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Louis XIII Special Edition £1000 a shot

post #1 of 25
7/17/09 at 8:06am
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I was in the Dorchester in London last night and spotted a Louis XIII bottle (larger than normal) with what looked like a dull green liquid in. I asked the barman about it and he said it was a special edition 150 years old. £1000 a shot. I asked him if he'd ever sold a shot and apparently they've sold quite a lot (it was their second bottle!)

Has anyone ever heard of this Louis edition and more importantly has anyone ever tasted it?! I'm a fan of Brandy but never been fortunate to taste the normal Louis

Stephen.
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post #2 of 25
7/17/09 at 8:12am
I believe vox pours it on his cereal.
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post #3 of 25
7/17/09 at 9:04am
I think Pio has a bottle? Maybe not the Special Edition, but I'm almost positive he's posted pics of it on here.
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post #4 of 25
7/17/09 at 9:09am
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I think Pio has a bottle? Maybe not the Special Edition, but I'm almost positive he's posted pics of it on here.

I wonder how much it actually costs? I assume the hotel would charge around 5 x retail?
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post #5 of 25
7/17/09 at 9:13am
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I wonder how much it actually costs? I assume the hotel would charge around 5 x retail?

Not sure. Is it the Black Pearl? BP is 7500 Euro. That better be some damn good liquor. There are around 30 or 32 servings in a 1.75 L bottle, so that's 32,000 GBP just through servings. WOW.
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post #6 of 25
7/17/09 at 9:19am
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Not sure. Is it the Black Pearl? BP is 7500 Euro. That better be some damn good liquor. There are around 30 or 32 servings in a 1.75 L bottle, so that's 32,000 GBP just through servings. WOW.

That's it - "Black Pearl". Well found!
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post #7 of 25
7/17/09 at 9:42am
It is absolute insanity to pay that for a dram of liquor.
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post #8 of 25
7/17/09 at 10:51am
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It is absolute insanity to pay that for a dram of liquor.

Definitely. I struggle to justify the insane price of Louis XIII standard - and I don't think I'd ever buy a shot of that. If it was the Brandy that was said to have pickled Nelson's body on the way back to England - I'd think about it.
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post #9 of 25
7/17/09 at 11:48am
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I think Pio has a bottle? Maybe not the Special Edition, but I'm almost positive he's posted pics of it on here.

Yup. I have no idea what the value of this bottle would have been when I opened it, as it was bottled in the 1960s. Apparently the empty bottle is worth several hundred dollars.

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post #10 of 25
7/17/09 at 12:21pm
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Definitely. I struggle to justify the insane price of Louis XIII standard - and I don't think I'd ever buy a shot of that. If it was the Brandy that was said to have pickled Nelson's body on the way back to England - I'd think about it.

You would drink liquor off a man's body?
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post #11 of 25
7/17/09 at 12:38pm
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You would drink liquor off a man's body?

I'm trying hard to think how that would actually work.
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post #12 of 25
7/17/09 at 2:00pm
I love the Kirkland AND Louis XIII in the same pic. The bottle is supposed to be waterford crystal or something.
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post #13 of 25
7/17/09 at 2:09pm
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I love the Kirkland AND Louis XIII in the same pic. The bottle is supposed to be waterford crystal or something.

Baccarat actually. And that Kirkland bottle holds 18 y.o Mac, nothing to sneeze at.
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post #14 of 25
7/17/09 at 4:49pm
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Baccarat actually. And that Kirkland bottle holds 18 y.o Mac, nothing to sneeze at.

+1. I've thought about getting a Costco membership just for the savings on an 18 y.o MacAllan.
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post #15 of 25
7/17/09 at 4:50pm
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I believe vox pours it on his cereal.

actually as mouthwash, he spits it out.
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