Crazy story out of Santo in nearby Palo Pinto, County. . The TABC busted "Bayou Bob" Popplewell selling bootleg rattlesnake vodka. I have seen those TABC boys in action before. They live for moments like this. It must have looked like an old episode of SWAT when they went in.
Supposedly, this stuff is considered an aphrodisiac in Asian cultures and "Bayou Bob" has been exporting snakes and turtles to that region for quite some time. Where he screwed up was when he allegedly sold some to an undercover agent at his "Brazos River Rattlesnake Ranch".
Say it ain't so, Bob!
From what I can tell by pictures and story in the Startlegram, he was buying pints of cheap, rotgut vodka (Taaka, from the looks of the label) and just putting a snake in each bottle. He was not actually distilling any spirits himself. Heck, I'm pretty sure he was not even using Texas distilled spirits (Tito's Handmade Vodka). How big of a hypocrite can you be?
Git a rope...
I've seen people take shots of snake liquor on TV. I don't think you're gonna find a bottle of this at Bridgeport Discount Liquors nor would I want to.
Andrew Zimmern I'm not.
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