1/3 of Rare Scotch Whiskies are Fake

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1/3 of Rare Scotch Whiskies are Fake

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The secondary market blues...…….

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in the good ol' days you would not believe everything you read.
in this day and age of fake news.... don't believe anything you read. (or buy without proof)
I finally quit drinking for good.

now i drink for evil.
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Ah, ya evil little men. Ta fake something like a fine whisky and charge a Goddamn fortune for it. Ov course, if the whisky takes fine and you've more money than common sense, where's the harm? Payin' money for a number mebey. Sure ain't buying it ta sit onna shelf: paintings is prettier.
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This article does not surprise me. In bars they have fifth’s on the shelf and some of the bottles look more than used. When confronted I was told it was cheaper to buy the whiskey is 1.75 L and refill the fifths. Who knows if it is the same brand unless you order it straight and you have a trained pallet.
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Bushman wrote:This article does not surprise me. In bars they have fifth’s on the shelf and some of the bottles look more than used. When confronted I was told it was cheaper to buy the whiskey is 1.75 L and refill the fifths. Who knows if it is the same brand unless you order it straight and you have a trained pallet.

That is illegal in most states. Only manufacturers can refill a bottle, bars can not. One of the most common ways to get in trouble with the local liquor enforcement.
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Around here awhile back, they closed a bar down 10 days or so for that among other things.
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bluefish_dist wrote:
Bushman wrote:This article does not surprise me. In bars they have fifth’s on the shelf and some of the bottles look more than used. When confronted I was told it was cheaper to buy the whiskey is 1.75 L and refill the fifths. Who knows if it is the same brand unless you order it straight and you have a trained pallet.
That is illegal in most states. Only manufacturers can refill a bottle, bars can not. One of the most common ways to get in trouble with the local liquor enforcement.
Off topic a bit but in my rowdier days, Alabama did not have "free poor". The alcohol was in a miniature and opened and poured in front of you.
Of course that was for volume as well as knowing what you were getting.

Also just a few years ago, I read where organized crime was making a fortune bottling inferior grade olive oil and exporting it the US as top grade.
So who knows how extensive this little market is.
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