A FIERY DRINK
ILLICIT WHISKY
PLANTS SEIZED IN BRITAIN
65 PER CENT OVERPROOF
(United Press Assn.— Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) London, December 17. Owing to the high prices of spirits (whisky is 12/6 a bottle) the production of illicit still spirit has been increasing in the industrial centres. Customs and excise men rounding up the culprits this year seized 11 plants in England and Wales, 10 in Scotland and 89 in Ulster. The distilleries are difficult to discover. The usual practice is to confine the sale of the product within a restricted community. Investigations show that some small stills are making a profit of £lOO a month. The illicit home-brewed whisky is a vicious, fiery drink, usually only a few days old when sold. It is often 65 per cent, overproof compared with the fixed strength of 30 per cent, underproof whisky retailed legally throughout Britain.
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Southland Times, Issue 22201, 19 December 1933, Page 5
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147A FIERY DRINK Southland Times, Issue 22201, 19 December 1933, Page 5
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