Be careful where and what you drink

[Dave Dillehay]

Today Fox News reports a Wisconsin woman died at the swim up bar in Cancun and authorities discovered an "underground" distillery that provided home made alcohol to many Riveiera Maya Resorts. Her's occurred at an Iberostar but they also found the same problem a Fat Tuesday in Cancun.

May just be 100 proof or could be contaminated..No wonder the Cozumel Fat Tuesday regular maggie knocks me out!

Just one more thing to worry about, but from now on I drink mine out of a bottle bought at Mega.

Dave Dillehay
Aldora Divers

 

[Brules]

Happens on Cozumel. 2 years ago my best friend passed out in second from drinking what we now assume to be tainted/cut alchohol at the Park Royal. He is a pro drinker and can hang with me and he went mid sentence from just fine to head lolling in the pool in less than a minute. Scary stuff. We always assumed it was a roofie, but now hearing about all this - we are convinced it was cut/tainted liquor.

Now I know what the resorts save all the bottles.........................

 

[El Graduado]

I saw in one article that the percentage of illegal alcohol sold in Mexico is down from a year ago. The SAT (Mexican IRS) says ONLY 36% of all liquor sold in Mexico in 2016 was made illegally and could be dangerous to drink. That is down from the 43% they estimated was illegal in 2015!

 

[scubafanatic]

Mexico raids 31 hot spots, 10,000 gallons of illegal alcohol seized after Wisconsin woman's death at posh resort

http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/...o-resorts-after-tourists-blackouts/513563001/

 

[cvchief]

May just be 100 proof or could be contaminated..No wonder the Cozumel Fat Tuesday regular maggie knocks me out!

Just one more thing to worry about, but from now on I drink mine out of a bottle bought at Mega.

Dave Dillehay
Aldora Divers

Light weight.....

EDIT: Apparently someone was not aware of the ongoing discussion of margaritas between Dave and I. For clarity, Dave dastardly accused me previously of trying to kill him with El Moro margaritas. I tried to assure him that it was merely that he got REAL ones with Hornitos and not a gringo slushy from the Fat Tuesday slurpee machine. I was NOT making light of whatever happened to the various people who may have received bad booze, but rather Dave being a light weight. And I probably shouldn't do that as Mexican way is to treat the abuelos with more respect..... Maybe you can come by the house some day and I can make you a real one with fresh lime juice, the real Cointreau and Hornitos?

 

[Dave Dillehay]

Given that the Mexican IRS statistics show 36% of all Mexican alcohol is boot legged and/or contaminated gives one pause. Thinking more about that, and given the Iberostar (top end AI) was involved, I have little doubt that most of the huge AIs, and even big name bars such as Fat Tuesday may use the same poison in their "house" drinks. Might be worth it to pay up more for "call Drinks" and watch the pour. Just Sayin!

Dave Dillehay (AKA Light Weight)
Aldora Divers

 

[ggunn]

Just beer for me and the occasional shot of Xtabentun.

 

[bcaderunr]

Given that the Mexican IRS statistics show 36% of all Mexican alcohol is boot legged and/or contaminated gives one pause. Thinking more about that, and given the Iberostar (top end AI) was involved, I have little doubt that most of the huge AIs, and even big name bars such as Fat Tuesday may use the same poison in their "house" drinks. Might be worth it to pay up more for "call Drinks" and watch the pour. Just Sayin!

Dave Dillehay (AKA Light Weight)
Aldora Divers

Yeah - but the bottle they pour from may have been replenished with liquids that don't quite match what's on the label. It became such a scandal in the wine trade that it is now common practice for restaurants to destroy expensive bottles of wine after they are served so that they can't be "re-purposed". (I'm talking the stuff with a comma in the price.)

 

[ggunn]

Yeah - but the bottle they pour from may have been replenished with liquids that don't quite match what's on the label. It became such a scandal in the wine trade that it is now common practice for restaurants to destroy expensive bottles of wine after they are served so that they can't be "re-purposed". (I'm talking the stuff with a comma in the price.)

When they start doing that to beer with a period in the price, I'll get worried.

 

[Brules]

Yeah - but the bottle they pour from may have been replenished with liquids that don't quite match what's on the label. It became such a scandal in the wine trade that it is now common practice for restaurants to destroy expensive bottles of wine after they are served so that they can't be "re-purposed". (I'm talking the stuff with a comma in the price.)

Exactly. The bars save ALL the liquor bottles from every day.......who knows where they go and what happens to them. Are they split and refilled with cut fake stuff? That is my guess......