Alabama passes gourmet bottle bill

[majorvices]

Whoot! What a boon for craft beer, especially for local brewers. Looking forward to having Belgian bombers available in my area and making my beer available in 750 s!

[brewmichigan]

They had a ban on 750's?

[majorvices]

Nothing over 16 oz. stupid, eh? You could buy wine in double wide or a gallon of ever clear but beer noore than 16 oz, and there was a special tax on anything over twelve oz.

[bo]

I have never understood why our elected officials have to be involved in bottle sizes. I can remember when 8oz. stubbies had to be approved by state government. How ridiculous is that?

[bluesman]

Congrats to Alabama Brewers!

That includes you Keith.

[majorvices]

Hard to believe that I now live in a place where many of the beer laws are more relaxed than where I came from (PA). PA has some seriously backward beer laws that need changed.

[yugamrap]

PA has some seriously backward beer laws that need changed.

Um...you could remove "beer" from that sentence -just sayin'....

[gymrat]

Now if they will just legalize home brewing.

[tygo]

Now if they will just legalize home brewing.

Today's the day or it's dead for another year.

[kramerog]

I have never understood why our elected officials have to be involved in bottle sizes. I can remember when 8oz. stubbies had to be approved by state government. How ridiculous is that?

I'll take a stab at why it might not be so ridiculous.  40s of malt liquor.

[majorvices]

I have never understood why our elected officials have to be involved in bottle sizes. I can remember when 8oz. stubbies had to be approved by state government. How ridiculous is that?

I'll take a stab at why it might not be so ridiculous.  40s of malt liquor.

I should have the right to buy as much beer or other alcohol as I want without the government looking over my shoulder.

[punatic]

Belgian Bomber:

[punatic]

I should have the right to buy as much beer or other alcohol as I want without the government looking over my shoulder.

I feel the same way about the right to produce all alcoholic beverages on a hobby scale.

[bo]

I have never understood why our elected officials have to be involved in bottle sizes. I can remember when 8oz. stubbies had to be approved by state government. How ridiculous is that?

I'll take a stab at why it might not be so ridiculous.  40s of malt liquor.

Okay, 1 large bottle, 8 stubbies, 4 regular size bottles, 3 pints. What difference does it make? It's still 40+ ounces of beer to be consumed.

[Slowbrew]

I should have the right to buy as much beer or other alcohol as I want without the government looking over my shoulder.

I feel the same way about the right to produce all alcoholic beverages on a hobby scale.

+1

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I'll just say, I agree.

paul