To Handle, or Not to Handle?
Monday on my way home from work I ducked into the neighborhood LQ to pick up a fifth of my favorite cheap bourbon (Old McAfee's Benchmark). The man behind the counter apologized and explained the store was out of stock. He suggested that rather than a fifth of Benchmark I buy the giant sized plastic bottle (aka the "handle"). "Much better deal. You get a free quart, basically."
I was stymied. I love the Benchmark and part of the reason I love it is because for half the price you get a bottle of Bourbon that tastes better than Maker's Mark. In other words, "you get a free quart basically." So I'm already into the bargain liquor. But the giant plastic bottle? What does that say about a person? Am I ready to take that step? I went with a pint of Jack Daniels (foul stuff!). I'm not sure if I should suffer buyer's remorse, or pride for my self-restraint. Or was it an aesthetic decision? Those plastic bottles are ugly. What would you have done wise ones of perfectduluthday?
Posted by
fatmatt on February 22, 2006 09:54 PM | Permalink
Comments
Buying a pint is a sucker deal. Either step up and by a bottle or go to the bar.
Assuming you don't drink a fifth a day, i.e. you buy the glass bottle to set a limit/goal, why wouldn't you buy a handle? You can always decant it into something crystal, like lawyers on movies always drink out of.
So long as you aren't hitting up the bargain shelf at Last Chance for Snake Bite, you should consider yourself cool. Don't stress over foolish things.
[as I drink a pint of Smirnoff, trying to kill off a cold.]
Posted by: cork1 | February 22, 2006 11:05 PM
You don't have to be a member of the clean bottle club, stash that ugly bottle in the freezer for a rainy day.
Posted by: OMalley | February 23, 2006 06:52 AM
Plastic is your friend near the lake, stream or pool. Just think floating down the Apple River with this new found friend.
Posted by: Xenolith | February 23, 2006 08:21 AM
the handle almost killed me when i livered in the country. stay with and plead the fifth.
Posted by: c-freak | February 23, 2006 08:28 AM
Why punish yourself for something that is beyond your control? I agree, going for the handle is a big step, but there are alternatives other than self-flagellation. Buying a pint of JD because the liquor store is out Benchmark fifths is like eating roadkill because your favorite restaurant is closed on Sundays. There are other alternatives. Woodford Reserve is a little pricey but well worth it. Best enjoyed neat or with a branch. Otherwise, go for the handle, invite friends over for some rocks and rawk and have a night of it.
Posted by: B Cookie | February 23, 2006 09:22 AM
I say, avoid the plastic at all costs.
Posted by: chris m | February 24, 2006 03:17 PM