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Today in lighter news, there are product recalls across Canada for Bombay Sapphire brand gin, which has been found to have an alcohol content of 77%, as opposed to the usual 40%.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bombay-sapphire-gin-recall-1.4097353

It is unclear if product in British Columbia is affected, but rest assured, dear readers, that our crack team of intrepid reporters shall be investigating this issue further. To all our readers at home, if you are wondering if your Bombay Sapphire is from a good batch or not, simply hold an open flame next to a shot of liquor. Affected batches will be obvious.

This is no warning!

Wait... thats mean that you are receiving 37% more alcohol for free!?
Luckers!

Isn't that like, alcohol poisoning inducing?

Picking up another bottle of Gin is actually on my to-do list. While I don’t generally purchase Bombay, I do enjoy it.

A good rule of thumb is that if a Gin starts with “B” it’s probably pretty decent.

 Crazy_Carnifex wrote:
Today in lighter news, there are product recalls across Canada for Bombay Sapphire brand gin, which has been found to have an alcohol content of 77%, as opposed to the usual 40%.

So...what's the problem?

So, every store instantly cleaned out their entire inventory and pocketed the free profits, I'm assuming. Most effective recall ever!

 Vaktathi wrote:

 Crazy_Carnifex wrote:
Today in lighter news, there are product recalls across Canada for Bombay Sapphire brand gin, which has been found to have an alcohol content of 77%, as opposed to the usual 40%.

So...what's the problem?

Some people can't handle their liquor?

 LordofHats wrote:
Isn't that like, alcohol poisoning inducing?

Ordinary 37.5% gin will poison you if you drink enough of it. This 77% Bombay Sapphire just needs more tonic to bring it down to a safe level.

Navy strength gin is 57%.

Navy strength gin is delicious.

I'd totally give 77% gin a go, I'm quite fond of high strength alcohol.

Here's one way to get my martini intake down to just one!

 Kilkrazy wrote:

 LordofHats wrote:
Isn't that like, alcohol poisoning inducing?

Ordinary 37.5% gin will poison you if you drink enough of it. This 77% Bombay Sapphire just needs more tonic to bring it down to a safe level.

Navy strength gin is 57%.

So if someone drank it without knowing the content was way higher than usual, they could get seriously fethed XD

 LordofHats wrote:

 Kilkrazy wrote:

 LordofHats wrote:
Isn't that like, alcohol poisoning inducing?

Ordinary 37.5% gin will poison you if you drink enough of it. This 77% Bombay Sapphire just needs more tonic to bring it down to a safe level.

Navy strength gin is 57%.

So if someone drank it without knowing the content was way higher than usual, they could get seriously fethed XD

Yes. The danger would be not knowing how much you just drank.

Bob likes to go to the bar on Thursdays after his group meeting and have 2 Bombay martinis and some fried jalapeno poppers. What Bob doesn't know is that his normal 37.5% alcohol bombay gin has been replaced with 77% alcohol gin. He now just drank twice the effective gin as he is accustomed.

Bob then drives home as he always does, and in his impaired condition, Bob gets in an accident and kills Suzy. Bob will now spend the next 12 years to life in jail.

Well at least he had something presumably good before all toilet wine became the only product on the market XD

 LordofHats wrote:
Well at least he had something presumably good before all toilet wine became the only product on the market XD

That took me a minute...


Poor Bob.

If you know your British history, then you'll know that numerous Gin crises swept the nation in the 18th century. Riots, civil unrest, mass crime...

I'm off to hammer crooked pieces of wood over the windows just in case it spreads

Probably makes some really good glass cleaner right about now.

Gin sucks. Hate the stuff. Bourbon and Scotch are better.

You could probably use it to clean wounds too.

Just warn people that got these bottles to not smoke near it, dont need it spontaneously combusting

 kronk wrote:
Gin sucks. Hate the stuff. Bourbon and Scotch are better.

Yeah, but the British Empire was built on Gin and Tonic. Before the charge of the Light Brigade, some cavalry officers had gin as their last drink before charging into battle.

Can be the same be said for Bourbon and Scotch? Nobody built an empire drinking Bourbon




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 Tactical_Spam wrote:
You could probably use it to clean wounds too.

Would probably double up as a paint thinner for Tamiya paints as well.

Ace From Outer Space wrote:
This is no warning!

sounds like a challenge to me.

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:

Yeah, but the British Empire was built on Gin and Tonic. Before the charge of the Light Brigade, some cavalry officers had gin as their last drink before charging into battle.

The British Empire was built on "Skinny Bitch?" Interesting.

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:

Can be the same be said for Bourbon and Scotch? Nobody built an empire drinking Bourbon

Uh, so not true!



http://www.mountvernon.org/the-estate-gardens/distillery/

In 1799, George Washington's distillery produced nearly 11,000 gallons, making it the largest whiskey distillery in America at the time

 kronk wrote:
Gin sucks. Hate the stuff. Bourbon and Scotch are better.

Bourbon and Scotch is a rotten drink. You're wasting both of them by mixing them.

Bah! You win this round!

 Kilkrazy wrote:

 kronk wrote:
Gin sucks. Hate the stuff. Bourbon and Scotch are better.

Bourbon and Scotch is a rotten drink. You're wasting both of them by mixing them.

Ok, that was funny. And a waste of both drinks, yes.

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:

 kronk wrote:
Gin sucks. Hate the stuff. Bourbon and Scotch are better.

Yeah, but the British Empire was built on Gin and Tonic. Before the charge of the Light Brigade, some cavalry officers had gin as their last drink before charging into battle.

Can be the same be said for Bourbon and Scotch? Nobody built an empire drinking Bourbon

Of course nobody built an empire drinking Bourbon. Building empires is messy, chaotic business and could result in the spilling of one's drink. Spilling Bourbon is unacceptable.

I hope we can all agree that unless your name is Julian, you aren't getting anything done mixing Rum and Cola.

 Kilkrazy wrote:

 kronk wrote:
Gin sucks. Hate the stuff. Bourbon and Scotch are better.

Bourbon and Scotch is a rotten drink. You're wasting both of them by mixing them.

Too right!

You're supposed to mix scotch and vodka.

 BigWaaagh wrote:
Of course nobody built an empire drinking Bourbon. Building empires is messy, chaotic business and could result in the spilling of one's drink. Spilling Bourbon is unacceptable.

Nah, quite a few empires were both built and maintained by being totally hammered. Did you ever see the drink bill for the guys who signed the American Declaration of Independence?

"In 1787, two days before they signed off on the Constitution, the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention partied at a tavern. According to the bill preserved from the evening, they drank 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of claret, eight of whiskey, 22 of porter, eight of hard cider, 12 of beer and seven bowls of alcoholic punch."

And there's any number of armies where a ration of hard drink was part of the pay for enlisted men (and officers got just as hard but a bit finer stuff). Helps you avoid tummy problems from filthy water, either by drinking only beer or by mixing some hard stuff like rum or vodka in water to kill germs. Not to mention the courage-enhancing properties of alcohol. Sure, you'd like it if your soldiers were sober but sober men sometimes see that there's no way they can win. Give them 2-3 cups of strong drink and a rousing speech and suddenly they're ready to assault the gates of hell for you.