I recently reported on the seizure of a large cache of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey.
The update: It mught be dumped.
According to the Associated Press:
" ... Hundreds of bottles of Jack Daniel's whiskey, some of it almost 100 years old, may be unceremoniously poured down a drain because authorities suspect it was being sold by someone without a license. Officials seized 2,400 bottles late last month during warehouse raids in Nashville and Lynchburg, the southern Tennessee town where the whiskey is distilled.
"Investigators are also looking into whether some of the bottles had been stolen from the distillery. No one has been arrested.
"Authorities are still determining how much of the liquor will be disposed of, and how much can be sold at auction.
Tennessee law requires officials to destroy whiskey that cannot be sold legally in the state, such as bottles designed for sale overseas and those with broken seals.
" 'We'd pour it out,' said Danielle Elks, executive director of the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission. The estimated value of the liquor is $1 million, possibly driven up by the value of the antique bottles, which range from 3-liter bottles to half-pints. One seized bottle dates to 1914, with its seal unbroken. Elks said it is worth $10,000 on the collectors market."
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2 comments:
Dumping Jack Daniel's down the drain sounds like as bad an idea as mixing it with cola.
I could understand if they were going to dump scotch (from personal taste), but not Jack Daniels. Must be some kind of religious fascist in charge of that idea.
When the authorities in Tennessee recover stolen art do they burn it?
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