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http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/04/news/gin-recall-bombay-sapphire-canada/

Canadian health authorities have launched a nationwide recall of Bombay Sapphire gin after bottles containing nearly double the advertised amount of alcohol were discovered.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said the bottles were found to contain 77% alcohol by volume rather than the typical 40%.

Bombay Sapphire is produced by the private firm Bacardi, which is well know for its rum products and Grey Goose Vodka.

The company said that up to 6,000 Bombay Sapphire bottles may be affected. The 1.1 liter bottles were sold only in Canada.

"The over proof product inadvertently entered the bottling line during a short period of time -- [up to] 45 minutes -- when [workers] were switching from one bottling tank to another bottling tank," the firm said.

Bacardi said the recall was launched after "an isolated consumer complaint and subsequent quality assurance checks."

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency warned consumers to throw out the bottles or return them. It said that there were no reports of anyone becoming sick from drinking the gin.

Other products may be recalled following a food safety investigation, the agency added.

Oops!

 

[Slayven]

Yeah that is not happening

 

[Septimus Prime]

Bacardi 154

 

[DarkestHour]

That has to taste foul. Like pine trees on crack.

 

[Vyrance]

They will not get one bottle back

 

[Primus]

I'm willing to dispose of these bottles for anyone interested. In the name of Science and all that.

 

[Extra Sauce]

And just like that, a new collector's item was created.

 

[Aureon]

Recall?
This shit is going to become collector's items.

 

[Madness]

"Warned consumers to throw out the bottles" lol. What sap complained that his gin was too strong?

 

[disappeared]

And nobody was affected as nobody drinks gin.

 

[Poppy]

from my cold dead hands

 

[CountAntonius]

 

[HStallion]

They're drinking gin. They can't taste shit as it is. They won't even notice.

 

[2Smashed4U]

I guess I need to go get some gin

 

[Syf]

Jesus, nearly double lol

 

[KeyBladerXIII]

Honestly, I fail to see the issue here.

 

[Poppy]

this gin prejudice will not stand

gin is a liquor for those of discerning taste! not my fault you plebeians cant grasp the majesty of juniper and spices expertly extracted into a fine, smooth potable, then mixed with lime and tonic water, one of the top three cocktails available to us measly humans

 

[Volimar]

Enjoy your impending blindness CanadaGAF!

 

[Goro Majima]

Gin is horrible

 

[daevv]

I know some people who went to the liquor store looking to buy some....I'm in Newfoundland.

 

[iavi]

And this is a problem?

 

[Easy_D]

this gin prejudice will not stand

gin is a liquor for those of discerning taste! not my fault you plebeians cant grasp the majesty of juniper and spices expertly extracted into a fine, smooth potable, then mixed with lime and tonic water, one of the top three cocktails available to us measly humans

Preach. Gin & Tonic is great.

 

[old manatee]

 

[mr2xxx]

I could see it being off by a few percentage points but damn, it's almost double the alcohol content.

 

[Nothing1016]

Bacardi 154

I took like 5 shots of this and played multiple games of rage cage with the center cup being 2 shots of 154. 8/10 night. Didn't even throw up.

 

[Volimar]

I could see it being off by a few percentage points but damn, it's almost double the alcohol content.

You gotta wonder about Quality Control for a product to be that off. Then again, it's not like gin is a health drink so...

 

[marrec]

Bro some gin drinker is going to drink themselves to death accidentally cause of this

 

[disappeared]

I'm just picturing somebody taking a bottle home for the evening and after two or three drinks they're like, "whoa did I skip eating today?"

 

[Clegg]

Another reason why Hendrick's is the superior gin.

 

[kasane]

I remember dribking bacardi 151

Was it 80 something %?

Still regret it to this day

 

[Conor_Fool]

I remember dribking bacardi 151

Was it 80 something %?

Still regret it to this day

151 proof! So a little less than 80.

Back in high school my friends and I played games of 5 stock Super Smash 64 and the loser would have to take a shot of everclear. Thankfully I was the best of the nuch but I still had my fair share...never again mane

 

[StopMakingSense]

77% lol

 

[Slime]

CFIA issues free advertisement for Bombay Sapphire gin

 

[johnsmith]

 

[kasane]

151 proof! So a little less than 80.

Back in high school my friends and I played games of 5 stock Super Smash 64 and the loser would have to take a shot of everclear. Thankfully I was the best of the nuch but I still had my fair share...never again mane

We finished 1 whole bottle across thr span of 4 hours, all the while drinking some beer and empirador brandy too. Shit was cray

 

[ForsakenLotus]

I need some of that right now after today.

 

[~ Zyzomys ~]

Another reason why Hendrick's is the superior gin.

You will change your mind once you try Ungava Gin.

 

[BLOODED_hands]

One of my craziest nights was when my friends and I were drinking Bombay..... Never again.

Do love me a good Gin & Tonic though.

Bacardi 151 though.... That shit is nasty. To think my high school self used to drink that with my buddies.

151
Natty Ice

Cups went round and round and the shots kept coming.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

i would not wish my bacardi 151 experience on anyone

 

[Syncytia]

I can see how Canada not being a real country could run into a problem like this.

Spoiler

brb going to canada

 

[kasane]

151 straight tastes like bad alcohol.

And i mean rubbing alcohol

 

[The Mango Sentinel]

this gin prejudice will not stand

gin is a liquor for those of discerning taste! not my fault you plebeians cant grasp the majesty of juniper and spices expertly extracted into a fine, smooth potable, then mixed with lime and tonic water, one of the top three cocktails available to us measly humans

You goddamn right! Just look at this magnificent bastard. It has a fucking hat! And not just any hat, a bowler hat!

 

[Apathy]

This is like if I got extra fries when I didn't order them. No one is going to be tossing that gin

 

[Slackbladder]

That's a pretty dangerous level of alcohol if anyone consumed a few glasses quickly. But it's gin so that probably never happens unless you're a 60 year old woman.
But yeah, dangerously high level all the same.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

77%?

Goddamn!

I tried 130 proof Jack Daniels before and that was already way too much alcohol.

 

[Not]

I liked it

 

[akira28]

lol ,recall? they might as well have advertised this as 'knock you on your ass' limited edition

 

[Hazmat]

I like gin, but that has to taste like turpentine that someone threw some juniper berries into.

 

[Raticus79]

I was expecting an extra 5-10%. Nearly double, lol

That's around the percentage for absinthe - wonder how that sugar cube treatment would work out with gin.

 

[Lys Skygge]

Gin is horrible

Dee's reaction kills me every time 😂