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Bars throughout Texas have been busted selling well brands as top shelf alcohol.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 10:27 am
Posted on 8/19/15 at 10:27 am
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I bet this happens a lot throughout the US. You think your are buying Grey Goose, but you're actually getting this:
quote:
The TABC launched a sting operation dubbed "Operation Bottoms Up," designed to identify retailers who substitute low-end alcohol for top-shelf brands.
The operation began in April 2015. Samples were collected at 68 bars across the state testing revealed 40 samples from 21 of the 68 places contained brand substituted liquor.
I bet this happens a lot throughout the US. You think your are buying Grey Goose, but you're actually getting this:
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Posted on 8/19/15 at 10:30 am to Dan Bilzerian
Jon Taffer would be very appalled by this.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 10:30 am to Dan Bilzerian
quote:
"Operation Bottoms Up,"
Posted on 8/19/15 at 10:30 am to Dan Bilzerian
You talking shite about Dobra?
It might not taste amazing but it stops the shakes.
It might not taste amazing but it stops the shakes.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 10:30 am to Dan Bilzerian
And the pretentious buyers never noticed
Posted on 8/19/15 at 10:30 am to Dan Bilzerian
Jon Taffers neck fat disapproves.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 10:30 am to Dan Bilzerian
I always wonder if casinos are typically giving you what you ask for
If you ask for crown and seven, are you just getting Canadian whiskey?
If you ask for crown and seven, are you just getting Canadian whiskey?
Posted on 8/19/15 at 10:31 am to Dan Bilzerian
Pretty sure Bogies does this
Posted on 8/19/15 at 10:31 am to Dan Bilzerian
quote:
You think your are buying Grey Goose, but you're actually getting this:
Premium vodka is a myth anyway.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 10:32 am to Dan Bilzerian
eta - too slow.
This post was edited on 8/19/15 at 10:36 am
Posted on 8/19/15 at 10:34 am to Dan Bilzerian
quote:
I bet this happens a lot throughout the US. You think your are buying Grey Goose, but you're actually getting this:
yep. And the wife and I discuss this when she orders. She loves top shelf but some places I just don't trust. And the pours can be shitty.
I have finally convinced her (after 22 years) that if you want to not get screwed when ordering, get a beer.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 10:35 am to Dan Bilzerian
You could put some McCormick through a Brita and never taste the difference between it and Belvedere. Truth.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 10:40 am to Dan Bilzerian
I was a helper on a keg truck one summer. A bar in Pascagoula would buy 10kegs of Old Milwaukee every week and pass it off as Bud Light, Miller Light, etc.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 10:57 am to Dan Bilzerian
Can anybody really tell the difference between premium and generic liquor? I sure can't.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 11:03 am to Dan Bilzerian
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21 of the 68 places contained brand substituted liquor
and 5/5 Tigerland bars
Posted on 8/19/15 at 11:06 am to Dan Bilzerian
Slow down today, Geraldo
Posted on 8/19/15 at 11:10 am to Dan Bilzerian
Several of them were here on northgate
Posted on 8/19/15 at 11:25 am to Dan Bilzerian
People who order top shelf mixed drinks are idiots anyways.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 12:06 pm to Dan Bilzerian
I thought everyone just assumed this is a common occurance.
Posted on 8/19/15 at 12:27 pm to Dan Bilzerian
This tactic has been going on all over the world over the past 20 years, it is nothing new.
I imagine an audit is not very difficult, seems that they would just compare sales of premium liquor against wholesale purchases of the generic stuff....correlation = busted.
Sounds like the people that got busted were not very smart with how they were doing it.
I imagine an audit is not very difficult, seems that they would just compare sales of premium liquor against wholesale purchases of the generic stuff....correlation = busted.
Sounds like the people that got busted were not very smart with how they were doing it.
This post was edited on 8/19/15 at 12:30 pm
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