Congratulations, We Survived the Apocalypse, Let’s Have a Drink

Happy Friday, friends. If you need an excuse to celebrate, consider this: the world still exists, the holidays keep coming and 2013 is right around the corner. Let’s have a good 2013.

What better way to celebrate all that than with a nice glass of something extra fancy? We spoke to a couple of fine local institutions about their costliest drinks because why not, let’s go crazy this year. These drinks won’t nearly break the bank but may new experience for you. Bottoms up!

At Sycamore, the most expensive thing on the shelf is a glass of Chivas Regal 18.

“It’s a blended 18 year old Scotch,” says manager Matt Barclay. “In something like that you’re mostly paying for the fact that it had so sit somewhere in a barrel for 18 years. Time is money, just like they say. If you wanted to really up the ante for the apocalypse you could order that in a Rob Roy (basically a Manhattan with Scotch rather than rye) up and it would cost you $23. There’s worse things you could spend $23 on in the world.”

If you’re going to celebrate the new year at Sycamore, there’s another treat available.

“For New Years Eve, we’ll have a beer on tap that costs around that,” continues Matt. “It’s a keg of Hitachino Nest Nipponia aged in Ransom Distillery barrel’s used for Whiskey and then Pino Noir.  It was brewed at the Kiyuchi brewery in Japan, shipped in a climate controlled tanker to Connecticut where the importer, B. United, put it in the Whiskey/Pinot Noir barrel.  They then aged and it and dry hopped it with Sorachi Ace hops.  Whatever we end up charging for it will definitely be cheaper than buying a whiskey barrel and two plane tickets (one for you, one for the barrel) to Japan.”

The Castello Plan has their own expensive drinks worth trying while celebrating the survival of the species. A pint of Russian Imperial Stout (the king of stouts!) or Evil Twin Ashtray Heart (the king of hearts?) both run $18.

Have a drink, Uncle Pennybags, because it’s good to be alive. What will you be drinking to end the year?