Bartender Geek

No, no, alcohol is normally sold -- you write a contract to sell all your chametz to a non-Jew, for a small down-payment, with a much larger payment to come due after Pesach, with the understanding that, if that larger payment (several million dollars, usually) doesn't come through, the chametz will revert to the original owner. With the original payment, plus a bit for their help, refunded.