Buy in Bulk

[corene1]

I was shopping at the local costso and low and behold , what did I see? I have never seen it sold like this. What is that, about $40 dollars a quart?

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[Bushman]

I calculate just under $44.00 a quart or just under $35.00 a fifth plus you end up with a 55 gallon barrel. Sure saves a lot of money in bottling costs for the company not to mention storage and aging!

[heartcut]

It'd go up to about $2700/qt if you add in the liver transplant.

[Windy City]

It'd go up to about $2700/qt if you add in the liver transplant.

That's cheap compared to the cost of the divorce

Windy City

[Jimbo]

Corene, was that baby loaded with barrel strength? 62% Or did they drain some out and bring it to 40%.

[Mr Shine]

Well, if we make the huge assumption that this barrel was warehoused in a place where no alcohol evaporated and had a starting point of 62.5% alcohol, and a 53 gallon barrel, we're looking at 4240 ounces (33 and an eight gallons) of 100% alcohol.

That gives us 10,600 ounces (~313 liters, 418 750ml bottles) of 40% alcohol. If you want it at 43% like I might remember Jack used to be, you're looking at ~9860 ounces (291 liters, 389 750ml bottles) of 43%.

That gives a price of $22.93 for 40% fifths and $24.64 for 43% fifths.

If this is a 55 gallon barrel then I'm even more off.

And I'm obviously off if the angel's took any share, which I'd say is a given.

WOW! My math was terrible. Please forgive me. I'm correcting it now.

BTW, these numbers have no basis in reality and are just imaginary, based on a hypothethical where there is no alcohol evaporation at all.

[Jimbo]

Hmmm. I came up with $36 per fifth for 124 proof barrel strength, or $23 a fifth for 80 proof after watering it down. $23 is in the ballpark for fifth. If they watered it down then $36 a fifth is highway robbery, can buy half gallons of jack for less.

Barrels are 53 gallons.

Edit: ON second thought, best case, not watered down, $23 a fifth is still a royal screw job. Half gallons (2 1/3 fifths) are $33 around here.

[Mr Shine]

Hmmm. I came up with $36 per fifth for 124 proof barrel strength, or $23 a fifth for 80 proof after watering it down. $23 is in the ballpark for fifth. If they watered it down then $36 a fifth is highway robbery, can buy half gallons of jack for less.

Barrels are 53 gallons.

Edit: ON second thought, best case, not watered down, $23 a fifth is still a royal screw job. Half gallons (2 1/3 fifths) are $33 around here.

Yeah, you're right. I'm an idiot and my original math was terribly wrong. Was posting while you were, or I would have left it striked through.

[Jimbo]

haha, no worries. blame the calculator. Im an idiot plenty myself.

[corene1]

Corene, was that baby loaded with barrel strength? 62% Or did they drain some out and bring it to 40%.

It didn't say 80 proof anywhere so I am assuming it was at whatever they barrel it at. Now you have me thinking, Most of thier whiskey is blended to get the final flavor so this barrel could be a really good barrel or maybe not so good. AND even if it is a really good barrel of JD I still wouldn't like it, not my favorite drink for sure.

[Fastill]

If my experience with Jack is typical, You could start and win a war with that barrel.

[Black Eye]

Y'all forgot to calculate the cost if the cola you have to buy to mix with it. That's the only way I drink jack.

[goose eye]

round here when we have vfw parties we gotta get a permit to haul 5 gal up an down the road an it good for 1 day.
wonder what kinda fed paper work you gotta get or gotta have. your name is goin somewhere.

so im tole

[varocketry]

I went to Jack Daniels this summer.
You can buy a single barrel direct from JD for a lot less than that AND you get your name engraved on a SINGLE BARREL wall on the ground floor of the distillery,

I don;t know if FED taxes have to be added to their price to bring the barrel home across state lines.