Vodka watered down - who would I report this to?

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doobey

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at a well known Dublin city centre hostelry

dont order vodka, its watered down and the staff try to plaumause you by saying that it's the ice.

forget that. i'm a vodka drinker and I know what a shot of vodka and coke tastes like.

who would I report this to?


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Or the manufacturer/supplier of the particular brand. They would be very interested if their product is being compromised in this way.
 
This is (anecdotally) quite common with beer (watering down)....so I'd imagine it's very common with spirits too (especially in nightclubs).
 
I don't think beer can be watered down because the kegs are pressurised but I sure there is a way around it. I worked in a pub in London many years ago and I caught the landlord pouring slops back into a keg of real ale, which is not carbonated. Seemingly people used to look out for what ale the landlord was drinking because they knew that one wasn't tampered with. It was widespread.
 
I think it'sactually the Weights and Measures section of the Dublin Corporation that looks after this


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Murt
 
Try reporting them to the [broken link removed]. From their website;

The Office also investigate complaints under the Consumer Information Act, 1978 made about the adulteration (watering down) of alcoholic drinks in licensed premises e.g. vodka, gin etc.
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One of the big pubs in Lucan village is notorious for this sort of stuff. Doesn't stop the hoards of people visiting the same establishment though.
 
Counterfeit booze

News at One a few days ago was saying that counterfeit booze is a bigger risk to drinkers over this Holiday season:

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Re: Counterfeit booze

Report it to the customer complaints dept of the Brand owner.

They will verify it and follow it up.
 
Re: Counterfeit booze

A pub out my neck of the woods was caught for doing this. They only got a fine ( I reckon they should have had their licenced revoked), but their business has been hit hard. None of the locals go there any more, so the place is like a ghost town. Just desserts I think!
 
Re: Counterfeit booze

As Rainyday has pomted out, Consumer Affairs is the relevant authority to contact. They'll send an inspector who'll buy a sanple drink and then advise the barperson that it's being removed for analysis.

If convicted, a fine will be the most likely outcome, but as cullenswood has suggested, the impact on business will be the real punishment.
 
One of my friends used to work in a bar and said they used to put the cheap vodka (Huzzar etc) into the Smirnoff pump, they made a fortune from it!
 
Staples said:
The National Consumers Association is the current incarnation of Consumer Affairs. www.nca.ie
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Apologies in advance for being pedantic, but it's the National Consumer Agency, not Association. Agency or Authority would usually mean a state body, whereas Association would usually be a charity or club or similar.
 
If you are unsure why not order the ice separate, I always in a restaurant ask for a coke without ice so to get more coke.
 
Saw this a few years back on a blackboard outside a pub in kent.

"Due to recent drought issues, hosepipe bans and the current water restrictions, we will now be serving full strength beer here"
 
Sadly this sort of rubbish is commonplace...I went into a well known place about a year ago and ordered a Jack Daniels and Red Bull. I took a sip of the straight JD and it was totally watered down. This was reasonably late but it was my first drink so I could tell. I reported the matter to the Gardai. Similarly, my brother worked in another well known place while in college. They used to switch the Bud, Calsberg, Heineken etc kegs over to this cheap crap at around midnight when they figured people would struggle to tell the difference. Terrible really
 
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