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Finally: The $8,800 cocktail
Famed cocktail bartender Salvatore Calabrese has broken the Guinness World Records mark for creating the most expensive cocktail in history. …
For the rest of us, sipping the concoction will cost a hefty $8,824.
ShortList Magazine explains that the four ingredients used to make the cocktail are hundreds of years old: a 1778 Clos de Griffier vieux cognac, a 1770 Kummel liqueur, a circa 1860 Dubb orange Curacao and two dashes of Angostura bitters dating from around 1900.
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If drinking it doesn’t feel like having your brain smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick, then it’s not worth it.
Caiwyn on October 13, 2012 at 5:14 PM
It seems rather barbaric to mix those old vintages for the sake of getting in the Guinness World Records.
INC on October 13, 2012 at 5:15 PM
At first I thought it was a fundraiser event.
Red Creek on October 13, 2012 at 5:18 PM
Sounds like drinking furniture polish. Well anyway, it’s right up Jay-Z and Beyonce’s alley, because, you know, they’re allowed excessive consumption no questions asked.
Marcus on October 13, 2012 at 5:23 PM
*doffs hat and flaps towel*
Well played, sir. You’re quite the frood.
MadisonConservative on October 13, 2012 at 5:25 PM
Well that explains why it cost the tax payers 1.4b over the last 12 months to maintain the Obama White House et al….
Tilly on October 13, 2012 at 5:31 PM
Heck, just make it with a good Remy Martin, a good top-shelf Kummel, a top-shelf orange Curacao, and heck, Angostura Bitters are still out there.
Sekhmet on October 13, 2012 at 5:35 PM
For friends of the fed.
FloatingRock on October 13, 2012 at 5:38 PM
For our wealthy Arab betters to be sure. Don’t tell Allah.
BL@KBIRD on October 13, 2012 at 5:46 PM
I pray that Mooch Obama hasn’t read that article.
Stu Gotts on October 13, 2012 at 5:46 PM
Unless each bottle came from some other planet there is only 242 years of history represented.
BL@KBIRD on October 13, 2012 at 5:49 PM
Sweet tea. One dollar at McDs.
davidk on October 13, 2012 at 5:50 PM
You might as well shell out another $242,000 for the Dalmore Constellation Collection.
RickB on October 13, 2012 at 5:54 PM
How the heck did “most expensive” ever become an achievement?
Step one: Pour something containing alcohol in a glass.
Step two: Pour something else into the same glass.
Step three: Charge nine thousand dollars for it.
Step four: Repeat, increasing the cost to whatever the holy living hell you feel like.
logis on October 13, 2012 at 6:28 PM
I’ll stick with my Jynnan Tonnyx, tyvm.
Left Coast Right Mind on October 13, 2012 at 7:12 PM
I’ve told bartenders I’d run them out of business and make my own drinks at home some day… but they’re clever.
They refuse to tell me what they put in my Jack & Coke… It looks complicated.
gekkobear on October 13, 2012 at 7:39 PM
42!
MelonCollie on October 13, 2012 at 8:57 PM