State warns Bay Area bars not to infuse drinks
Mixing elaborate drinks - say, muddling mint leaves in mojitos - and serving them immediately is OK. But, the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control agents said, Bourbon and Branch was changing the character of the booze by allowing it to mature on the shelf - “rectification” that is illegal without a special license.
And by “special license,” they mean “cash money.” This city has directed the focus of their law books away from public welfare and asked them to fix their bottom line.
This is absurd and should be fought. Using irrelevant laws to raise funds is what this country was founded against. Hell, the cocktail was even born in the US when the British started taxing beer.
Source: sfgate.com
