Hic!

[Workingman]

Just reading that the Canadians are trying to recall bottles of gin because it is too strong - nearly twice as strong as it should be!

It is actually 77% alcohol by volume instead of the still strong 40% normally sold. It earlier had to do the same for a batch of vodka that was 81%!


Apparently the return of already sold bottles was not the success they had hoped for.

Why don't these mistakes ever happen round these parts?

[Kaz]

[JanB]

That's low - you should try the figo and madronia over here

[meriad]

My goodness, that would give you a bit of a kick.... wowzer!

Jan, what is the alcohol content of figo and madronia?

[JanB]

Depends on who is making it

[meriad]

Depends on who is making it

[Workingman]

Depends on who is making it

I had to go look.....

Apparently there is no commercial plantation for the fruits so most of it is the "home brew" of choice with farmers.

There is a bottled product with an abv of 48% but nobody knows what the home brew comes out at. To the English is is known as "firewater" so go fugure.

[cromwell]

Apparently the return of already sold bottles was not the success they had hoped for.

I bet it wasn't!

[JoM]