"Jim Beam" Halts Production, Drinking Drops to 80 Year Low

Batt Boy said:
especially true with vodka, which should not taste at all. Still, there's a crowd that will demand Tito's or some other brand at the bar and you can give them just about anything and they will not know.

about 5 years ago, I was at a vodka "tasting" in North Hills. Absurd.
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Oh they will know later in the night or next morning. As the usual poor undergrad at UNC back in the day, we snuck Vladimere or Popov into Kenan. $5 a bottle and $100 worth of pain to the porcelain god. Ugggh. I couldn't drink vodka again until my 30s.
 
finesse said:
Hard to believe that in the 80s I was paying less than 12 dollars a fifth for the 107
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One reason that alcohol sales are down is cheap cannabis. My brother lives in the Detroit area; I visit him maybe twice a year and bring back a six month supply. Which costs like $40. I don't use too regularly, so maybe 6 months for me is less for other people. But the prices are nuts. 1g vaping cartridges for less than $10. Pack of 10 200mg gummies for around $10-12. All the dispensaries have giveaways when you make your first purchase -- often a free preroll or 1/8. I don't use bud, so I don't know exactly how much that is, but I do know that a case of shitty beer costs $20-$22. If you're looking for a buzz, alcohol is WAY more expensive than weed.

Only problem is that you need a MI driver's license to buy. But if you have family or friends who can buy for you, it's a gold mine.
 
superrific said:
Only problem is that you need a MI driver's license to buy. But if you have family or friends who can buy for you, it's a gold mine.
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No you don't. Before weed was legal in Ohio, there was a steady stream of traffic headed up from Toledo to buy in Michigan. The dispensaries in Monroe would have been out of business if a MI license was required to buy weed. And the pricing in Michigan keeps Ohio dispensaries honest.

Who can buy weed in Michigan?
 
superrific said:
One reason that alcohol sales are down is cheap cannabis. My brother lives in the Detroit area; I visit him maybe twice a year and bring back a six month supply. Which costs like $40. I don't use too regularly, so maybe 6 months for me is less for other people. But the prices are nuts. 1g vaping cartridges for less than $10. Pack of 10 200mg gummies for around $10-12. All the dispensaries have giveaways when you make your first purchase -- often a free preroll or 1/8. I don't use bud, so I don't know exactly how much that is, but I do know that a case of shitty beer costs $20-$22. If you're looking for a buzz, alcohol is WAY more expensive than weed.

Only problem is that you need a MI driver's license to buy. But if you have family or friends who can buy for you, it's a gold mine.
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There's an online special right now for a quarter pound of THCA bud at 200 dollars. You can get 99+% pure THCA diamonds for 22.50 for 5 grams. No shipping on orders over 100 dollars. I definitely know what you mean.

Check the second post on the thread in case you think I didn't.
 
Batt Boy said:
especially true with vodka, which should not taste at all. Still, there's a crowd that will demand Tito's or some other brand at the bar and you can give them just about anything and they will not know.

about 5 years ago, I was at a vodka "tasting" in North Hills. Absurd.
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Ha! I heard either a Planet Money or Freakonomics (can't remember which) podcast on thet very subject. I think they even created their own "brand" to get some from MGP and had people taste test against Tito etc. No difference.
 
finesse said:
There's an online special right now for a quarter pound of THCA bud at 200 dollars. You can get 99+% pure THCA diamonds for 22.50 for 5 grams. No shipping on orders over 100 dollars. I definitely know what you mean.

Check the second post on the thread in case you think I didn't.
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I wasn't really responding to you so much as offering it as a general observation. You have almost certainly forgotten more about rec drug use than I ever knew. I wouldn't even think about pretending that we're peers on the subject. For instance, I don't know what that THCA stuff even is.
 
THCA vs THC: What Is The Difference? | ATLRx
THCA (Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid) is the non-intoxicating, acidic precursor to THC found in raw cannabis, converting to psychoactive Delta-9 THC when heated (decarboxylated) by smoking or vaping, offering potential anti-inflammatory and anti-nausea benefits in its raw form, while its legality hinges on hemp laws (below 0.3% Delta-9 THC).
 
StrangePackage said:
Selfishly, the ability to get better, rarer bourbon has been nice. Unicorns have been getting easier to locate.
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Yep. I've passed on a couple of Blanton's and plenty of Buffalo Trace and Eagle Rare lately. I did stumble upon an EH Taylor Barrel Proof in Orange County right before Christmas, though. That's the only unicorn-ish bottle I've ever come across in NC.
 
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