club in NYC, Las Vegas, Miami, Etc., it would have cost me at least $1,200 for the same exact bottle. This is why people do a little thing called Pre-game drinking or pregamming, drink enough of your own good stuff at home that you can't even taste the cheap stuff you're drinking at the bar.
What does "top shelf" vodka taste like? 40% ethanol?
I get the feeling that you've never really worked for the money you spend. You clearly don't understand the meaning of "worth every penny."
Nobody likes a braggard.
I join DB in asking – what exactly distinguishes a top shelf vodka from a more mundane one :-)
Actually DC, quite a lot. I suggest that you taste test 3 sips: 1 "top shelf" grain vodka, Ciroc (which is actually a grappa marketed as a vodka), and 1 potato vodka (which can be as cheap as $18). You will be amazed at the differences in flavor and finish. I prefer a $23/bottle potato vodka myself for vodka, and Lopanto P.X. for sipping. Cheers.
Have you ever had Cold River Vodka. It is a potato vodka and is simply amazing. It is distilled in Freeport, Maine(where LL Bean is) with fresh Maine potatoes and when you drink it, it is as smooth as vodka could be. They also make a blueberry flavor made from fresh Maine Blueberries. It's incredible. I went to the distillery and first thing you smell is potato, it a wonderful thing.
Mostly the water. Some of the smaller distillers in the Ukraine use water from mineral springs that is out of this world.
"Top Shelf" vodka is a "stupid tax" on posers.
Good, genuine Russian and Eastern European vodkas have impurities that add flavors and character, and they're not expensive. It's just hard to sort out the ones with good impurities from the ones with bad impurities, and it is hard to find them in America, because in America, the vodka market turns on "bottle art" and the advertising campaign, and not the actual product.
That "triple filtered" stuff they put on the top shelf has all the taste filtered out. It tastes like the stuff your doctor swabs your backside with before he sticks the needle in, and idiots line up to pay extra for it.
It's foolish to pay so much money for something that only on loan to you for a short while.
Meh. Life is short, everything's on loan to us for a short while. Good for this guy. Cheers to him [holds $3 PBR aloft]!
Amen brother!
Yes, and some day he will sell it at an auction for a profit. That's why people spend money on collectibles. Of course, there are people with sophisticated tastes who love good spirits and wines. And there are those who just have NO taste, like the people posting here who actually think this guy is going to drink the whisky and get a "hangover".
Grow up......
To the guy who was ranting about our impending "communist state". You are a misinformed and delusional.
The thing about whiskey is that once it's out of the barrel, it no longer ages like wine does. It won't become any more valuable. In fact, after 15 years in the barrel, it probably isn't improving at all. The reason the 50 year aged batches are so expensive is simply that so much is lost due to evaporation year over year that there's hardly any left in the barrel after 50 years. Less supply = higher price. My guess is that he is, in fact, planning to drink it. Otherwise it'll lose all of its alcohol in the next several years.
Some people by cars, some go gamble, some buy scotch.. Would love to be his neighbor and get asked over to have a taste!!!
I have some pretty good 18 year old, but never 50...
For the price of a Monet I could fill a warehouse with black velvet Elvis paintings.
Scotch tastes like a bunch of ground up hedge leaves. The only thing worse is Kentucky bourbon.
I agree with you on the Bourbon... But Scotch is the "Elixir of Life"
That's because you are drinking the cheap crap. When it comes to the cheap stuff you couldn't be more right but you get what you pay for. I myself lean towards Bourbon over Scotch and every kind has a different flavor many of which are an acquired taste. Sort of like drinking coffee, or even beer for the very first time, most people don't like it but eventually grow not only to like it but to love it. There's actually some pretty darn good stuff made in Kentucky but if you buy the stuff that people actually mix with coke or anything other than ice, you are most likely drinking bourbon that's extremely harsh and tastes awful. Same goes for Vodka, if it doesn't taste good in a martini or on ice then it's cheap & lousy vodka that's only good for making mixed drinks or getting college kids who are on a small budget wasted. I believe Rubinov was the vodka of choice during college as it only cost like $8.99 for a 1.75 bottle of Rubinov, usually used to make punch or to degrease engines but compare that taste to a pricier brand and it's a night & day difference. The same even goes for beer, I remember slugging down one Bucsh Lite after another but now it just tastes like beer flavored water but again, you get what you pay for. Booze is like anything else in that regard.
Choosing bourbon over scotch is like choosing a mule over a thoroughbred in a horse race.
Ah, but life is a really long race over rough terrain. Sometimes the mule is the smart bet.
I prefer scotch, but don't sell bourbon short.
I think I want to hang out with Irich_9, sounds like a person that enjoys a good time and reminds me of great friends I had back in college!!
Every year I buy 1 bottle of Hennessy to last the entire year. I normally buy XO which goes for around $200. every few years I buy a bottle of Paradis instead which goes for about $500. I have told my wife I would like to once in my life buy the Richard Reserve which is a few thousand (ranges from 2k – 3k based on availability). I have no issues with this man making this purchase. Its what he wants, he has the means, go for it. SALUT!
One of the few things in life that really matters is Happiness... Go for the Reserve.....
I would buy 1,350 bottles of Captain Morgan
Outstanding.
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One of these days, When you grow up, you should take some time to discover what good REAL Whiskey tastes like.
Someday when you have that bug surgically removed from your p00p shooter, you'll discover the joys of having a sense of humor.
Some day you will realize that Captain Morgan is a spiced rum, not whiskey.
I wish I had something to sell this douche.
For twenty-seven grand, I can fly myself and the missus around the world, stopping over in just about any 'foodie' destination imaginable (think Osaka/Hong Kong/Singapore/Melbourne just for starters, and keep on going), so we can eat, drink, and be merry in high style. But if someone wants to pay that ca$h for a quality bottle o' hooch ... whatevs.
Chance are he probably had the money to do what you already mentioned, PLUS buy the bottle of scotch!
That wasn't the question. Stay on topic.
It's his money and to each his own. I can't imagine ever dropping more than $150 at the absolute most for a bottle of booze, and then only for a really very special occasion, but if dude has $27k to spend and wants to drop it on this...more power to him. And to Glenfiddich for finding 50 people willing to pay it. Capitalism at its finest.
If I suddenly came into $27k that I HAD to spend on something non-responsible (not paying down mortgage, adding new gutters to the house, or saving for kid's college, for example, which is what I really would do) I'd probably spend it on experiences over physical goods. I'd take a month off work and take the family on an around the world trip (or series of trips) to places we'd otherwise never get to go to like Easter Island, Machu Picchu, Antarctica, or Angkor Wat.
I'd argue that this man thinks that buying this 50 year old scotch is an experience. It is an experience buying it, owning it, and then sharing it with his family. The celebration in which he would open this bottle for would undoubtedly be a big experience as well.
Although I wouldn't spend more than $50 on a bottle of something, I can see why he would do it if he has the money and attaches special meaning to the scotch. The bottle probably brings back memories of his grandfather and that special experience he had with him.
How nice it would be to have that kind of money, though!
Somebody is making a killing off these! Huge profit margin, clearly going into the owners pocket... Good example of stagnant wealth. All the great inventions in this world were created with or without wealth, but when wealth was involved it sure as hell wasn't sitting in some useless slouches offshore bank account or vault.
You can enjoy life consuming or you can enjoy life producing, I prefer the latter, big waste of resources IMO.
You would rather be a "producer." Ok, what do you "produce?" and what is the point of producing if no one consumes?
Babies. He produces babies. Lots of them.
Don't worry, Richard. Obama has four more years to work towards ensuring that all of us only be able to afford Colt 45 or Mad Dog.
25 years ago, when I was a young Marine, I was in a small unit that was detatched for 6 months to a little village in Korea near the northern boarder. There was no place for liberty or to spend any money . When we were sent back to our unit, another Marine and I had a 2 day layover in Tokyo. We each spent 4 months pay on Kobe beef and sake. It was a lot of money to me, and if I had to do it over, I would spend all 6 months salary. It is an experience I will never forget. After your cars are wrecked and your charity donations are spent, you will not have the same fond memories. Sir, as a fellow scotch drinker, "Cheers!"
Been there and done that..they didn't pay you enough and you didn't spend enough...but good for you for enjoying the fruits of YOUR labor...
Yeh, it's good he didn't waste his money by donating it to a charity.
Yep that certainly would be a waste. Give his hard earned money to some lazy hippie.
The "WASTE" would've been giving money to the CHURCH!!!
Wow, Christophobic much?
The point is that I don't consider it a waste to enjoy what you earn.
Isn't this gentleman aware that we now live in Obama's world?!?
It's evil nowadays for one person to spend his hard earned $$ on himself. Instead, it should have been "redistributed" to 27,000 people who will each get a dollar mug of hillbilly moonshine!
True dat. Bring back the Bush clan and lets invade 13 countries. Being at war all the time is fun.
No, he simply has to pay a bit more tax on the income he makes above $450,000. Which doesn't seem like much of a hardship for someone who can spend $27K on a single bottle of scotch.
LMAO! Tru Dat...mo importantly why would you pay so much for Glenfidich?? $27K fly the whole family several times to Scotland and enjoy the bottle straight out of the cask!
That's a great idea that would have lasting memories!
So much this. In Obama's world, people who are successful are evil people deserving of contempt. But the lazy and uneducated are heroes, that have been held down by the man.
He want the world to know the he couldn't think of any cause that was worth more than a bottle of scotch.
How do you know that he didn't donate 100k dollars to a charity before he decided to purchase this item? You don't, you just don't like the fact that he is spending HIS money on what he wants, not what YOU want. Next time you decide to buy something, ask a total stranger if it's ok..because that seems to be what you and a lot of others on here are advocating.
Thank you sir! Finally, someone is getting it!
A bottle of Scotch sounds like a worthy cause to me.
Dinner for 20 of my closest friends at Alain Ducasse's Le Louis XV at the Hôtel de Paris in Monte Carlo, with wine. That's worth $27,000 in my book.
pl;ease please invite me and the wife – we love Monte Carlo
good food and exceptional wine – oh yes about the scotch
buy it drink it enjoy it – mypreference is for Islay or Speyside
Interesting comments here this morning. I propose that this man's 27K just went into our economy. The liquor store owner made an investment. The man with 27K made an investment. The money that was just sitting in this man's bank account is now in the economy. The liquor store owner may spend that profit locally. The employees of that store may go on working. This is called capitalism, and it is the very system that made this country a financial superpower. Notice, though, there is absolutely no mention of redistribution of wealth?
Dear Bill,
The liquor store owner did not make an investment. A wholesale purchase that sits on your shelf and you hope to redistribute is called overhead. The man who purchased the bottle said he was going to eventually consume it, so that is not an investment either. The money 'sitting' in the man's bank account is what bank's use to make loans...stimulating the economy.
Please try and learn some basic economic facts before pushing your misconstrued idea of capitalism on people. Thanks
nice try...surprised you even own a computer or are you using your Obama phone?? LOL Dbag
Pablo,
I agree it is necessary for banks to have some capital to back loans, however, an economy that relies too heavily on this model (which includes all financial services) will eventually stagnate itself due to increases in personal debt. Nothing prohibits an economy from growing better than fear and uncertainty, which are both indirect results of personal debt. I have no debt, therefore I am free to spend and take risks on a greater scale than someone who is in debt. Capitalism, at its core, is the free trade of goods and services. Capitalism is not the pooling of finances into one institution for that institution distribute as it sees fit.
You definitely need some more education yourself.
Inventory is an investment. It is obvious you have never owned a business or care to understand it. Inventory is Investment. Overhead is all the tangible and intangible expenses that alllow you the opportunity to sell the inventory (investment) at a profit. And then hopefully you make enough profit to cover the overhead and have some left over for yourself.
I have to say, that was a very well stated rebut. I'm confused. Did you go to the wrong web site?
Actually, what happened is he pulled the money out of his account, a pittance went to the store, a smaller pittance went to the distributor, and the vast majority went to the distillery in Scotland and did nothing for the US economy.
nothing for the US economy?? really??
You know how many times i have gotten drunk off of scotch and went on a drunken shopping spree..in the US?
Awesome! Also, alcohol taxes are charged by the US, so yeah – there is that.
Because of Romney the earthworms are republican.
You my friend are a scholar and a gentlemen!!! These people simply don't know the joys of a quality bottle of scotch.
Amen, Franky.
$27,000 for 50yr old Glenfiddich? I like scotch, i've spent $120 on 18yr Johnnie Walker. Funny thing is 18yr, 15yr and 12yr scotch don't really taste much different from each other.
Blended scotch? Meh.
However, I do agree that 27k for Glenfiddich is a shame. Now an Oban or Coal Isla or McCallan? Maybe.
One of my favorites is Glenmorangie (single malt) ... that's good stuff. Talisker single malt from the Isle of Skye is also very good, but hard to find in the US sometimes
hah! $120 for blended scotch, jokes on you.
Why? It tasted good. In fact, it tasted better than some single malts i've tried. Besides, it's only money.
lol blends huh huh huh huh huh huh
18yr Macallan defintiely taste different and better than 12yr Macallan - but I would surely drink both!
Glenfiddich = dog plss. Now if it was Macallan, we'd be talkin'
Everybody is bent out of shape over this, but the people posting negative comments about this guy know anything about him. For all we know he might be donating to charities. I live in one of the poorest parts of the country and I can say for a solid fact that the biggest majority of the people around here are there because of laziness and drug abuse. Sure, you feel sorry for them because you know they're to stupid to take care of themselves and their 4 kids that'll grow up not having the education or skills to take care of themselves or their famillies,,, but there comes a point when people have to make an effort to help themselves and not rely on someone else to take care of them,,,
Down the toilet, literally. But hey, it's his money.
For 27K it better taste like Angel Tears!
For $27K it better taste like Angel Tears!
For those who think this guy is just being selfish, note that the liquor store employees, the distillery employees, marketing employees etc., all benefitted from his "selfishness."
With 27K I'd fly to Thailand, live there like a king for a year and eat Thai food every day.
Over there, it's just called food
Everyone slamming this guy for spending HIS money, the way HE wants to is just jealous. I could care less if he wants to sit naked in the middle of his front yard, drinking this out of a paper cup while he lights 1000 dollar cuban cigars with 100 dollar bills. He earned it, so what. If you don't like it..get out and make a ton of money so you can spend it how you want.
It's stupid,insanity and ridiculous. How about spending money on the needy,starving children,orphans,medical science etc. that will save people. what is a better way to spend your hard earned money May God have mercy on those idoits. Pray tell me?
Actually may God have mercy on you for being so judgmental. You don't know that he isn't giving to charity as well. If he can afford this kind of money for a bottle of Scotch then I am sure he's also giving to charity as well. I buy expensive Scotch year round, and I give to charity as well. It is pretty common.
Dave's not here...
your a fool... its HIS MONEY to do with what he will... you have no right to judge this man for how he spends his money... how can you assume he hasnt helped the needy or donated to some great charity... you dont know so take your head out of your @$$ and stop being a jealous hateful ignoranus.... people like you are a disgrace
Louis, when you said "...your hard earned money..." you hit the nail on the head. Unfortunately, you want to dictate how people spend the money they earn. Boo and jeers to you.
How 'bout dem Saint's?
"How about spending money on the needy,starving children,orphans" ... F*ck 'em, let them get their own scotch...
I bet you have never spent a dime on any of those causes yourself. Why did you waste money on a computer or phone, why didn't you donate that money to charity??
Scotchy-scotch-scotch. I love scotch. Here it goes down. Down into my belly. Mmm mmm mmm.
Has anyone ever told you that you need professional help?
Its a quote from a movie.
Movies today are a bunch of Hollywood Liberal Propaganda.
At the rate the democrats are going, we will all be paying $27k for a gallon of milk.
Except we have very little inflation.
Of course, milk going up in price isn't a bad thing, especially if it is because of reduced ag subsidies.
Just because he spent $27K on a drink, don't assume that he never donates. I am pretty sure he worked so hard for his money and this could be a reward for himself. I see nothing wrong with spoiling yourself every now and then.
way to make this about politics, hobojoe
how edgy and hip.
another reality-free post from the ditto-head fringe. thanks for the morning chuckle.
It is getting closer everyday.
Why does every discussion regardless of topic always turn to politics? Republicans vs. Democratics. Arguing about politics is such a waste of time and energy that should be spent on finding solutions to problems shared by both parties.
Kids in United States go to bed hungry every night. Millions of people are working 2 to 3 jobs to make ends meet in our current economy. Sad that the rich only think of themselves. The only time they 'donate' is to receive a tax deduction. Their hearts need a different kind of surgery.
so no one who makes their own fortune should ever be able to enjoy it and donate it all to the indigent? socialism at it's finest!
For some stupid reason people think when a rich person spends lots of money it goes to waste, I'm sure the owner of the liquor store was happy he spent the money.
whats ironic is when someone bends themselves over backwards in credit to buy a brand new flashy car which from a percent of total disposible cash standpoint is a far more selfish and financially irresponsible decision they are labeled as a fighter and someone who is doing what they have to do or someone oppressed by the rich man. Rich man buys himself a fine bottle of scotch, and he is a self centered financially irresponsible jerk who probably got all his money from robbing poor people anyway.
Just be honest people, you are mad because he didnt give the money to you, and then get over it and try and find a constructive way to make more money if you are going to be jealous of other people's nice things.
Fortunately, Obama will put a halt to such obscene spending. Redistribution of the wealth will have the rich drinking Colt 45. Ironic. The only Colt 45's allowed, will be found in a can.
Please, Pplease tell me you are not serious.... – Are you that selfish to think that money he earned should be given to you. I though you Americans hated communism , but youre actually saying its a great idea that one should not have more than another that they earned?
A friend of mine who is Republican spewed email after email with frightening statistics to back up his hate the past two years about how terrible Obama was doing in office. And then, Obama won the election! He hasn't sent an email since Election day. Priceless.
Where in the entire article does it say that he does not give to other charities? You do not know this gentleman nor have any idea what he does for his community. It is VERY shortsighted to stereotype this person without knowing him.
Do the rich donate for a tax write off? Yes they do. Can they give as much as they want? No, the government LIMITS the amount that can be written off on taxes. So are Bill and Melinda gates getting huge tax write offs for the BILLIONS they gave to fight malaria and provide other basic health needs. How about Warren Buffet giving BILLIONS to the same foundation?
Please do not stereotype. If there is a SPECIFIC rich person who is not helping their community, please feel free to call them out. When you lump them all together, you are insulting those who ARE doing great things with their money.
And he has not benefitted persons (such as employees) on his way to becoming rich?
Gosh, jealousy is such an ugly emotion
Actually, most of those who amass a sizeable fortune donate most of it to charity. 'Scrooge McDuck' is just a cartoon. Most people are kind-hearted. To say that people only donate when they get monetary compensation in return is ridiculous. Why would anyone give away $10 to get $3 back?
With that said, how dare you try to slander a person without any knowledge of them or their good deeds. I am ashamed for you. Look to your own heart for kindness and generosity.
Well why are you wasting time commenting on this board? You should sell every thing you own to help out all those kids, hypocrite.
$27,000 on Godiva. Oh God.
~_~
Excuse me. I need to be alone for a while.
If the criteria is $27k on only food & booz? That would cover our home grocery expenses for just over 4 years or I'd donate it.
If I had that kind of money to spend I would buy a new car instead and do my liver a favor.
You know, I've always maintained that the phrase "go nuts in the comments below" is a hallmark of fine journalism. So here I go all nutty: Woo hoo! So tickled to hear about someone with too much money on his hands flushing it down the toilet! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Yea, I can see why the top 2% need tax breaks at the expense of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid..
Alcoholics, pfft. Could have gotten some decent beef and a trip for that price.:)
"Lot's a lot of cheap beer that you could buy for the homeless...." Make that "That's a lot of cheap beer..." Sorry–hitting the bottle earlier this morning. :)
Lot's a lot of cheap beer that you could buy for the homeless....
"the 50 year old bottle of hand crafted bottle"....typical high quality CNN editing.
Just goes to show you, $27,000 just doesn't buy you much these days ;-)
What an absurd price to pay for a whisky that tastes so terribly bad. Glennfidich is at the very bottom of my whisky choices.
I would use that money to invest in various barriers that I can erect around welfare offices. Possibly illegal, but that's a wise investment in America.
Alternatively, I would spend it on billboard advertisements posted in as many markets as I can with such money, saying, "I have $27,000 to burn, and you don't!"
I would spend it on hookers and coke.
strange there is an article about this. there are bottles of wine that cost >$32,000 at certain restaurants in nyc; the 1% slurp them down daily and no one writes an article about it......
You're an idiot. The "1%" in this country is anyone making over $350K. After state and fed taxes, let's say 30% overall, they're left with $250K. So in your world people with $250K take home per year are slurping down $32K bottles of wine "daily" (!!) at restaurants in NYC.
Don't know why I'm arguing with some anonymous idiot on the internet; your comment just really rubs the wrong way.
So could you relax (maybe try breathing into a paper bag) if the poster said "the .01%?" His point is valid – there are a fair number of people who routinely spend more than $27,000 on a single bottle of alcohol.
almost as expensive as cocaine... by weight.
You said, "special release."
Beavis! Is that you?
$27,000 just to spend on booze?
Well like any intelligent decision, I would go for a diversified portfolio.
$5,000 on assorted beers and brews
$4,000 on wines -> $9,000
$1,000 on champange -> $10,000
$1,700 each on Whisky, bourbon, assorted vodkas, rums, schnapps, scotch, tequila, amaretto, brandy, and coffee liquers
Grand total $27,000
Reason's for purchase:
It's not the alcohol, it's the times friends drinking responsibly, and everyone has their own favorite drink. Although completely unnecessary, in the appropriate environments (plural since this would last much much longer than a single night), if I had a $27,000 gift certificate to only buy liquor, well this is what I would get....
After reading the comments above: I like the idea of a charity dinner, or maybe paying for the liquor bills at all of the future weddings I go to. Either way, I don't think I can justify drinking a bottle of liquid worth it's weight in gold... I would probably become depressed if anything.
Normal Glenfiddich is over-priced urine and this article is simply a staged PR event in order to generate publicity. Nice try guys ...
Right on! Down with under priced urine that you normally drink!
Agreed. I like scotch, but spending that kind of money on Glenfiddich is like dropping a week's pay on a really good bottle of Bud Light just because you like beer. For that money, he could have about 250 bottles of good scotch and money left over for a hooker.
Agreed. I like scotch, but spending that kind of money on Glenfiddich is like dropping a week's pay on a really good bottle of Bud Light just because you like beer. For that money, he could have about 250 bottles of good scotch and money left over for a h00k3r.
The idiocy of the wealthy will never cease to amaze me. Hope he had a hangover treatable only by the E.R.
With so many people starving, suffering without medical care, and even a home or bed to sleep in how could anyone be so obtuse to their needs as to spend that kind of money on a bottle of wine? I will never get it. If I ever had that kind of money to just blow, it'd never be for a bottle of wine. I wish I had $27,000 to donate to my favorite animal shelter maybe to help out my family members. I already donate monthly to other (human) charities. I am not rich, my car is 12 years old with $150,000 miles on it. I live very fugally.
Or, you could think of it as a rich person enjoying himself while giving money to help employ several people, which otherwise would not have happened.
Wine? Did you even read the article? It was scotch. There's a pretty big difference.
for the love of god PLEASE get over yourself. By your logic, any luxury you have (is your car nice than an 78 gremlin by any chance?) should be sold for scrap with the proceeds going directly to charity. Or at least try being more original in your comments.
So, when will you be getting rid of your computer? It's a luxury item, after all, not a necessity. You're being a hypocrite, sitting there typing away on an expensive personal toy while criticizing others for how they spend their money.
Computers are necessities for those of us that work
Part of me wants to agree with you but another part of me says 'it's his money, he earned it and he can do with it as he pleases'. Understand, I agree it was a silly purchase....but it's his purchase to make. I'm sure we all bought something that someone less fortunate could have stood back and said 'well the nerve of him....how can he blow his money on something so silly'........Bottle line, you didn't make his money so you can't tell hm how to spend it.........
So people with considerable amounts of money should not be allowed to splurge on things they like? I'm sure you do. Who are you to say that this person doesn't donate considerable amounts of wealth on the very things you listed? What if they gave more than you? Should we then criticize you for not generating the type of wealth to contribute to these causes that this person can? Maybe instead of the same old crying game about how money should be spent, maybe you should spend your time instead on obtaining these funds and then donating the money and then you can come back to the boards and bitch. Until then, good day sir.
How can you be living fugally with a $150,000 mile car? You sound like you be fug'ed up.
Taxpayinghorse... If you wanted to donate $27K, you would. You would improve your situation enough to be able to do that. People like you do not want to donate $27K, you want to tell other people what to do with their money.
But I bet you have no problem with Obama taking a $7 million dollar vacation to Hawaii, hypocrite.
"If you had $27,000 to spend specifically on food or booze, how would you do it?"
It would have to be a charity dinner because that is the only way I can imagine a meal costing that much.
I hope that they serve steak (and I want mine medium well ... thank you).
Medium-well? Get back under your rock!
There's $1000 ice cream; there's $1000 pizza. Both in New York.
I'll pocket the rest.
This guy. TFM
Pour some Moon Shine on it and things will be fine.
There is a cognac called "Perfection" that was originally released in 1979 at the price of $5000. I saw one of the bottles at my favorite liquor store. The owner told me he sold it to a retired truck driver who decided to treat himself to the very best "bottle of booze in the joint." Said he was going to "take it home and sit on his front porch and drink it." Currently there is one up for sale in LA for $26,900. Google "Hardy Perfection Cognac"
I bought one of my old bosses a really good bottle of scotch. He reported back that it wasn't as good as Jack Daniels, but he and his two brothers mixed it with coke and had a good ol' time drinking it.
I was happy when they decided to fire that man. Nobody should have to work for somebody like that.
scotch is different than jack daniels
You think?
It sounds like your employer did us all a favor. Sorry you had to hear about your gift being mixed with a 50 cent bottle of soda. That's awful.
i dont waste money on wine or any other drinks dont have it to waste.. its stupid to pay that for a bottel of wine should have sent that money to the poor..or to me
Thereby missing the point of the article. KUTGW.
I'm going to go ahead and assume he was settign up for the punch line at the end.
I sold 12 bottles of 1980 Mouton Rothschild for $1200 US each. Several went to Asia. Not bad as I had bought the cases as futures for $350/case. :) This was years ago...
Macallan, Dalwhinnie, Cragganmore, Oban, Lagavulin, and many more fine single malts !!
Definitely acquired tastes. But nothing finer to sit back and chill with when you want to unwind :)
You forgot Laphroaig!
And Ardbeg!
and Balvenie. Sorry, had to skip away from the Isles.
My husband and I went to Scotland & came back with a cask-strength Oban and a double-matured Lagavulin. They're the blood of slow-roasted angels.
What about Queen Anne?
Why is this news ? Only $27k ? Come on, bottles in Vegas at nightclubs sell for way more then $27k. (I got to see Kevin Systrom from Instragram drop $150k on a bottle of Armand de Brignac at XS in Vegas while working as a bar back. Their tab at the end of the night was close to $200k).
Because in Vegas you are paying for the service. This guy spent 27 grand on one bottle at a liquor store.
That must be excellent service!
proof that lot of people have more money than brains
A homeless man could say the same about you when you go to a restaurant to eat. It's his money and he can obviously afford it so what's the problem aside from your envy?
In the future, if academia, the media and our current leadership have their way such purchases would be impossible. Our impending communist state will force people to live in their needs not their wants. After all, how does this purchase benefit the community as a whole? The capitalist would say it helps in many ways such as the happiness the scotch maker felt in doing what he loves and finally getting a payoff after all the hard work in preparing a fine product and due diligence in carefully preserving it for 50 years (a feat I'm sure many have tried and failed) and the jobs the scotch maker provided to make the product. The communist would say the resources (money) could be better put to use serving the community as a whole , food and shelter for the needy and what not (while actually using it to line their own pockets) and that the scotch maker should not have had such greedy aspirations in the first place for wanting to profit *gasp* from his hard work and do well for his family, he should be giving away the scotch to the community or better yet make something useful for society and that the greedy scotch maker made money off the backs of the poor taken advantage of workers. What a crazy world we live in, and the commies only what to make it worse by limiting law abiding citizens access to defense in the face of criminals who yield to no such laws so that the lawless can thrive and good people are punished, so upside down.
You must have had a very cheap bottle or two of Jack Daniel's
Do you realize that you are insane?
Ben, you need to lay off the weed.
Never studied history much, have you? The elite always have what they want, no matter what the form of government. Try reading Animal Farm also.
Jesus will you people cut it out with the cold war rhetoric? It's 2012, the wall has been down for over 20 years.
I agree with your point, Kyle, just not your calendar. :)
Substantively, you're right, of course, though
Keep fighting those straw men. Someone has to do it.
Making exquisite scotch is indeed a skill, a special talent and it is no fault of his that connoisseurs heap praises on his product, which drives the price up. Should he object. Greed you say it's laissez-faire
Remember, dude: Shiny side out. Keeps the alien rays from penetrating, y'know?
....but its better than $1.5million for a 500 pound tuna fish
Now that's gotta be some good tuna
Yes, but tuna doesn't normally contain alcohol.
Yes but he will sell each individual sushi piece for way more than 1.5 million....Not sure if the 27k scotch can be resold that quick with profit
Maybe not resold that quick, but give it any length of time, and someone will offer up serious cash for it. one of 50 is pretty rare.
I pay 39 cents a can.
Well, now I have a use for my $250k jar of mayonnaise. Viva la tuna!
A fool and his money soon part.
"korkea aika A fool and his money soon part"...Which is why you don't have 27K to drop on booze fool!
No, a fool and his money are soon partyin!
Scotch is disgusting ! As soon as they say it is an acquired taste you know it is garbage!
More for me, then.
I like a smokey peaty Lagavulin in the winter time. A glass of liquid campfire. In the summer, Caol Ila tastes like a salty sea breeze.
If it is an acquired taste, I am happy that I acquired it.
It makes me very happy that you used the term "liquid campfire", because that is exactly how I describe it.
Makes me wanna try.
If you've never acquired a taste for anything.. I feel sorry for your deprived significant other.
Ok Dennis, get back to your cheese pizza and PB & J sandwiches....
Cheese pizza sucks. It's like owning a Ferrari with no engine.
It's not an acquired taste, half-wit. First scotch I ever had, I knew I'd never drink anything else.
Perfectly stated.
That's a lot of time with 'women of the night'.