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pipi_k

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15. I'm thinking that

Reply to alcibiades_mystery (Reply #2)

Fri May 24, 2013, 08:30 AM

May 2013

You'd never be able to pull these scams off in one of those places, because the customers know what their liquor is supposed to taste and look and smell like! What kind of fucking know-nothing takes a taste of rubbing alcohol with caramel coloring and thinks it is scotch?

Maybe they were serving that crap after the customers had already had a few and weren't so...aware...of what they were pouring down their throats.

I don't even drink and even I would be able to tell the difference...

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Bar in NJ sold rubbing alcohol and caramel food coloring as scotch [View all] cali May 2013 OP

If there was ever a need for the death penalty.... RagAss May 2013 #1

Sounds like some of the drinks may have been a death penalty on their own! randome May 2013 #7

Amateur hour among the drinkers alcibiades_mystery May 2013 #2

! redgreenandblue May 2013 #5

I'm thinking that pipi_k May 2013 #15

"Amateur hour" aka "New Years Eve." n/t Junkdrawer May 2013 #17

BTW: Measured by DUI deaths, it's actually Thanksgiving (New Years is a distant 2nd) Junkdrawer May 2013 #19

Or St. Paddy's alcibiades_mystery May 2013 #20

Which is why we mostly mix our drinks at home. onehandle May 2013 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author MineralMan May 2013 #4

you're right. my mistake. I'll change it. cali May 2013 #8

Thank you in advance for making the change. MineralMan May 2013 #9

I'm sorry. People who accept that as Scotch deserve to be swindled. Recursion May 2013 #6

The patrons couldn't taste the difference? liberal N proud May 2013 #10

Who says they couldn't? LisaL May 2013 #14

29 bars and restaurants marions ghost May 2013 #11

but you tell me over and over and over again my friend Junkdrawer May 2013 #22

tell you what? marions ghost May 2013 #24

Sorry..sorry..child of the 60s....(WARNING GRAPHIC VIOLENCE)... Junkdrawer May 2013 #26

Ok thanks marions ghost May 2013 #28

"Eve Of Destruction"? randome May 2013 #25

Yep. See above.n/t Junkdrawer May 2013 #27

29 is a lowball number Capt. Obvious May 2013 #12

That ain't 'Happy Hour' KurtNYC May 2013 #13

This doctor sounds a little too casual and is understating the risks IMO gvstn May 2013 #16

It was probably ethyl alcohol. Dash87 May 2013 #21

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #18

"We call this brand of Scotch, PrizeFighter!" Javaman May 2013 #23