Marrakai-

First up for discussion is the grog.
Share.
We'll all email you our shipping addresses so we can join you on the mead.
I'll take a flat of quart jars to start.

Next for comment is the retailer linked to that Empire Grade.
They're somewhat notorious for more-than-occasional *very high* prices on less than stellar pieces.
Sometimes they have a great deal on something to be had too, but more than not it's the former.

About that pair of twelve bore tubes, what would those cost today in USD?

--Tinker