Well, thank goodness it wasn’t 27,000.
That would be way too much!
I’ll wait for the * price tag… And a winning lottery ticket.
But seriously, a Scotch barreled in 1948? I didn’t know they aged anything that long.
Remy Martin’s Louis XIII is a blend of cognacs all aged between 40 and 100 years.
I’ve been lucky enough to try some, truly a flavour worth experiencing at least once if you can and like cognac. I still babble about it happily to strangers all the time…
Strictly speaking it’s “only” aged 51 years, these were released in 1999
I know everyone’s general focus is on the cost of the thing and how ridiculous it seems, completely ignoring that it’s a Scotch that was aged longer than the overwhelming majority of us—me included—have been alive, and that there are some people for whom that taste is very much worth it.
Me, I’ve wrangled with exactly how you’re meant to pay for the thing and walk out the door with it. Am I bringing $27K—plus tax—worth of cash—three straps of hundos?—to Costco and having the cashier count it? Do I get pulled into the manager’s office instead? Or, do I put this on my Costco Citi Visa? Will they decline it, even if I have the credit limit? Can I sub in another Visa, since that’s all they take? Do I get walked out the door, or do I get a receipt for the checker to sharpie a line through?
there are some people for whom that taste is very much worth it.
You are correct, but to be clear, it’s not so much that tasting this scotch is a life changing experience; it’s more that to these people, 27k is just chump change.
Also, stuff like this is often purchased not to drink, but as an investment.
It’s also about knowing that it’s so exclusive that regular people can’t experience it. Take away the pricetag and it’s isn’t nearly so appealing.
Veblen product, innit
Maybe they have financing plans.
27 Grand and the bottle just sits on the shelf?
- Pick up at register
Ah, thanks. Wasn’t wearing my glasses. :)
What currency is that?
The I’ve run out of diversity in my portfolio one
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The Kirkland branding is everywhere. I see it at the Australian stores.
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None of the Anglosphere currencies would make this anything other than the price of a car anyway. This is absolutely just a collector’s item for those with more money than sense, never expected to be actually drunk
Kirkland Signature is Costco’s store brand.
There’s also a Kirkland near Montreal, so it could be Canada. But as it’s already been mentioned, it has nothing to do with location in this case.
I don’t think it can be Canada because the liquor part is separate from the main store.
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I doubt this is in the US. The key indicator for me is the Napa valley wine beside it. Unless Costco does things very differently, imported bottles are always grouped into the same aisle. Given that I’d guess its outside the US.
And there’s starving homeless in this world but 30k for a bottle ? Fuuuuuuuuuuu
They should start selling $30k bottles of booze.
What a deal! I’ll probably never taste it.
