Most Expensive Cocktail in the World

by Hunter Davis

If you frequently enjoy going out on the town for drinks, then you are probably familiar with paying too much for cocktails. Even so, the price of the most expensive cocktail in the world may surprise some, but won’t set back a high roller.

On February 5th, 2007, Guinness World Records held a special ceremony to crown an original Trader Vic’s Mai Tai the most expensive cocktail in the world, if you can afford £750 per cocktail then head on over to the Merchant Hotel in Belfast in Northern Ireland. This Mai Tai is made from 17-year-old Wray and Nephew Rum used by trader Vic Bergeron to create the original Mai Tai over sixty years ago.

Even though the 750ml bottle of rum looks nondescript, the rum fetches £26,000 per bottle. A rare batch of the 17-year-old rum was recently acquired with one bottle being purchased by Merchant’s Bar. So far, only three of the world’s most expensive cocktails have been made. The drinks are served with only £750 ($1480) added to your tab.

From the recent Belfast Telegraph article about the expensive cocktail:

“Nobody else in the world can do this cocktail, we’re the only bar,” explained the Merchant’s Bar and Potation Manager Sean Muldoon.
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“We made a normal Mai Tai and put it against the proper Mai Tai and it was a completely different ball game,” said Mr. Muldoon. “When you get a real Mai Tai you can really taste the alcohol.”

There are only 15 servings left of this most expensive cocktail- better get yours now.

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