badjava : vancouver, the interweb and other irrelevant topics

My cousin brought a case of Budweiser over to my place recently. He purchased it from the local liquor store on Main Street here in Vancouver. We were happily drinking the case of beer when later in the evening, I pulled this out of the box of Budweisers [see photo]. It was one of the last beers in the box.

As you can see in the picture, the bottle is wrapped in duct tape. The label has been stuck to the beer on top of the tape. There is no back label on the beer and duct tape is wrapped completely around the beer. In addition, the beer kind of looks flat and the level is slightly lower than where it should be.

I assume there is quality control people on an assembly line and for whatever reason, this bottle of beer was wrapped in duct tape before it was labeled. I have no clue about bottling processes but this is the only explanation I can fathom as to why this bottle is like this.

This is not a hoax. I realize when you say this, it immediately makes you look guilty. But I want to dispel any thoughts that I am making this up. For starters, why?