If you're feeling wealthy and thirsty this Labor Day weekend, check out a few of these: Top 10 Most Expensive Libations. Excerpt (from the Number 10 slot):
"[A]t $100 a bottle, Sam Adams's “Utopias” is too rich for my blood alcohol level. It does come bottled in a cute, brewing-kettle shaped bottle, and with an alcohol content of 25% by volume (strongest beer in the world), it gives a bit of bang for the buck.
"However, $7,686 was paid at auction for the first bottle of Tutankhamun Ale. It was developed by Cambridge University scientists who gleaned the recipe from hieroglyphics and brewing dregs from the catacombs of one of Tut's in-laws. The remaining lot of beer was sold for about $76 per bottle."
Also found Number Two fairly interesting:
"How crazy will the trendy, high-end vodka craze get? I've always been fairly certain vodka is all about a cool bottle and a hip name. Now I'm certain. “Diva” vodka seeks to trump all-comers – game, set, and burp. This triple distilled vodka, like many other vodkas, is also charcoal filtered. The charcoal in Diva's case comes from a different array of carbon bonds; the vodka is filtered through crushed diamonds. But what really ups the price is the custom-made bottle. Inside each bottle is an array of real gemstones, the quantity and quality of which depend on how much you're willing to pay. A high-end bottle of Diva (“low-end” being $3,700) will cost you more than a million dollars."
