Expenses: The Evening Tipple While Writing

[mishalak]

Vodka
1.75 liter ~$20
40% abv = exactly 0.7 liters of alcohol
Cost per liter of alcohol $28.57
Plus (inexpensive) fruit juice to thin one liter of alcohol with its 1.5 liter of water to 4% abv 22.5 liters. At about $3 per liter that makes total cost $96.07
Cost per drink = $1.36

(Decent) Beer
6 pack of 12 fl oz bottles or 2.12 liters ~$7.00
4% abv = approximately 0.0856 liters of alcohol and a cost per liter of $81.77
Cost per drink= $1.17

Dry Martini and Sparkling Water Chaser
The difference being the cost of the water which runs something like $0.75 per liter giving a total cost of $45.45 and a cost per drink of about $0.65. You could even bump it up to premium vodka and keep it under a dollar.

Huh. Interesting to know. It might be time to switch to martinis with sparkling water. Heck, even throw in a few olives. They're good for you.

Comments

[k6rfm.livejournal.com]

Anybody who has enough money to survive has enough money to buy enough alcohol to kill themselves; money ain't the problem. So the only question is what do you *like* right now?

If I had to choose between decent beer and a dry martini, I'd have to know what I had been doing and what the temperature was; for example, we were on the north side of the Sonoma square last night, when it was about 100F, at the Swiss Hotel. Lin took a beer (Sierra Nevada Pale), I took a martini, because I had been looking forward to a Martini for the previous two week while we cared for Lin's mom in suburbian Buffalo.

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

Yes, but I'm pinched for money right now and I expect to be even moreso in the coming weeks. So I'm cutting back everywhere. Less expensive tea, more chicken less beef, more veggies and less meat, less driving, less, less, less. Because it isn't a question of what I like, it is a question of making sure I have enough money to cover rent next month.