Thousands of litres of whisky flushed down drain in Dumbarton
Thousands of litres of whisky have been flushed down the drain by accident at a bottling plant in Dumbarton.
It is understood the mix-up happened at Chivas Brothers during the night shift on Tuesday while equipment was being cleaned.
Instead of draining away waste water, the workers on duty somehow flushed out thousands of litres of bulk whisky.
The smell was so strong that sewage workers reported it.
Chivas Brothers - which employs 600 workers at the plant and produces the world's second biggest-selling brand, Ballantine's - said it was investigating an accidental release of spirit.
A statement said: "We are currently investigating an accidental loss on the 26th of February at our Dumbarton site, where some spirit was released to the local water treatment plant.
"There has been no release of spirit to the River Leven or any other local water course. We have informed Scottish Water and all other relevant authorities."
A Scottish Water spokesman said: "Staff at our waste water treatment works were already aware of a problem and were working to identify the source when contacted by Chivas Brothers.
"Our trade effluent team have now visited the company to get an oversight into its failure investigation so that we can ensure all possible precautions are being taken to prevent a repeat.
"Discharging large volumes of alcohol into the sewer network can have an adverse impact on waste water treatment processes, particularly during dry, cold weather.
"We are continuing to closely monitor our Dumbarton waste water treatment works to ensure treatment has not been compromised."
No-o-o-o-o!!!!!!!
No-o-o-o-o!!!!!!!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: No-o-o-o-o!!!!!!!
Anyone got a match?
yrs,
rubato
yrs,
rubato
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Tries to resist...
Fails...
My arse and your face!
Fails...
My arse and your face!
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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haven't heard that one in a while!! “If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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This reminds me of the time in the immediate wake of the "Iranian Revolution" back in'79, when "Revolutionary Guards" took over the Iranian Embassy in DC....
The Iranian Embassy, back in the Shah days, had a reputation for throwing some of the best parties on Embassy Row...
With a well deserved reputation for having some of the best quality liquor...(I was fortunate enough to have attended a couple of such soirées....but that's another story...)
In any event, after these savages took over the Embassy, they took the Embassy's entire liquor stash...
Including bottles of cognac more than 100 years old, and wines, whiskeys, and champagnes of nearly priceless value and varieties...
And poured them down the toilets and bathtubs of the Embassy....
When I read about this in The Washington Post, I was obviously, (as anyone would be ) horrified....
And I wrote, "An Open Letter To The Iranian Revolutionary Guard"....
Which was also published in The Post as kind of a humorous piece...
Where I suggested that myself and a few of my friends would be more than happy to rent a U-Haul truck, back it up to the back of the Embassy, and relieve them from this "Infidel Liquor" without them even having to touch this Crusader stuff...we'd just take it off their Muslim hands....
I never got a response...
The Iranian Embassy, back in the Shah days, had a reputation for throwing some of the best parties on Embassy Row...
With a well deserved reputation for having some of the best quality liquor...(I was fortunate enough to have attended a couple of such soirées....but that's another story...)
In any event, after these savages took over the Embassy, they took the Embassy's entire liquor stash...
Including bottles of cognac more than 100 years old, and wines, whiskeys, and champagnes of nearly priceless value and varieties...
And poured them down the toilets and bathtubs of the Embassy....
When I read about this in The Washington Post, I was obviously, (as anyone would be ) horrified....
And I wrote, "An Open Letter To The Iranian Revolutionary Guard"....
Which was also published in The Post as kind of a humorous piece...
Where I suggested that myself and a few of my friends would be more than happy to rent a U-Haul truck, back it up to the back of the Embassy, and relieve them from this "Infidel Liquor" without them even having to touch this Crusader stuff...we'd just take it off their Muslim hands....
I never got a response...
