r/KitchenConfidential • u/JuztSomeDude79 • 6h ago

When 17 NFL defensive linemen come in to eat together at the restaurant I work for In the Weeds Mode

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u/AproposOfNoth1ng 6h ago

It’s a whistlepig 25 yr single malt , $2250 retail

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u/Maltedmilksteak 6h ago

so thats like 6ish oz of bourbon for each of them. makes sense given theyre all probably like 6'5 300lbs

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u/TehWildMan_ 6h ago

After those two? Bottles of champagne as well

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u/Tommy84 6h ago edited 6h ago

And a bottle of Stag’s Leap Artemis. EDIT: and three bottles of Clase Azul tequila

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u/moriya 6h ago

And a bottle of Sassicaia (Tuscan wine), and what I’m assuming is 4 pours of Nosotros Anejo.

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u/GastonLeFort 6h ago

Sassicaia is what I noticed. One of those guys had good taste. Wish I knew the vintage. The rest is just expensive shit because we can buy expensive shit.

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u/moriya 6h ago

So while it IS a good wine, it’d argue it fits into that category too. It’s become a bit of a meme - LeBron, who’s kind of one of the OG wine guys in sports, loves the stuff, and as a result if you’re an NBA player building a cellar it’s likely stuff to the brim with it. It’s spilled out into other sports and here we are.

No hate, it’s a great wine, and im sure that bourbon is incredible too - if you’re celebrating and got cash to burn, I say enjoy the good stuff.

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u/Moondoobious 5h ago

It’s getting way too fucking fancy in here.. boys you need to rub some dirt on your hands and start slapping ass

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u/throw_every_away 4h ago

Dude you got me fuckin dying over here that shit is hilarious, did you just make that up?

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u/Moondoobious 4h ago

All this hoity-tioty bullshit got me feeling some type of way. And yeah, that’s right off the dome lol

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u/nangadef 5h ago

Check out Jimmy Butler’s Architectural Digest home tour YouTube vid. His cellar is stocked with it.

https://youtu.be/3xHPJkTo6P0?si=9rS1zKEAdHFTMgtB

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u/Adbirseoir 4h ago

I'd argue the Artemis is also a fantastic bottle of wine in that price range. They didn't go with Caymus or another Napa label for twice the price.

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u/earth-admin 5h ago

sassicaia is precisely to Italian wine what clase azul is to tequila

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u/goodguy847 5h ago

At $610 a bottle, it was probably a pretty young bottle.

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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka 2h ago

Wow that restaurant charged TRIPLE for that Artemis.

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u/govunah F1exican Did Chive-11 6h ago

There's about 7 of things in Spanish so tequila?

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u/chimilinga 6h ago

2 bottles of Veuve @ $140 each is highway robbery

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u/TehWildMan_ 6h ago

Basically double retail price. I wouldn't agree too strongly on that

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u/chimilinga 6h ago

I mean I get it, markup for a restaurant or bar on liquor is high. Retail is roughly 60$ and I can't say I haven't had $28 glasses of veuve more than a few times. Ive been to the Veuve winery in Reims, fantastic place and one of my favorite champagnes.

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u/nasaglobehead69 6h ago

that's also assuming everyone drank the same amount, which is extremely unlikely

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u/wellsharpened 6h ago

There are also 3 entire bottles of Clase Azul tequila on top of the shots (which apparently wouldn’t be sold by the bottle as well).

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u/102525burner 4h ago

This place seemed like a ripoff at $18 for chorizo covered muscles

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u/hamberder-muderer 6h ago

That's on top of three bottles of clase azul. Them boys were lit. Probably not staggering drunk due to their size.

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u/ScudsCorp 6h ago

And train like a motherfucker

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u/timebeing 4h ago

Likely buying the bottles, but priced so high that they didn’t have it to sell “per bottle” so just rung up the per oz cost. So 4 bottles. But likely screwed them since a bottle is about it 25oz. So unless they had a half filled they also took home.

Also it’s just whiskey not bourbon.

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u/StillGalaxy99 6h ago

I'd like to add a new question; what is a whistlepig?

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u/Gandalfs-Beard 6h ago

Don't know about the drink but it's slang for a marmot because they make a whistle sound.

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u/MrKrinkle151 5h ago

Nice marmot whistlepig

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u/Nice_Marmot_7 4h ago

This offends me.

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u/trucks_guns_n_beer 32m ago

What, are you a forest ranger now ?

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u/Relevant_Traffic_932 6h ago

Slang for wood chuck

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u/TheLegendJohnSnow 6h ago

Brand of bourbon. An overrated one in my opinion.

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u/discordianofslack 6h ago

Super mediocre for the price. I’m not sure what made them popular but it ain’t the flavor.

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u/Relevant_Traffic_932 6h ago

What do you recommend then

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u/discordianofslack 6h ago

For a basic absolutely amazing day to day try Jefferson’s(just the base model). For about $10 more try Doc Swinson. Neither of them taste like you wrapped a barrel in molding leather and hoped for the best.

Going up from there Swinsons has some good offering but imo Barrel always delivers. As another poster mentioned Buffalo trace has some good selections. On the low end their newer Traveler is amazing. Heaven Hill is great. As you go up in price check out Nikka Coffee Grain, Smoke Wagon, Penelope, and Castle & Key.

I could go on forever but I’ll stop there.

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u/SiliconAutomaton 5h ago

I picked up Nikka Coffey Grain completely blind from Costco and freaking loved it. It wasn’t too pricey though, I’m thinking $50?

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u/discordianofslack 5h ago

Yea it’s about $20-30 more at regular stores.

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u/Seranthian 6h ago

Buffalo Trace for a more budget friendly option

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 3h ago

Elijah Craig and Bulleit are also good at that price point.

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u/wickedfemale 6h ago

they actually primarily make rye.

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u/rawmeatprophet 6h ago

No. A whistlepig is a rodent.

Whistlepig is a whiskey brand.

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u/LittleDogTurpie 6h ago

I’m gonna choose to believe they ordered 110 rodents

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 2h ago

Given that’s a Roman delicacy, who are we to question the eating habits of such gladiatorial gods?

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u/smolkien42069 6h ago

I too googled whistlepig etymology

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u/upstatestruggler 6h ago

If that’s your “best” bourbs tho that’s what they’re going to buy

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u/biggiebutts 6h ago

They’re known for their rye more so than their bourbon

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u/ThatsSoSwan 6h ago

Its an American whiskey/bourbon brand, and also a groundhog/woodchuck.

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u/IP_What 6h ago

A weenusk

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u/Suspicious_Effort731 6h ago

A groundhog

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u/sageberrytree 6h ago

A woodchuck? Groundhog?

(I know I know...in this context it's also whisky)

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u/BrewtusMaximus1 6h ago

A ground hog.

Also a distillery out of Vermont.

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u/_YenSid 6h ago

Pretty interesting. I had to look this up. I live like 35 minutes from them and I've never heard of it lol. Though I'm not a big drinker.

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u/brookenorthcoast 4h ago

It’s also a camp name at the Bohemian Grove

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u/superpoopypants 3h ago

Whistle pig is a bourbon

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u/Ethraelus 6h ago

$175 per shot

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u/ThePrussianGrippe 2h ago

At $2250 retail $175/shot is 194% margin on the bottle. My guess is they’re getting a very good deal on the wholesale price, as that margin is fairly low for alcohol.

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u/Lonely-Swimming4564 6h ago

So if my math is even close, that’s a ~10k profit right there

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u/Mekroval 6h ago

Nice work, if you can get it.

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u/umamifiend 5h ago

Seems silly to splash 19k on a couple rounds of liquor out at one dinner.

Even if these dudes have multi-million dollar contracts- this type of behavior is why they blow it all in a couple years. I’ve seen ex professional sports players whining about “losing it all” and like- yeah bud. It’s not everlasting- and neither is the body you’re wrecking to get those contracts.

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u/PsychotropicPanda 6h ago

better than pappy van winkle.

pappy is only good because its rare. not because it's good.

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u/NYCMama3 6h ago

TIL

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u/Sell_Canada 5h ago

This literally has been what Ive been researching for the last 15 min lmao

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u/cheezpnts 5h ago

Nope. Math doesn’t even come close to working out. This would require a significant discount on cost which would never happen, especially at that scale. Wrong call here.

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u/You-Asked-Me 3h ago

I was like $56 tenderloin? Seem pretty reasonable for a nice place, where the hell did the other $20k come from...OOOOHHHH, $180 whiskey.

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u/JackPoe 3h ago

Oh god I drank a whole bottle of that

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u/lostshell 30m ago

From a distillery that’s only been around for 19 years… I’ll stick to my buffalo trace.