Watered down alcohol

LiamC

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Is watered down alcohol from pubs / clubs illegal? Im sure i read somewhere that it is.


Only asking because i was out last night and got a Rasberry vodka and the bottle looked very see-through compared to what i buy from tesco. It also tasted a lot weaker. Just wondering if pubs are allowed to do this?
 
I'd be very surprised to find that the pub/clubs could water down bottled drinks.

They'd have to be watered down during manufacturing.
 
A pub near to me got convicted of filling up their Smirnoff bottle with cheap vodka and selling it as Smirnoff:o
 
LiamC said:
Had a 2 second search on google but couldn't find anything.


Is watered down alcohol from pubs / clubs illegal? Im sure i read somewhere that it is.


Only asking because i was out last night and got a Rasberry vodka and the bottle looked very see-through compared to what i buy from tesco. It also tasted a lot weaker. Just wondering if pubs are allowed to do this?
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I think you should be more worried about drinking an alcapop tbh xD

But yes it is.
 
Lol at least they're trying to water it down and attempt to sell a reasonably err classy drink.

Around here they proudly display tat like "Vodkat" etc.
 
I'm 99% sure that wetherspoons water down their strongbow. It definitely tastes watered down, I'm always moaning about it to mates.
 
Yes, it's illegal.

Pubs are visited every so often to make sure the booze they're selling is to scratch.

A pub near to me got convicted of filling up their Smirnoff bottle with cheap vodka and selling it as Smirnoff:o
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Here in Wales pubs in the valleys were selling vodka that had been made in someone's bath.
 
Stongbow comes in pressurised barrels though and would be pretty hard to water down I imagine unless you mix it once its in the lines.

also with spirits if you pour water in it then there is always a chance that it will seperate and not mix.

My dad always claimed that back in the day the "slops" from drip trays and unfinished pints used to be poured back into the ale barrels
 
I'd be more inclined to take a long hard look in the mirror and ask myself serious questions on the consumption of alcopops on a night out :p
 
Oxide™ said:
I'm 99% sure that wetherspoons water down their strongbow. It definitely tastes watered down, I'm always moaning about it to mates.
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The weatherspoons near me served me a pint of bitter that was currently having it's pipes cleaned :p.

I took it away, had a sip and thought that it tasted a bit 'bleachy'. Offered it to a friend that said the same so took it back to the bar and the bar manager almost had a fit when i told him which pint i had been served, lol.
 
scorza said:
Probably just past its sell by date knowing Weatherspoons.
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Wetherspoons tend to shift huge quantities so I'd be surprised if it was past its sell by date. It's a possibility but considering the risks to them I don't imagine they'd be all that keen to do so.

As for the original question, pubs are not allowed to water down the alcohol, the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 is most likely to be the legislation in point here and if you want to check then go to the Trading Standards website put in your postcode and you can find your local office to inform. Remember though that there is a good chance that what you're tasting might actually be as it is meant to be, when pouring at home the tendency is to go for liberal measures rather than the exact measures a pub should use which will affect the taste.
 
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