I used to scoff at the idea of people coveting such a frivolous thing, but it was truly marvelous.
I used to think the same thing about high dollar steak houses. Then I spent a ridiculous amount of money on a night at Ruth's Chris. Very expensive (for me, anyway) but it was hands down the best steak eating experience of my life. And I eat a lot of steak. Sometimes a high price will most definitely be rewarded with the best quality. Not always but sometimes.
And, turning the conversation back towards the very essence of life itself...beer.
I can honestly say that I have never purchased or consumed ridiculously expensive beer. BUT...if I did I would probably choose this one at $765 per bottle:
Scottish brewery BrewDog has produced a beer served in bottles as shocking as the beer’s extremely high alcoholic content.
Only eleven bottles of this expensive beer, named after a book by philosopher Francis Fukuyama, were produced. The blond Belgian ale, infused with nettles from the Scottish Highlands and fresh juniper berries, is 55 percent alcohol and will be BrewDog’s final high ABV beer.
The bottles, however, are the beer’s most striking aspect–each one is encased in a squirrel or weasel stuffed by a gifted taxidermist.
55% alcohol...woo, hoo! But the bottles, well...
Yeah...
I'm
Gonna
Make
You
Scroll
Down
All
The
Way
For
The
Punchline
On
This
One...
It
Is
Worth
It...
Ta, Da!
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I mean...hey, if you are going to blow this much on a bottle of beer then having it piss off PETA at the same time at least makes it somewhat worth the price of admission.
And I can always count on my European ancestors to weigh civilized behavior against questionable taste and choose the same way almost every single time. Haggis comes to mind right away. As do the bagpipes. Although the kilt thing can be pretty interesting.
Here's the link (http://most-expensive.net/most-expensive-beer) to the page where this is from.