…or strategery, if you prefer. Here’s the question:
To my mind, that’s a silly worry. Unless you’re blessed with 20/20 forecasting powers, my bet is that the cost of your favorite booze will climb way beyond your poor (and probably belated) efforts to be able to invest your money to buy it at some point in the future. (As far as I know, there’s no such thing as a Booze Index to which you can tie your savings, more’s the pity.)
The answer, of course, is to buy booze now in sufficient quantities to support your intake in your retirement years. This is sound advice, provided that you aren’t one of those people who, if they have more booze, simply drink more of it.
Mr. Free Market, of course, has a wine cellar which would even satisfy a hundred Richard Burtons; but being the crafty sod that he is, he stores it not at Freemarket Towers, but in a climate-controlled room at a remote location a hundred miles away.
However, we are not all like him, not having access to his bloated plutocratic fortune; and if I read the situation correctly, even if any of my Loyal Readers do have a climate-controlled room, it’s most likely filled with guns, ammo and SHTF supplies.
Nevertheless, I recommend stockpiling booze now, rather than hoping that your retirement savings will be able to sustain your alcohol needs in the future. And for those interested in such things, I rather think that putting away a case of (e.g.) J&B or Maker’s Mark (~$240) each month will be a guarantee of future Booze Self-Sufficiency.
And if you happen to snuff it prematurely, the remainder would be an excellent (and tax-free) inheritance for your Wretched & Ungrateful Heirs as they climb over your still-warm corpse and begin pillaging your house.
Just a thought.
As a professional financial advisor, I approve. 😂
Unfortunately, I’m one of those types, if there’s booze left in the pantry then there’s still drinking to be done. I’ve tried several times over the past several years to build up a liquor storage for hard times. All that did was encourage me to drink more faster. Seems like I can hit a plateau of intoxication where I’m nicely mellow and can continue sipping whiskey for hours, even all night if there’s enough bottles left. I desperately need some type of controlled access locker.
Reminds me of my friend Patterson’s statement: “I’m not too drunk; there’s still some Scotch in the bottle!”
Homebrew. God did it, so can you.
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This.
Buy a man a case of whiskey and he drinks for a period of time.
Teach a man to make whiskey and he’s set for life.
No lie. Had me a “Mr. Distiller”. Bought and used it in Iraq during the ‘bad, dry days’ when the BIAP (Baghdad International Airport) duty free got shut down and t’wern’t a drop to be had. Took a while, but once lern’t, it can’t be unlern’t. Only thing one needs is a -prodigious- amount of sugar and yeast. Not too much yeast, but if’n yer a prepper, just double on the sugar and hey, harsh but potable 114 proof was the regular for me… 3 liters of mash made 1 liter of ‘white dawg’ as we called it… mix w/Mountain Dew and Bobs yer uncle. Used to ‘daisy chain’ the mash mixes so’s there was ALWAYS a batch on deck for the daily distil.
Jes’ Sayin’
I was going to quit drinking, but then I realized: nobody likes a quitter.
Quitters never win, and Winners never quit!
I wonder what the future exhange rate of 9mm to Bombay Saphire will be?
A good supply of 9mm, will ensure that you’ll never be thirsty.
Mr. Free Market … being the crafty sod that he is, he stores it not at Freemarket Towers, but in a climate-controlled room at a remote location a hundred miles away.
A friend did the sums and storing his wine in bond turned out to be more expensive in the end. The real advantage is that it is stored in a climate-controlled facility so not subject to the variations in temperature. If you have a deep cellar or climate-controlled room, you’re better off having the stuff at home.
Now where are those know-it-all’s that said I was foolish having an outlet for the heat-pump system in the basement?
This is a widely underappreciated strategy and one I’ve chosen to follow. The New Wife doesn’t approve of more than a couple of drinks a day, but thankfully she works a 7pm-7am shift every third week at the hospital so under appropriate circumstances, I can get a few extra swallows in. She would notice if I brought a fresh case in every month, so I try to spread the purchases out a bit. Not living in a free state, the Alcohol Control Board sets the selection and price, but I control the inventory. I’m 63 and if the wheels fell off the booze wagon today, I figure I have enough brown liquor and wine to get me through my middle 70’s, God willing.
Learn to like cider. There are apple trees everywhere. More fruit drops and rots than ever gets used. Cider very easy to make.
Learn to make Gin.
“if I read the situation correctly, even if any of my Loyal Readers do have a climate-controlled room, it’s most likely filled with guns, ammo and SHTF supplies.”
A reasonable quantity of alcoholic beverages are part of SHTF supplies. I don’t drink much but its nice to have some around, and it would be great trading fodder in extremis, less dangerous if you’re secure than trading ammo.