You Can Buy A $7,800 Bottle Of Tequila In Montgomery County: Report

BETHESDA, MD — Good news, rich liquor connoisseurs of Montgomery County, Md.: you can buy a bottle of tequila priced at $7,759.99.

The Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control is offering a bottle of Patron tequila that is so expensive they keep it under lock and key, according to a WTOP report.

It's not your ordinary bottle of liquor. It has a crystal decanter and is part of a very limited run of rare tequila, with just 500 bottles in the entire world. "When we found out it was so rare, we said, 'Yes, we will take one,'" Diane Wurdeman, at the county’s Department of Liquor Control, told WTOP.

Montgomery County offers a few other rare liquors out there, although you have to enter a lottery to get them. Some examples: William L. Weller Bourbon, Eagle Rare 17yr Bourbon, George T. Stagg Bourbon, Pappy Van Winkle 10yr Bourbon, Pappy Van Winkle 12yr Bourbon, Pappy Van Winkle 15yr Bourbon, Pappy Van Winkle 20yr Bourbon, Pappy Van Winkle 23yr Bourbon, Pappy Van Winkle 13yr Rye.

"As the desire of great Whiskey has increased, the supply has not been able to keep up," according to the Montgomery County DLC website. "While the Montgomery County Department of Liquor Control typically receives more of an allocation than the rest of Maryland (and often the entire Mid-Atlantic), there may be a few cases available of one of the Pappys, but 8,000 customers that want it (this number grows every year). We have instituted a lottery system to create a level playing field for all customers seeking these items."

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