Pub landlord 'at rock bottom' finds out boozer is built on top of 'liquid gold mine'
dailystar.co.ukpub landlord who took on a "failing" boozer was left gobsmacked when he realised some of the world's purest water was hiding underneath.
Doran Binder, 49, was anticipating a huge water bill as part of an annual inspection after he brought the Crag Inn in Wildboarclough, Cheshire in 2016.
The dad -of-five said he made the risky purchase while recovering from a divorce that he says left him at "rock bottom". READ MORE Bloke who didn't read menu properly at Gordon Ramsay steak restaurant handed huge bill Despite the risk, he decided to buy it anyway, with the test results exposing that an aquifer was running 27 metres below the boozer.It was revealed that there were 700,000 litres of it, which is enough to fill over a million bottles a day.After word about his discovery got out online, he was contacted by a boutique US drinks manufacturer that sells high-end mineral water to elite clients for up to $150 (£140) a bottle.They asked him to send a few samples and asked for a Skype meeting just one week later, reports CheshireLive.He said: "The first thing they said was: 'This is one of the finest waters we’ve ever tasted’.
They didn’t think I was doing it justice by putting it in reusable glass bottles, they thought the water was better than that and they thought it was a bit of a marketing gimmick."They said: 'If we were to sell your water in our boutique today, the 750ml bottle we'd be selling for between $35 and $50 a bottle'.
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