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Opened 9 years ago and had a sip. Just cracked and had some again. Maybe I’ll reopen again in a few years.
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I remember buying one of those for someone at the old place and shipping it to them.
 
Provience said:
I've got a bottle of crown royal....somewhere.

Given to me by a buddy when I got married, figured I'd save it for the next time we spend time in the future. Life comes at you fast and 15 years later, I haven't seen it for at least a decade :laughing:

Can't imagine anybody would throw it away.
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How can a bottle of crown last 15 years? I'm not a drinker by any stretch of the imagination, will have a single glass of rye once a week or so on average and even then I go through a couple bottles a year. Crown isn't anything special up here either...it or Canadian Club are our versions of Jack Daniels.
 
SomeGuy said:
How can a bottle of crown last 15 years? I'm not a drinker by any stretch of the imagination, will have a single glass of rye once a week or so on average and even then I go through a couple bottles a year. Crown isn't anything special up here either...it or Canadian Club are our versions of Jack Daniels.
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I dunno, it was a special reserve or whatever slightly higher than the base model and I was drinking tequila those years so I never opened it, when I knew where it was.
 
I've had 4 or 5 different years, it takes two years to make and age a batch. It is more like a Madeira or a Portwine than a beer and it is amazingly delicious. The last bottle of it I bought was the '12 and it was $230 then, I couldn't imagine what it goes for now.
 
Provience said:
I dunno, it was a special reserve or whatever slightly higher than the base model and I was drinking tequila those years so I never opened it, when I knew where it was.
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Oh ya, that Crown Reserve stuff goes down smooth, 26oz bottle (750ml) goes for around $65 here...I have a half drunk one of those in the liquor cabinet.
 
Man. I must be must be way too much of an alcoholic. I’ve stretched out a couple hundred dollar bottle of tequila I got as a gift for about a year taking only shots. Even a 60 dollar bottle of patron silver lasts me a month if I’m being frugal with it.
 
JR4X said:
Man. I must be must be way too much of an alcoholic. I’ve stretched out a couple hundred dollar bottle of tequila I got as a gift for about a year taking only shots. Even a 60 dollar bottle of patron silver lasts me a month if I’m being frugal with it.
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$100 bottle of bourbon might last me 2-3 weeks. This utopia is just something I felt like holding strong on. More about the memory of getting it and sharing the first sips with friends to me.
 
Those high abv% is more like booze then beer, brewdog had some 43% shit and 39% , it's a novelty cause it's not tasty at all.
 
JR4X said:
Man. I must be must be way too much of an alcoholic. I’ve stretched out a couple hundred dollar bottle of tequila I got as a gift for about a year taking only shots. Even a 60 dollar bottle of patron silver lasts me a month if I’m being frugal with it.
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We have a problem with buying more than we drink...turning the wife loose at the liquor store is dangerous, she'll grab anything she finds interesting, so we end up with bottles that are many years old that slowly get chipped away at...this is the current state of the cabinet, pulled the crown (still in box) foward, but most of the right is different liquors, most of the left is wine/champaign/sparkling. Extra beer that's not in the fridge is on another shelf further below. Anyone want to come help me finish this stuff? haha

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The Utopia’s are like a port, muscat, cognac, and bourbon blend, some years are better than others. Had been buying 2 of them for each year they were released. Put them in the basement with the wines, one to enjoy at a special event, and hold the other for a year and sell for double the money before Christmas. The empty bottles and glasses fetch $50 or so on EBay.
Still have 2 bottles from 2012, the only even year they released them. Stopped buying them in 2019 as they were getting harder to sell after the fact, and life has gotten busier.
 
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