cluckk
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That's a great name for a beer "Prison Toilet Wine"! What would he fermentables be?
I used to be a prison guard and have confiscated lots of it. Never have I been tempted to try any of it.
That's a great name for a beer "Prison Toilet Wine"! What would he fermentables be?
In six years in the military I lived all over the US, including in dry counties (Texas), no alcohol sales on Sundays states (Georgia) and in states that sell liquor through state-run or state-approved monopolies (VA, and Montgomery county, MD). The best place I've ever lived for buying alcohol has been simultaneously the cheapest and most accessible, and also the one with the fewest restrictions on alcohol sales--California. In CA, you can walk into Safeway at 2AM on a Sunday and buy as much liquor/wine/beer as you want, no problems. Every grocery store sells beer, wine and liquor, as do most gas stations. And bargain stores like BevMo have cheaper prices than any other place I've seen, plus terrific selection. In VA, in contrast, you have to buy alcohol at the ABC, and a bottle of Glenlivet 12 yr. is something like $45, where you can get it at the drugstore in CA for $28 on sale!
I miss CA.
Here in Pennsylvania, if you say "lager", it is assumed that you mean Yuengling. Walk up to a bartender and ask for a lager, and you automatically get a Yuengling Lager every time. I have heard people say, "I hate Budweiser, I only drink lager"
:smack:
A locally owned restaurant in our area (Athens Ga) has a small but VERY good selection both on tap and bottled and their menu has three categories. There is only a $0.50 price difference and they list as: BEER - GOOD BEER - REALY GOOD BEER.
Ohio has some pretty stupid liquor laws too. They also have state run liquor agencies. If it isn't a state agency, the highest alcohol content a store can sell is 21% alcohol so they have these crappy knockoff brands of every liquor you can think of that are all 42 proof. Also, no beer with an ABV of over 12% can be sold anywhere in the state.
Next door in Indiana, liquor stores can't sell milk or cold soft drinks but can sell soft drinks at room temp.
It's because you can't hear the capitalization... "I only drink Lager"
Ohio has some pretty stupid liquor laws too. They also have state run liquor agencies. If it isn't a state agency, the highest alcohol content a store can sell is 21% alcohol so they have these crappy knockoff brands of every liquor you can think of that are all 42 proof. Also, no beer with an ABV of over 12% can be sold anywhere in the state.
Next door in Indiana, liquor stores can't sell milk or cold soft drinks but can sell soft drinks at room temp.
justabrewin said:Is that Copper Creek? I remember seeing that, just cannot remember where...
JordanThomas said:This makes me very sad. Moving to Cincinnati in January. How the heck am I supposed to get KBS?
The first time I brought some homebrew to my mom, she said "this won't make me go blind will it?"
jerrodm said:no alcohol sales on Sundays states (Georgia)
We just had legislation passed that home rule applies to alcohol sales. Each municipality had a referendum last year, 2012 is the year of beer, well on Sunday's any way in this city.
I went out to dinner once and wanted a beer during happy hour. I went in and saw they hand domestics with no other disclaimers on what is in that "domestics" category, so I kept looking at their selection. Ahh yes I'll have a DBA (firestone, from Paso Robles, CA) about 100 miles from where I stand.
Well the bartender said that is a import and I explain, out of all the beers you serve here, that is the one that is produced closest to where I stand right now, so what do you consider all the others you have?
Basically I left , they didn't get my money.
Reminds me of the classic... "Is this legal?"
So did you walk out because they were going to charge more for it or because they called it an import and you simply won't tolerate abuses to the English language like that?
For a long time "import" actually referred to imported beer but in reality was how they communicated that they were going to charge more for it.
If they had said it's a "premium" beer would you have stayed and enjoyed the beer you ordered?
If I had been sitting at that bar I would be posting about a funny thing I overheard at a bar...This guy walks in and orders a micro-brew. The bartender tells him it's an import because they charge the import price on their micros. They guy argues with the bartender about where the beer is made and then storms out without having a beer.
Is it hard to type a menu that says "Import/Craft?"
Doesn't seem hard to avoid this situation.
So did you walk out because they were going to charge more for it or because they called it an import and you simply won't tolerate abuses to the English language like that?
For a long time "import" actually referred to imported beer but in reality was how they communicated that they were going to charge more for it.
If they had said it's a "premium" beer would you have stayed and enjoyed the beer you ordered?
If I had been sitting at that bar I would be posting about a funny thing I overheard at a bar...This guy walks in and orders a micro-brew. The bartender tells him it's an import because they charge the import price on their micros. They guy argues with the bartender about where the beer is made and then storms out without having a beer.
JoeyChopps said:Yeah in Warner Robins ga we can buy beer and liquor on Sunday here.
But craft brews can still be "domestic" so if they have a special for 2 for one domestics.... Well, you see the problem. They should say 2 for one bud lights, or come up with another name for the big 3, like BMC or something like that.
I would immediately order a beer at a bar that had the categories:
"Mass produced light lager" - BMC
"Mass produced beer" - guinness, bass, blue moon, negro modelo, etc.
"microbrews"
"local craft"
But that's all semantics, if the price is right (and the temp...wishful thinking), the bartender/owner can be as ignorant as he/she desires and I'll still drink a beer there.
If I had been sitting at that bar I would be posting about a funny thing I overheard at a bar...This guy walks in and orders a micro-brew. The bartender tells him it's an import because they charge the import price on their micros. They guy argues with the bartender about where the beer is made and then storms out without having a beer.
I for one don't like the fact that Sunday sales was passed. I spent my whole adult life pre-planning on Saturday for drinking on Sunday. If I forgot then that was my fault and it only happened a few times. I feel that it made me a better person to learn to plan for the future. Up and coming drinkers will not have that learning experience.
jerrodm said:You're right, of course--growing up in CA I never had to plan my purchases around the all-important Sunday-afternoon-beer-and-football. And when I lived in GA I paid for it, mostly with Sunday trips onto base to go to the package store, mumbling uncharitable unprintables about the Bible Belt all the way. Sorry if that offends folks, I'm no libertine, but I do get crotchety when I'm denied beer...
In Massachusetts, happy hour is illegal. No free drinks, half price drinks, or coupons/ gift cards for drinks.
bovineblitz said:No sales on alcohol are allowed, ever. It's very annoying.
"Guinness is a meal."
Maybe for a 5 year old?
So did you walk out because they were going to charge more for it or because they called it an import and you simply won't tolerate abuses to the English language like that?
For a long time "import" actually referred to imported beer but in reality was how they communicated that they were going to charge more for it.
If they had said it's a "premium" beer would you have stayed and enjoyed the beer you ordered?
If I had been sitting at that bar I would be posting about a funny thing I overheard at a bar...This guy walks in and orders a micro-brew. The bartender tells him it's an import because they charge the import price on their micros. They guy argues with the bartender about where the beer is made and then storms out without having a beer.
Overheard at the beer aisle in the grocery store. Man speaking to wife/gf:
Non-Alcoholic beer is really bad for you. They use bleach to remove the alcohol.
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