Didn't even have the decency to properly
strain the stuff through a loaf of bread
It is understood that the cops and district attorneys will be testing the seized evidence for several years.
It is understood that the cops and district attorneys will be testing the seized evidence for several years.
Second thing I wonder is who goes to TGI Friday's for their alcohol needs?
One of these restaurants, Cucina Calandara, Fairfield, is run by the Calandra family, owners of the highest rated bakery, and also one of the top three pastry shops in NJ.
That Cake Boss guy on TV doesn’t even come close.
Surprised the Calandras were hit, they have kept up the highest standards for bread, cake and pastry in the NYC metro area.
Also a bit upset, but I don’t drink liquor at Italian restaurants.
My policy of sticking to bottom-shelf booze is vindicated!
I wonder what they used for beer?????
“At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch.”
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Sorry, but this story does not pass the smell test.
The bars may very well be watering down liquors, but with rubbing alcohol? They might use diluted PGA, vodka, or water, but surely not rubbing alcohol.
Scores?
This is one of the oldest tricks in the bar business. One way to tell if the bar is refilling premium bottles with the cheap stuff (or worse) is to take a look at the bottles behind tha bar: If you see torn, faded, or stained labels on popular premium brands, then there is a good chance that the bottles are being refilled with the generic stuff.
Another way to tell is to taste it. If a person can’t tell the difference between Jameson’s Irish Whiskey and Powers, then perhaps the person shouldn’t order the good stuff in the first place.
The second oldest trick inthe book is for the bartender to pour a “premium” drink below the bar out of the customer’s sight using the cheap stuff. This is a common practice in tourist type bars with a high turnover of non-repeat customers. If the drink doesn’t taste quite right, then ask for another in a clean glass and keep your eye on the bartender.
Once again, we hear about this only from a real news agency - one from overseas.
I realize rubbing alcohol can kill you, but does it show up in a breath test?
About 45 years ago my brother got his first job pumping gas at an Exxon (then Esso) station on Rt. 22 in NJ. He was told it was the busiest gas station in the United States.
Also said they routinely added regular gasoline to the premium tank, and kerosene to the regular tank.
Rubbing (isopropyl) alcohol is poison. If there’s any truth to this story, people need to go to jail for a long, long time.
More likely they were using grain alcohol.
“So, so, I really didn’t get drunk?”
Can someone tell me why TGIF was targeted? Why weren’t other places tested simultaneously?
My guess is that they were being ripped off by their employees. Bartender gives out free drinks to friends or a freebie for a good tip or not ringing one up. Taking some home..whatever. They need to cover that inventory lest they be caught.
Sounds like the NJ Mafia was involved.
A "score" is a group of 20. "Scores" would imply more than 40.....
Doc, let’s make some scotch.
Scotch?
As naval officers, we’re supposed to be resourceful.
Frank here’s got a great opportunity. Let’s fix him up.
Right.
Frank, where is the rest of that alcohol we were drinking last night?
-Now, that ain’t even the right color.
-Quiet, boy.
Color?
Coke. You got any?
l haven’t seen a Coke in four months. No, it’s five months.
l forgot l had it.
What shade would you like?
Shade?
Pale, smokey?
Well, l told her Red Label.
-Red Label?
-Red Label.
lt may look like it,
but it sure won’t taste like it.
Doc, what does scotch taste like?
lt tastes like....
You know what it’s always tasted a little like to me?
lodine.
Of course.
One drop of iodine, for taste.
Let me try that.
This calls for a medical opinion.
How about it?
We’re on the right track.
Now we need something extra for age.
What have you got there, Doug?
Seltzer, some fruit salts, hair tonic....
Hair tonic! That’s got a coal tar base.
One drop of hair tonic, for age.
That’ll age the daylights out of it.
That’s it!
You know, it does taste a little like scotch.
Do you know, it does.
That dumb little blonde will never know the difference!
All right, Frank,
Doug and l made the scotch...
...the nurse is your department.
‘’She won’t know the difference
She won’t know the difference’’
Thanks, Doc.
‘’She’ll never know the difference’’
You won’t know the difference,
will you, baby?
No, you won’t. No, you won’t.
Thank you, Doc. Thanks, Doug.
Their customers should be jailed for not having any taste.
From the TTB.GOV site
6. Refilling, Reusing and Disposing of Liquor Bottles
(a) Refilling or reusing liquor bottles - Any retail dealer, or agent or employee of such dealer, who refills any liquor bottle with distilled spirits, or who reuses any liquor bottle by adding distilled spirits or any substance (including water) to the original contents is subject to a fine of not more than $1000 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.
(b) Disposition of liquor bottle - The possession of used liquor bottles by any person other than the one who emptied the contents thereof is prohibited, except that this prohibition shall not:
(1) prevent the owner or occupant of any premises on which such bottles have been lawfully emptied from assembling the same on such premises
(i) for delivery to a bottler or importer on specific request for such bottler or importer;
(ii) for destruction either on the premises on which the bottles are emptied or elsewhere, including disposition for purposes which will result in the bottles being rendered unusable as bottles; or
(iii) in the case of unusual or distinctive bottles, for disposition as collectors' items or for other purposes not involving the packaging of any products for sale;
(2) prevent any person from possessing, offering for sale, or selling such unusual or distinctive bottles for purposes not involving the packaging of any product for sale; or
(3) prevent any person from assembling used liquor bottles for the purpose of recycling or reclaiming the glass or other approved liquor bottle material.
Any person possessing liquor bottles in violation of law or regulations is subject to a fine of not more that $1000, imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.
My grandparents knew people who had gone blind from drinking that stuff during prohibition.