rjj130 said:I hate living in Pennsylvania...

We have to buy all of our alcohol at State stores or Beer distributors. Pennsylvania is almost as bad as Utah!

Secondly, all of our alcohol is ridiculously over priced!!

Thanks for the heads up on the PA State Store gift sets...I'll have to keep an eye out for the Jaegermeister sets....Love me some good ole 'deer blood'.

I agree, especially after living most of my life in Jersey - can't get over the beer distributor thing either - I JUST WANT A SIX PACK! LOL

I picked up the Ciroc set about 3wks ago - good deal, it was on sale at the PA State Stores during Oct. Vodka is good, and the glasses are cool.

Now for Jameson to go on sale

Went to West Mifflin, PA today ... they had some cute bacardi sets each w/ 2 glasses. Also a 4 pack of Bolla wine in a wooden box $32.99 and 3 bottles in a basket $26.99. They also had a few of the other sets that I saw in the store the other day (listed in the summary section of this thread). Citron Absolute has a "gift set" comes w/ Ocean Spray cranberry juice 46 oz. size, I think. I know that there were a few others too, but I can't remember all of them.

Has anyone seen the gift sets in their local costco's yet? By the way, great thread OP.

I really think it depends on your location and store.. I've only been of legal age for a few years so I haven't been able to track the costs of them yet. Someone did mention though that some places were or about the same. You can always look at the size of the bottle and then find it without the gifts and see the price.

Sulmona01 said:wait so let me get this straight, the gift packs cost the same as the normal bottles?

here in PA most seem to be the same price and occasionally a little less.

lousygolfer said:In several of the past years I have bought a Carolans Irish Cream Liquor gift set, with a 750ml bottle of the liquor and a pair of nice little glasses. I think the price was in the $10-12 range. I haven't seen the box set yet this season but I haven't been looking.
Bought a cheap set of knockoff Baileys at costco for about that price last weekend. I don't remember if it was "Carolan's" or not. Now I hope so!

rjj130 said:I hate living in Pennsylvania...

We have to buy all of our alcohol at State stores or Beer distributors. Pennsylvania is almost as bad as Utah!

Secondly, all of our alcohol is ridiculously over priced!!

Ever wonder why that is the case? Answer: your liquor distribution in PA is run by the mob and they have influenced enough politicians over the years not to allow a more free market system.

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ALL SAM'S CLUB have a poster staing membership is nOT REQUIRED for liqour sales.

Confirmed in Concord, California.

sholleran said:theman2 said:mm76 said:What stores are you finding the gift sets at? The places I've checked out haven't had anything good.

costco generally has some good stuff, if you are a member
and the prices are in line with what the alcohol would cost a costco without the extras

Word to the wise - in Illinois and other states that prohibit drinking "clubs" (common in blue law states) - Costco & Sams cannot require membership to purchase alcohol or charge a surcharge. If you look around their liquor departments, they are required by law to post that policy (in Illinois, anyway).

At ABC here in FL I bought a Ketel One Citroen 750ml with a stainless steel cocktail shaker and "The Ultimate Ketel One Cocktail Guide" on DVD for $22.99 - the same price as a 750ml.

I saw another interesting one - a Kahlua Especial that had an unusual glass with it, but it had no price posted and I had to leave. Has anyone else seen this?

Free Kahlua Cocktail Shaker (already posted in Free Stuff)