That $1,000 Bourbon You Bought May Be a Phony
Counterfeiting — filling luxury bottles with cheap liquor — has hit American whiskey hard as sky-high prices raise the payoff for scammers.
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That $1,000 Bourbon You Bought May Be a Phony
Counterfeiting — filling luxury bottles with cheap liquor — has hit American whiskey hard as sky-high prices raise the payoff for scammers.
Last edited by Dave Grubb; 01-09-2022 at 11:08 AM.
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I'm not too concerned as I doubt anyone would counterfeit the stuff I can afford. They might use it to fill the counterfeit bottles, though.
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I'm in the same boat.
At the prices they are talking about I wouldn't drink it---just rub a little on my skin from time to time---maybe behind my ear
The trendy converts to bourbon have had an impact on the availability of my "house label" Woodford Reserve. All liquor sales in PA are through "State Stores"---which are owned and controlled by the state liquor control commission---including warehousing and distribution.
Thus counterfeiting is of less concern but the availability is.
I don't know about other brands but in the case of Woodford Reserve, they don't mention age any longer (at least to my knowledge)---which is no surprise. None of these producers could have seen the growth in the market 4 years ago or more when they were producing what they are now selling. Me thinks they are robbing Peter to pay Paul at this point. I have to add that I have not observed a degradation of quality, but based on the frequency and amount I drink it could easily pass me by
What I do see, is a lack of larger bottles, it seems the 750 ml bottle is the largest on the shelf.
Last edited by Dave Grubb; 01-09-2022 at 11:34 AM.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
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Nah, that's where the Diesel is applied.Originally Posted by Dave Grubb
....... I wouldn't drink it---just rub a little on my skin from time to time---maybe behind my ear
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke
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Reading that article I find that this recent rage in counterfeiting bourbon is not a new happening. It has been going on with single malt scotches and fine wines for years. I guess the bourbon world was formally protected through a lack of interest by elitist snobbery---worked for me
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
"Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis
Only bottles of Bourbon I have were purchased at the Buffalo Trace distillery store. 2 bottles of Blantons to be exact
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