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I'm enjoying some very rare collectors item Single Malt Whiskey today. I got this bottle from a Lake Las Vegas Casino after winning a very, VERY large wager on Rachel Alaxandra in the Preakness stakes in May. They told me it's worth $10,000 if unopened because of the cyrstal, the quality of the whiskey, and because the Qeen Mary 2 isn't around anymore, so it's rare? I don't know but I could'nt resist opening it. It's very good with a Cohiba Esplindido, i'll tell ya that much.

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You might be thinking of a different ship (the soon-to-be-decommissioned Queen Elizabeth 2, perhaps?), because the Queen Mary 2 (currently the 5th largest cruise ship in the world, after Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas and three Freedom-class ships) made its maiden voyage in 2004, and still does trans-Atlantic cruises under the Cunard Line (owned by Carnival Corporation).

A bit of quick Google searching reveals that the Queen Mary 2 decanter (a limited run of 279 bottles), unopened, sells for around $850, a good bit shy of $10,000.

I have those exact Bears glasses. It's my preferred beverage container, as well.

whoa, whoa, whoa...are those ice cubes?

KSeecs wrote:whoa, whoa, whoa...are those ice cubes?

Those ice cubes are $50,000 each as they are made from water imported from the North Pole via Chicago and then sent to Colorado.

jesteinf wrote:

KSeecs wrote:whoa, whoa, whoa...are those ice cubes?

Those ice cubes are $50,000 each as they are made from water imported from the North Pole via Chicago and then sent to Colorado.

Even allowing for such a laudible heritage, I find that ice absolutely spoils single malts. Then again, it's only a 10 year (and before anyone tells me, yes, I know some malts are very, very good at 10 years (Springbank comes quickest to mind), but I find they are the exception).

jesteinf wrote:Those ice cubes are $50,000 each ........

Josh, dude, slow your roll. No such thing as 50K ice cubes even for Silas, they are $3,800 at most.

G Wiv wrote:

jesteinf wrote:Those ice cubes are $50,000 each ........

Josh, dude, slow your roll. No such thing as 50K ice cubes even for Silas, they are $3,800 at most.

I don't know Gary. We should never underestimate the classiness of Mr. Jayne.

jesteinf wrote:

G Wiv wrote:

jesteinf wrote:Those ice cubes are $50,000 each ........

Josh, dude, slow your roll. No such thing as 50K ice cubes even for Silas, they are $3,800 at most.

I don't know Gary. We should never underestimate the classiness of Mr. Jayne.

It's a scientific fact that $50,000 ice cubes are approximately 13.16 times better than $3,800 ice cubes.

Khaopaat wrote:You might be thinking of a different ship (the soon-to-be-decommissioned Queen Elizabeth 2, perhaps?), because the Queen Mary 2 (currently the 5th largest cruise ship in the world, after Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas and three Freedom-class ships) made its maiden voyage in 2004, and still does trans-Atlantic cruises under the Cunard Line (owned by Carnival Corporation).

A bit of quick Google searching reveals that the Queen Mary 2 decanter (a limited run of 279 bottles), unopened, sells for around $850, a good bit shy of $10,000.

I'm just telling you, what they told me, at the Ritz when they presented it to me..

danimalarkey wrote:

jesteinf wrote:

KSeecs wrote:whoa, whoa, whoa...are those ice cubes?

Those ice cubes are $50,000 each as they are made from water imported from the North Pole via Chicago and then sent to Colorado.

Even allowing for such a laudible heritage, I find that ice absolutely spoils single malts. Then again, it's only a 10 year (and before anyone tells me, yes, I know some malts are very, very good at 10 years (Springbank comes quickest to mind), but I find they are the exception).

I'll be honest with you guys..I'm a beer man..ALL whiskey or hard liquor taste like gasoline to me, so I have to water it down a bit-but this stuff tasted like a very smooth gasoline..Like unleaded compared to diesel or something..I didnt wretch after every sip like I usually do with fine single malts. If it's only worth $850 I don't feel so bad about opening it now..Thanks

jesteinf wrote:

KSeecs wrote:whoa, whoa, whoa...are those ice cubes?

Those ice cubes are $50,000 each as they are made from water imported from the North Pole via Chicago and then sent to Colorado.

You guys are joking but I live 10 miles from the contenital divide..Between me and the source of my water is absolutely nothing..No towns, no roads, no farming or grazing..My well is fed by high mountain snow melt. My well is so deep that the well guy told me the water in it fell as snow 80 years ago..So

Silas Jayne wrote:My well is so deep that the well guy told me the water in it fell as snow 80 years ago..So

Is that the same guy who told you you could get Half Acre's Daisy Cutter in Colorado?

nr706 wrote:

Silas Jayne wrote:My well is so deep that the well guy told me the water in it fell as snow 80 years ago..So

Is that the same guy who told you you could get Half Acre's Daisy Cutter in Colorado?

The well guy was'nt selling me anything, he was merely replacing a pump...He had no reason to lie-It came up when I mentioned it had been raining alot so the well is probably full..He laughed and told me it would take 80 years for yesterdays rain to reach my well.

What did I know about wells? I'm from Chicago.

Silas Jayne wrote:My well is so deep that the well guy told me the water in it fell as snow 80 years ago..So

Silas,

My uncle was a ground-penetrating geophysical image engineer who snapped his right leg through the growth plate when his team was on a 150 yr old brick-lined well restoration project.

I dont know if you meant it as a pejorative or not, but I do know if my uncle heard you call him a "well guy" he'd jam his transfemoral prosthesis so far up your keister you'd swear you just sat on a unicorn's face.

I live in the Pike National Forest..Everybody here is on a well, and we call the guy who replaces pumps, and drills new wells......... "the well guy"

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Silas Jayne wrote:I'll be honest with you guys..I'm a beer man..ALL whiskey or hard liquor taste like gasoline to me...

You're just out of practice.
Drinking Scotch/Whisky is similar to drinking wine, you've got to do your research and start slow. Here's a chart that helped me when I first started.

Next time you go out ask the bartender for a Speyside or Lowland single malt. Stay away from Islands and Islays for a while until you get your footing. Good luck.

~GS

Thanks for the chart, Greasy Spoon. I have a copy of it saved now for when I run across a $10,000 bottle in Vegas.

The fact that Silas Jayne drank an entire bottle of either $10,000 0r $850 scotch in an entire afternoon of golf watching leads me to the conclusion that he should be beaten in public.

I know that my extra special bottle of lowly Balvenie 21 Year Old Aged Portwood (which I have had since 1996) is approximately 1/4 gone. When I'm feeling kind of feminine, it gets a twist of lemon as an accompaniment. Though it really doesn't need it.

Whew, thanks for the bump! It's great to laugh at this again.

Greasy Spoon, that chart was genuinely helpful for a scotch novice like me - it deserves a better thread than this. Thank you for sharing!

Silas, you are my favorite new internet shtick! Top notch with the date coded photos.

Ah, excuse me..I drank it between May when I got it, and when the last photo was taken. The Ritz told me it was worth $5000..We were driving home (you can only bring 10k in cash on the plane) and I got thirsty and opened near Glenwood Springs..Big Mistake. It tasted like crap. I would have much rather have had a 3.2% Miller Lite from a gas station.

Silas Jayne wrote:...I live 10 miles from the contenital divide..

Hey, I'm not far from the congenital divide, either, though I will admit living near my mother has both advantages and disadvantages.

This thread has produced more high energy collisions than the Large Hadron Collider. I bet Silas will find the Higgs boson way before CERN does. Smoove J, I wanna party with you, cowboy.

Oh, and I have to pm GWiv to see if he'll cut me a deal on a $50,000 ice machine.