RECALL: Bombay Sapphire Gin 1.14L Bottles. Contain nearly double the alcohol as usual

[getbak]

Oh, you're going to get Bombed, Eh. The bottles are labelled as 40% alcohol, but actually have 77%.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/na...942/story.html

The over proof gin “inadvertently” entered the bottling line at a third-party bottling plant in the United Kingdom when “they were switching from one bottling tank to another bottling tank,” Bacardi spokeswoman Amy Federman said in an email. The problem gin was used in the bottling line for no more than 45 minutes, “a short period of time,” she said. Bacardi expects only “a few” of the 1,000 recalled cases actually contain bottles with 77 per cent alcohol. The batch was shipped to Canada sometime late last year, she said.

“Remember, the product isn’t unsafe,” Federman said, “it just was recalled because the label says 40 per cent and it didn’t in fact contain 40 per cent…. There’s much higher proof alcohol out there that people drink and buy everyday — but it’s labelled properly.”

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The flagged bottles of gin are recognizable by the lot code on the bottle. The code reads: L16304W. “Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the store where they were purchased,” the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said.

Some of the cases were distributed to Alberta, so be careful if you bought some recently.

[Fuzz]

Someone tell me if you see some, I'd like to make a shopping trip.

[CaptainCrunch]

Side effects may include extreme awesomeness

[csnarpy]

It will be the only recall with zero returns

[keratosis]

Dam! Decided to give Eau Clair distilleries a try this time.

[TSXCman]

Marketing scam! Everyone's out buying Bombay Blue!

[MoneyGuy]

I could have used this beverage last night during that game.

[calgarybornnraised]

All the panties will be dropped.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Side effects may include extreme awesomeness

Followed the next morning by extreme illness.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Followed the next morning by extreme illness.

I don't know what it is, but I can drink gin like water and feel fine the next day. Other booze not so much.

[PepsiFree]

Who in their right mind wants 77% ABV gin?

[Mister Yamoto]

Maybe it would be OK for someone who is already blind.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Who in their right mind wants 77% ABV gin?

Uh, everyone?

[Fuzz]

It is priced like 40%. That means you are getting almost double value, because you get to dilute it instead of letting them do it(which is how they bring all distilled alcohol down to a target %). It would be a no brainer if you could find these bottles and like gin.

[Snuffleupagus]

But ossifer "hic" I swerccc I only had "hic" one drink "hiccup"

[nik-]

Gin as strong as 151.

That would taste awful. Although it would combine drinking and mouthwash, so at least you'd get rid of those pesky bacteria.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by rubecube

I don't know what it is, but I can drink gin like water and feel fine the next day. Other booze not so much.

I can't say I've ever been drunk from gin. It's one of those alcohols with no middle ground as you either like it or hate it. I hate it. It lacks the subtle sweetness that I enjoy from rye, rum, etc. To me it tastes like vodka with a hint of paint thinner.

[DuffMan]

I love Gin, and Bombay Sapphire is probably my fave.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I can't say I've ever been drunk from gin. It's one of those alcohols with no middle ground as you either like it or hate it. I hate it. It lacks the subtle sweetness that I enjoy from rye, rum, etc. To me it tastes like vodka with a hint of paint thinner.

I think you mean pine needles.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I can't say I've ever been drunk from gin. It's one of those alcohols with no middle ground as you either like it or hate it. I hate it. It lacks the subtle sweetness that I enjoy from rye, rum, etc. To me it tastes like vodka with a hint of paint thinner.

Gin is an acquired taste, of that there is no doubt.

Once you acquire the taste, it can be very enjoyable.

Sitting out in the sun, drinking G & T's, great afternoon.

Hell, the British Empire was built on G & T's.