In Reply to: alcohol shortage in bali posted by Cinta_Indonesia on Monday, 13. August 2007 at 17:56 Bali Time:
Word on the street last week was that shops were being inspected by officials (posing as customers)for those that were not paying tax on certain spirits etc.
Stocks disappeared off the shelf at most bottle shops (eg bourbon was unavailable for about a week only)and all alcohol was removed from Bintang Supermarket (except for beer)
Even though bottle shops did not have some spirits etc on display they did still have the stock but were not selling it.
Bourbon was once again available at some bottle shops a few days ago.
Restaurants & clubs did not seem to have a problem at the time.