Bars and restaurants can mix and muddle drinks and serve them right away to customers, according to the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. But they cannot engage in "rectification," which the agency defines as "any process or procedure whereby distilled spirits are cut, blended, mixed or infused with any ingredient which reacts with the constituents of the distilled spirits and changes the character and nature or standards of identity of the distilled spirits."
Read more at San Francisco Chronicle Article written by Demian Bulwa at dbulwa@sfchronicle.com
I will hold my opinion on this article since I have not read the law, but after prohibition was repealed in 1933, many laws were enacted so the government could "keep tabs" on the alcohol industry. It does not surprise me that there are laws prohibiting things like infusing alcohol.
Here are a few other crazy laws relating to alcohol:
ATF
According to the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms the word “refreshing” can’t be utilized when describing alcohol beverages
Alaska
In Fairbanks, AK, it is illegal to serve alcoholic beverages to moose.
In Fairbanks, AK, it is illegal to serve alcoholic beverages to moose.
Arizona
An obviously intoxicated person can only stay for 30 minutes at the establishment that recognized he was drunk.
An obviously intoxicated person can only stay for 30 minutes at the establishment that recognized he was drunk.
California
It is illegal to display alcoholic beverages within five feet of a cash register in a store that sells both alcohol and motor fuel.
Colorado
The sale of alcohol is prohibited on Election Day.
Delaware
Allows parents, guardians, or legal age spouse to furnish alcohol to minors in the private home of any said family member for medical, religious, or educational purposes.
Allows parents, guardians, or legal age spouse to furnish alcohol to minors in the private home of any said family member for medical, religious, or educational purposes.
Indiana
It is illegal to carry an alcoholic drink from the bar to a table - this can only be done by a waiter or waitress.
Iowa
In Ames, Iowa, it is still illegal for men to have 3 sips of beer while they are in bed with their wives.
In Ames, Iowa, it is still illegal for men to have 3 sips of beer while they are in bed with their wives.
Kentucky
It is illegal to send a bottle of beer, wine, or spirits as a gift to anyone in Kentucky - this can result in a 5-year term in prison.
It is illegal to send a bottle of beer, wine, or spirits as a gift to anyone in Kentucky - this can result in a 5-year term in prison.
Missouri
It is illegal for any person under 21 to handle household trash with even one empty alcohol beverage container in it.
It is illegal for any person under 21 to handle household trash with even one empty alcohol beverage container in it.
New Hampshire
You cannot be served an alcoholic drink unless you are sitting down.
You cannot be served an alcoholic drink unless you are sitting down.
North Dakota
Beer and pretzels cannot be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.
Beer and pretzels cannot be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.
Ohio
It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
Texas
The Encyclopedia Brittanica is banned in Texas because it contains a recipe for making home brewed beer.
The Encyclopedia Brittanica is banned in Texas because it contains a recipe for making home brewed beer.
Absurd eh? Oh well, I think I will go have a shot of my Ginger Infused Vodka. Then everything will be alright. :)
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