bless you comrade, for your alcohol advice!

and I was still hoping for cheaper, but I suppose the mad dog will still be the main expense.

If you want them to drink it, put mad dog into an old bottle with a worn french labeled bottle with a decades old date of manufacture.

Wine snobs are full of shit, blind taste tests show they don't know what is what, and enjoy it more if they think it's expensive. I don't have that problem with my Ale, I can taste quality, but I'm not an asshole that spends 60k on a bottle of wine.