Perpetual displeasure sober souls everywhere, alcohol is a drug that is deeply rooted in our culture collective. Not only here in the Western world not; evidence of the consumption of alcoholic beverages can be found at the Neolithic hunter-gatherers remains what means their consumption and production may very well pre-date other inventions such as writing and the wheel. It is not only humans either; monkeys and other apes are documented always by eating very ripe fruit, have their sugar naturally produced ethanol drunk. whether you participate or not, chances are you will enjoy a genetic predisposition to alcohol consumption.
After thousands of years, is spilled beautiful and, our ancestors proto human refined taste and production techniques began to be. We have learned how to distill alcohol in virtually every way possible; alcohol, beer, wine, jello shots, we have it all done in pursuit of the perfect drink. with spent an estimated $ 1000000000000 per year on alcohol globally, it is safe to say that this is a subject that is very dear to us.
Of course , the has nature of our modern world a layered alcohol industry creates. If you bad – but still want to your drink get – it is a cheap , watery beer waiting for you at the local corner shop that up in packs of 6 to the cheap get to 24 . If you live in a rich, “sophisticated ” ( I use the word loosely ) Socialite type, you will probably toward the bottle of Grey Goose and Dom Perignon that the palate of the rich and famous lure attracted . It is truly a drink for all!
In many ways , the alcohol -Industrie as the automotive industry. BMW and Mercedes-Benz make cars for the upper class ; Bugatti and Maybach make cars for the rich . These drinks are not for doctors and businessmen who BMWs drive , these are drinks for the moguls , which turn to events and spend thousands of dollars on drinks for their entourage . These are the 10 most expensive alcoholic beverages in the world.
# 10 Vieille Bon Secours ale – $ 1,200
As we shall soon see , the domain is ultra expensive alcohol brandy dominated, but that does not mean beer can a body do not look down to keep. Vieille Bon Secours is a artisanal Belgian beer from la Brasserie Caulier , a family brewery in Péruwelz , Belgium produces. Do not worry , for $ 1,200 you will get much more than a bottle. Each $ 1,200 order of Vieille Bon Secours guarantees 12 liters of beer most of the world to your home . Since the opening in 1995 they have multiple returns beer produced, but the most valuable is the one that for 10 years has aged . the beer has an alcohol content of 8% and has a taste with toffee and aniseed flavored.
# 9 The Winston Cocktail – $ 14,000
For $ 14,000 a box of rare beer or a bottle of aged Scotch not get ; you get one . Cocktail That’s right, a single can cocktail you put back $ 14,000 when the fullness of the means and the lack of feeling actually order they have. Master Bartender Salvatore Calabrese can the credit for crafting the expensive take – but almost certainly delicious – . cocktail to mix “the Winston , you take 60 ml Cognac Croizet 1858 Cuvee Leonie , part Grand Marnier Quintessence , part Chartreuse Viellissement Exceptionelle Ment PROLONGE , with just a touch of Angostura Bitters . Elegant, refined, expensive ; it has all the ingredients for a beverage for executives.
# 8 Legacy by Angostura – $ 25,000
Although the world is full of expensive drinks , it is rare that they are expensive , for political reasons. Legacy by Angostura is one such drink. The rum mixture was specifically crafted to the 50th anniversary of Trinidad and Tobago , the independence celebrations. Only 20 decanters of rum – a mixture of different rums all aged for at least 17 years exist – were ever offered for sale . Each Rum comes in a case and crystal decanter , which expressly by Asprey of London , the company that jewelry for none other than Prince Charles designs designed. for $ 25,000 a pop , you might as well make sure that you in Trinidad and Tobago before you go to make it crack ‘re are .
# 7 Château d’Yquem – $ 130,000
Château d’Yquem is a wine producer in the Bordeaux region of France , the crafting wine since 300 years . In 1711, a was vineyard in the area, several generations of owners and operators would survive established. They continue a variety of wines to produce – including Château d’Yquem and Ygrec – but their most prestigious wine is a batch of 1811. the 1811 Château d’Yquem is one of the few wines were a perfect 100 by wine critics have given Robert Parker , who in 1999 sampled and designated it as ” drinking liquefied crème brûlée “. High praise. Should you ever a bottle of this increasingly rare white vintage encounter , expect to shell out a hefty $ 130,000 .
# 6 Penfolds Ampoule – $ 170,000
If you not interested in Château d’Yquem are and prefer a fine red wine white wine , then look no further than Penfolds ampoule, the most expensive wine on the market. For only $ 170,000 and you can taste the best red wine money can buy ! The glass blown vial holds enough of the Penfolds block 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 vintage for a glass , once and for all prove that if you throw some keywords on people at a time can be common sense to override . Only 12 have ever produced was, and it with a piece of wood case by furniture craftsman Andrew Bartlett designed comes . the absolute best part is that if the owner decides to it to try , he or she a member of the Penfolds winemaking team can request to be present. it is like a genie , only this time you a Summoning winemakers who definitely hates your guts are .
# 5 Armand de Brignac Midas – $ 215,000
Some drinks are expensive for their rarity and others, for the size of the bottle. Armand de Brignac Midas captured the best of both worlds . The champagne is in a 30 -liter bottle, the light is , and rather clumsy, painted gold. The bottle looks like it from a 14 -year Flavor Flav designed and is a sure way to the table of training wear aspiring rapper thoroughly jealous to make. After all, shouting nothing class as ordering a bottle of distilled sugar that one quarter cost of one million dollars and has at the table by several employees as a grave vocals on the last bit of respect your grandfather has for you are carried out. He fought in the war for this?
# 4 Dalmore 62 – $ 215,000
How Penfolds ampoule were only 12 bottles Dalmore 62 ever produced. Unlike Penfolds ampoule, it actually holds enough alcohol for several drinks and not just one. The most recent transaction, the vintage year came from an anonymous man who one of the bottles in Changai airport in Singapore acquired that us to the question of why such rarely drink is was at an airport sold brings ? in any case made that the transaction Dalmore 62 of the world’s most expensive whiskey – not Scotch, as they are not in Scotland produced – a title that it is likely in the foreseeable future to keep.
# 3 Diva Vodka – $ 1,000,000
You can in the assumption that a brand of vodka called, Diva Vodka , would $ 24 cost and taste like expired Nagellackentferner be mistaken ; I know . I was surprisingly someone, somewhere , gave the green light to this gaudy experiment . The vodka is triple filtered , first through ice and then through Nordic birch charcoal , and finally sand contains precious gemstones . Because if there’s one thing that alcohol better makes , it is to know that it eventually in contact with a shiny stone came . the real costs of bottles comes from the package though; there are Swarovski crystals in the middle of the bottle , the taken out and as an attachment for your drink can be used stacked. They could not make this up if you tried.
# 2 Henri IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac Grande Champagne – $ 2,000,000
The Henri IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac Grande Champagne it does not matter what you think, maggots . The Henri IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac Grande Champagne has more complex words in their name than any other alcohol. It is a Cognac for a king that we somehow indicated , through after Henri IV naming . What is actually legitimate cool – – and has a bottle in 24 -karätigem gold and sterling platinum that 6,500 diamond contains , which is cool if you do not have personality and try popped the Henri IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac Grande Champagne has for 100 years been aged production of with your bank account. The Henri IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac Grande Champagne is best over a leisurely flight over economically devastated South Sudan in a private jet enjoyed .
# 1 Tequila Ley .925 – $ 3,500,000
By the same minds behind the Henry IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac Grande Champagne crafted , the Tequila Ley 925 is a Tequila , a unique production process , in the sense that it specifically for the terrible human been distilled . Like Henry IV (…) , the Tequila Ley 925 is in a bottle , the 6400 diamonds on the taste of Tequila by … a kind of process book contains . Look, there’s diamonds around the bottle. Just buy , not so cheap. the bottle was in Mexico City in front of a crowd that became known applause revealed. Remarkably , no one is really sure how it tastes when you consider that no one – at least to the knowledge of the public – has . bought it , the company behind Tequila Ley 925 must really on the old adage Bank will , build, and they will come ” . For humanity ‘s sake , we hope they’re wrong are .