Anyone up for a €8500 bottle of whisky?

Let me ask the missus real nice.

Aaaarrgghghghghg!

I was thinking the same thing. I guess if you were making like 5000 a month and you'd have some money saved up you might like to try a splurge like that for once, just to know what it feels like. Or if you were making 10000 a month or more it might not even really be a very noteworthy purchase. There are a lot of people out there who make a lot more money than that even. Unfortunately for me that bottle is priced at about 3 quarters of my current annual income, so no joy for me.

Yes I certainly wouldn't mind a taste of this 40 year old stuff. If I would be able to tell the difference I don't know. It's far easier to notice a difference between different brands than it is to notice the difference between "vintages". Generally when I drink scotch it'd be in the range of 10 to 18 year old, mostly closer to 10. That's good stuff to me though.

I tried the Glenlivet 12, 15 and 18 year olds and I actually prefer the 12. However I have found that I generally like the ones with higher alcohol content better. Give me a cask strength whisky and I probably won't complain, regardless of brand. 59%? Hell yeah!

Well what if you would spend the same amount of money you're spending on the splurge, let's say the 8500 EUROS bottle of scotch, on a charity as well, would that make it okay?

At least the leather purse you could use for many years (please don't tell me wife I said that). The booze is drunk then gone.

You are actually quite right. The purse will really not cost you money in the long run. I used to buy the cheapo 20-30 dollars purses and they would fall apart in a few months and have to be replaced. I have had this same purse for over 2 years now and still love it. This would not be true if I spent a few thousand on it, because you can only make the purse so sturdy and then it just falls into that "elitist" price again and becomes frivolous. That whisky would be gone when drank so therefore the price amount you would want to splurge on it would be much lower, imo. If you are willing to spend a few hundred on someone's birthday anyway and they want it to be a shot, then I say go for it. I would think most people would choose something that would last but to each his own. This all being said, I do think that when rich people buy bottles at this price, most of when won't even crack it, to let it to continue to age and raise in value or they do have one or two shots and then reseal it to save it for a future special occasion yet unknown. 

I envy how much Scotch drinkers like their Scotch. It tastes like tree bark to me, it only belong in a cop of Joe with some whipped cream on top. 

How so? I happen to like Irish Coffees and Scotch can make one just as well. I do know you can't comprehend that, because you think a single ice cube is defiling the stuff.