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#1 Dec 16 2005 at 11:25 AM Rating: Good
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Chicago Bar serves up $950 drink

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Nobody has ordered the drink without the ruby yet. Gugni figures he would charge around 120 or 130 dollars for a gem-less Ruby Red, to cover the cost of uncorking the champagne.

But even at that price, they won't get the whole bottle - they just get a splash.

To make a Red Ruby, stir together these ingredients (the gemstone is optional):

- 1.5 ounces Grey Goose L'Orange vodka

- 0.5 ounce Hpnotiq cognac

- 0.5 ounce orange juice

- 0.25 ounce Pama (pomegranate) liqueur

- a splash Dom Perignon champagne


That drink sounds good, but I can make some for far cheaper and throw in some of my bedazzler gems.
#2 Dec 16 2005 at 11:35 AM Rating: Decent
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Nobody has ordered the drink without the ruby yet. Gugni figures he would charge around 120 or 130 dollars for a gem-less Ruby Red, to cover the cost of uncorking the champagne.


I'm not a champagne drinker, but is this even reasonable at all? Seems that if you really have to charge 120-130 just for uncorking the bottle something is wrong with the whole champagne process?

I am assuming that if you uncork the bottle that means pretty much the whole bottle has to be used soon or wasted?

Can't they use those little fizz saver things you can put on coke bottles? Smiley: jester
#3 Dec 16 2005 at 11:37 AM Rating: Good
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I think the whole point is just to show how much you don't care about your money.
#4 Dec 16 2005 at 11:37 AM Rating: Excellent
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With the accompanying picture, I can now imagine Carmen Electra digging through her *****, looking for the ruby she just swallowed.
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#5 Dec 16 2005 at 11:38 AM Rating: Good
The fizz saver things don't work well with champange.

It can be kept for a short amount of time in the fridge, but the general rule is, "if you open it you must consume it."
#6 Dec 16 2005 at 11:40 AM Rating: Decent
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Does it come with a new liver gaurantee?
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What if you bring your own bottle of Sparkling White Grape Juice?
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#9 Dec 16 2005 at 11:41 AM Rating: Good
Well, count me in for champagne reform then!

That was a terrible pun even by my own low standards.
#10 Dec 16 2005 at 11:42 AM Rating: Default
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for that much money I better be drunk for a week.
#11 Dec 16 2005 at 11:42 AM Rating: Good
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Jophiel wrote:
What if you bring your own bottle of Sparkling White Grape Juice?

Hrm.

- 1.5 ounces Grey Goose L'Orange vodka

- 0.5 ounce Hpnotiq cognac

- 0.5 ounce orange juice

- 0.25 ounce Pama (pomegranate) liqueur

- a splash Sparkling White Grape Juice

Works for me. I might cut out the vodka, as well. Doesn't agree with me.
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The Glorious Atomicflea wrote:
- 1.5 ounces McCormick vodka

- 0.5 ounce cheap brandy

- 0.5 ounce Tang

- 0.25 ounce MD 20/20

- a splash Sparkling White Grape Juice
It's a date.
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#13 Dec 16 2005 at 11:48 AM Rating: Decent
Id rather buy a 40 dollar bottle of hpnotiq or grey goose

Edited, Fri Dec 16 11:54:00 2005 by Shoumei
#14 Dec 16 2005 at 11:55 AM Rating: Good
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Hpnotiq
Blend of vodka, cognac, and tropical fruit juices.

Goddamnit!
#15 Dec 16 2005 at 12:22 PM Rating: Good
I think the funniest part about the drink is the profit this guy makes. To buy 1 bottle of each of the ingredients as stated, would cost about $300. That would easily make about 35ish drinks. Sell it out of your basement for $10 a drink and you still turn a profit. Smiley: rolleyes
#16 Dec 16 2005 at 12:55 PM Rating: Good
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That reminds me of those hamburgers that some restaurants sell for like $50-100 because of the Kobe beef. Give me Carl's Jrs. $6 burger.
#17 Dec 16 2005 at 1:21 PM Rating: Good
For $950, I could buy 475 bottles of one of the best beers ever made, Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout. F[b][/b]uck rubies and the swill they're soaked in.
#18REDACTED, Posted: Dec 16 2005 at 1:24 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I doubt it tastes much better than malt liquor
#19 Dec 16 2005 at 1:32 PM Rating: Decent
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I can now imagine Carmen Electra digging through her *****, looking for the ruby she just swallowed.


Ewww
#20 Dec 16 2005 at 2:16 PM Rating: Good
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I doubt it tastes much better than malt liquor


To someone who regularily dines on spaghetti-o's and frozen pizza, you're probably right.
#21REDACTED, Posted: Dec 16 2005 at 3:02 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Jack on the rocks for this hillbilly
#22 Dec 16 2005 at 3:05 PM Rating: Decent
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Thumbelyna wrote:
That reminds me of those hamburgers that some restaurants sell for like $50-100 because of the Kobe beef. Give me Carl's Jrs. $6 burger.


A kobe Beef hamburger priced @ 50 dollars is pricey. Expect to pay over 100 bucks for a Kobe Beef steak in Vegas. You can find Kobe Beef in local meet markets though for much better prices. Kobe Beef is the best steak I have ever had.
#23 Dec 16 2005 at 3:06 PM Rating: Default
Gladestrider wrote:
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I doubt it tastes much better than malt liquor


To someone who regularily dines on spaghetti-o's and frozen pizza, you're probably right.


I thought you were elderon until i read that
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