Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: Fran on May 18, 2019, 11:14:24 AM
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A couple of days ago I went for a drink to one of the bars on the main road in Calis. I ordered a pink gin and tonic. When it came it had a blue tinge to it, I tasted it and it was definitely not pink gin. I took it back to the bar and asked to see the bottle it had come from. They showed me a bottle of pink gin with a small amount left in it. The owner (I think) came across and said it must have gone off as it was last years. (As if). I then swapped it for a vodka and tonic which was fine. The original drink tasted like windscreen washer, not that I drink windscreen washer but it is what I imagine from the smell it would taste like.
Please be careful and if something doesn’t taste right question it and send it back.
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Yes there seems to be a upsurge (again) in fake booze. Be careful...
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/gendarmerie-seize-3900-liters-of-bootleg-alcohol-in-fethiye-82171
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Which bar?
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Which bar ?
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Al?,s bar.
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Thank you,
will be there soon dont want to make a mistake.
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Call me old fashioned, but why is there such a thing as a bottle of pink gin anyway? Pink gin according to the Bar Tenders Guild is a measure of gin with a couple of drops of angostura bitters added & that's added in a glass.
It ain't rocket science ;)
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Probably Liz, for the same reason you can get Raspberry Gin, Blackcurrant Gin, Chocolate Gin etc. It's fashionable.
Afterall, any gin is just a flavoured vodka.
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Gin comes in so many colours and flavours at the moment, likewise you can also get pink tonic to go with the pink gin.
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Al?,s bar.
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Really sad to hear that Ali's would do that. Had many a G&T in there in the past - will be on my guard now >:(
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Thought it would be Ali’s. we’ve had a few run ins in there over alcohol. Never been back in and never will. Plenty other bars to use.
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Haven't been in for possibly 15 years. Way too loud, and that's when we are sitting in Dawn Beach...
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Yes there seems to be a upsurge (again) in fake booze. Be careful...
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/gendarmerie-seize-3900-liters-of-bootleg-alcohol-in-fethiye-82171
That article is four years old.
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This one isn't.
https://www.fethiyetimes.com/news/44-news/30626-fethiye-times-news-week-ending-11-may-2019.html
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I am far too trusting. We do go there at least once every holiday. One of the barmen many, many years ago was very kind to my son (he was in a different restaurant then) and we have never forgotten it. Last year, I ordered a brandy. It tasted nothing like brandy and I just assumed he'd served me the wrong drink so I didn't query it. It never crossed my mind it could be fake.
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There has always been, and will probably continue to be, a certain amount of fake alcohol in circulation. Especially with the steeply rising price of legitimate drinks due to taxes.
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Shameful behaviour no thought what so ever for folk and their health fake alcohol can cause soo many things including blindness...
So far I’d only ever heard of it happening in Hisaronu and all for the people involved to make a fast buck!
Very sad to hear it now has reached the streets of Calis...
So very tired already this season of hearing / reading all the ripping off etc and the way some people assume that all Brits are money trees...
Only this morning I was reading about some folk who ordered soft drinks in a bar in Hisaronu to be told next time they have to order alcohol as it’s a bar...
Sadly Calis is most definetely no longer the place I fell in love with 13 years ago :(
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It happened to us and some friends quite a few years ago in alis.
A lot of people are aware of it in there.
Its disgusting to be honest.
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I don’t go in but if people are aware of this and it has happened to you why not report it it could save a life
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Do the authorities not make regular unannounced checks.
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We've had the same in Ali's. My vodka tasted like petrol! It was awful. They did change it without question so must be aware that it wasn't the proper stuff. Don't particularly like the place anyway, too loud and the toilets aren't good!! Also came across bad vodka several years ago in the bar across from what was the Guitar Bar. Such a shame when bars resort to this type of thing.
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Do the authorities not make regular unannounced checks.
They do. But they can't be everywhere, everynight. It's no different than the UK.
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Can you ring the tourist number and complain I forgot what it is, is it 101
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It looks like 174 is the number to call.
http://www.infethiye.net/turkish/fethiye-resmi-daireler-telefon-numaralar.htm
BTW The website above gives you the number to call for all manner of things in Fethiye. It's one of my favourites.
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I was hoping to see the Zabita driving past as I would have stopped them and reported it. First and last time for me in that bar.
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There is now a zabita office at the back where mados was.