The Cost of a Good Drink

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I bought a couple of bottles to restock my sad bar (which really is just a couple of bottles atop an air conditioning unit) and when the total cost came to $82, I wondered, should I really be spending this much on scotch and tequila?

Naturally I rushed home to do some calculations. It turns out that a decent scotch (like Johnny Walker Black) and a decent tequila (like Herradura Silver), which both cost about $38 for a 750ml bottle, are quite worth the investment.

A 750ml bottle is equivalent to about 25+ ounces. One "drink" of straight alcohol is about 1.5 ounces. (And yes, I do pour into a 1.5 oz. shot glass to measure first.) Meaning there are just under 17 drinks in a bottle. In the end, I would be paying about $2.25 for each drink.

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Obviously this is insanely cheaper than a bar, so we won't even go there (unless said bar has a healthy pour).

But let's talk about beer. And since we're not talking about moonshine liquor, let's talk about decent beer. Take a Pilsner Urquell or a Smuttynose IPA, for example, which typically cost between $10 and $13 for a six-pack. Let's average it at $11.50. This would mean each beer costs about $1.90. And seventeen beers would cost close to $33, netting me a $5 savings.

As a result of my highly scientific calculations I have appeased my guilt for the time being about my purchase this morning.