Salem man spends $27,000 on alcohol - just 1 bottle
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Some people spend $27,000 on a car or the down payment for a house. A retired Salem businessman spent it all on a bottle of alcohol.
KPTV reports that Lyle Shellenberg bought the limited edition bottle of Glenfiddich Scotch whisky on Friday at a liquor store in Portland, becoming one of six people in the country to own a 50-year-old bottle produced in quantities of 50 each year.
Shellenberg says he could have bought a car but he liked the brand and wanted to own something no one in the state would have.
He says his ties to Glenfiddich go back 40 years, when he toured the distillery in Scotland with his grandfather, who loved the brand.
Shellenberg says he plans to drink it next year with his family.
KPTV reports that Lyle Shellenberg bought the limited edition bottle of Glenfiddich Scotch whisky on Friday at a liquor store in Portland, becoming one of six people in the country to own a 50-year-old bottle produced in quantities of 50 each year.
Shellenberg says he could have bought a car but he liked the brand and wanted to own something no one in the state would have.
He says his ties to Glenfiddich go back 40 years, when he toured the distillery in Scotland with his grandfather, who loved the brand.
Shellenberg says he plans to drink it next year with his family.
If I had 27Gs for booze in 2013, I would just drink myself to death with top shelf spirits at the Portland pole dance bars.
He is a better man than me. At least his choice will keep him alive.
Poeple that are struggling dont need to read this tripe, who cares... cool, yea we allready know ,rich people get whatever they want.
How is this news? Rich people plunk down this kind of cash for booze all the time. If this guy isn't rich then he is stupid!