Some people are stupid with money, or they just have too much.
I used to work in a whisky bar and we were going to host a Yamazaki tasting. We bought a bottle of the 25yo for like $3000. I put it on the menu for $10k as a joke, some guy came in said “what’s your most expensive whisky” and I mentioned that bottle. He bought it, had one shot out of it and left. Never came back. I let that bottle sit on the shelf for two years (we normally only give people six months to finish the bottles, not legally allowed to take them out of the bar) before just taking it home and drinking it myself.
Had to buy a new bottle for the tasting and the supplier was shocked he sold even one of them at the $3k price lol. It’s now $14,000 retail for a bottle.
Some people are stupid with money, or they just have too much.
I used to work in a whisky bar and we were going to host a Yamazaki tasting. We bought a bottle of the 25yo for like $3000. I put it on the menu for $10k as a joke, some guy came in said “what’s your most expensive whisky” and I mentioned that bottle. He bought it, had one shot out of it and left. Never came back. I let that bottle sit on the shelf for two years (we normally only give people six months to finish the bottles, not legally allowed to take them out of the bar) before just taking it home and drinking it myself.
Had to buy a new bottle for the tasting and the supplier was shocked he sold even one of them at the $3k price lol. It’s now $14,000 retail for a bottle.