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Old Apr 27, 2020 | 8:58 am
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Originally Posted by BamaVol
The one that shocked me was a Four Roses tasting where participants were expected to purchase five bottles of whiskey. I’m guessing an average price of $50, I could be high or low, so an investment of $250. You order by phone or online and do curb side pickup. But it’s not like you’re gonna invite 10 friends over to join you. To me it seems a stretch.

ETA: only four bourbons at an average of $40. You start with the $20 bottle and work your way up. Tasting limited to first 100 and I don’t see a way to pre-register. Meaning I spend $160 and am SOL if I’m #101?
That actually is kind of shocking. I like Four Roses, and I enjoy whiskey and bourbon tastings typically. But this seems like the type of thing my local Binny's (a liquor superstore with 3 or 4 locations around Chicago) would do for a price between free and $25. And I'd often buy a bottle of something I tried and liked, but not before the tasting. I guess I just don't crave (or maybe miss) human contact so much that I need to buy $160 of alcohol just to be part of a Zoom group.
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