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Subject: Re: U.S. laws regarding marrying bottles....
From: Spellbinder
Posted: Sat Jul 22. 2006, 11:41 UTC
Followup to: "U.S. laws regarding marrying bottles...."  by Dano_  (Sat Jul 22. 2006, 08:09 UTC)
> 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.

All of the other answers given so far are quite true, it was a law that 
started out with a serious interest to prevent cutting the liquor with water 
or other substances...and later extended to prevent false advertising of 
product.  Really, it's a good law to have, but it lacks the one shred of 
common sense necessary to assure near perfection.  While I disagree with it's 
current strictness, I happen to think the law would be perfectly appropriate 
as a part of the health code rather than federal (or state?) law.

To answer the other question, I'll say that I used to marry bottles several 
times per night.  We knew it was illegal, but we also knew it was virtually 
necessary.  I'd like to ask, of the US bartenders, who has NEVER married a 
bottle while on the clock.  I bet the answers to that poll would be rather 
revealing to answer this question

-- 
Cody


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