Who's fooling who here?
As the husband of a drunk (13 out of 25 years) I can safely say that the spouse or SO of a drunk knows most of the hiding places by heart. I would look in those places just to confirm that my wife had been drinking or was planning to drink out of some sick desire to know. ( Later I used that knowlege as a green-light for sex or my own addiction to crack during the last 18 months). Although some of the hiding places were quite novel. One of the best was just setting the bottle behind a full length curtain like in the living room or bedroom. We look but most of us learn never to confront a drunk when they have been drinking........really ugly when I tried that at my house and swiftly learned not to go there!
And yes she did the spare tire routine as well!
PS...I do not mean the "drunk" word in any sort of derogatory way towards you or anyone else.