> Hey guys,
>
> Just reading Cheryl's thread about infusing spirits and was wondering
> what the deal is with the U.S. laws prohibiting marrying bottles? It
> just seems so ridiculous... do places actually abide by these laws or
> just marry bottles in back rooms instead?
>
> I've never worked at a place that didn't marry bottles, and at my
> current place we marry like crazy all night long as we go through
> many bottles throughout the course of a shift with 8 wells running.
>
>
It is against most state laws to marry bottles mostly because they dont trust
the bars to put the right liquor back into the bottle. It saves a ton of
money to throw some rail vodka into your more expensive bottles. However,
many places still do it just because it makes the following night much easier
to have a busy bar completely stocked with full bottles. If its done honestly
its a good thing.