Another socialist experiment fails

[TalkyTina]

People in Utah have to drink warm beer?

They sell refrigerated 3.2 "beer" in the grocery and convenience stores. The state liquor stores have no refrigerated section. I'm sure it helps in cutting down on the rate of consumption.

[Viking]

They sell refrigerated 3.2 "beer" in the grocery and convenience stores. The state liquor stores have no refrigerated section. I'm sure it helps in cutting down on the rate of consumption.

3.2 beer is great for the beer companies. You have to drink 2x the fluid ounces to get the same buzz as a normal beer. Utah legislators are clearly too stupid to know this...

Sure it's probably additional fixed cost but beer making carries HUGE ROIC to the large brewers...they make a fortune off of 3.2 beer in Utah.

Congratulations, Utah state legislature: you're lining the pockets of the beer companies.

[ERCougar]

Not sure how you're defining "system" but not being able to buy wine in grocery stores and the liquor stores not offering refrigerated beer are big complaints I hear from every drinker I know in Utah.

Yeah, they don't like that. I don't really either. I had to walk into the den of iniquity to get some cooking wine!

[Viking]

Every drinker I know in Utah loves the state liquor store system. Great selection and prices, from what I'm told. I was in there the other day to get some wine for cooking and it's amazing how huge it is. No way do you find something that big in a town outside of Utah that has only 30k people.

I'll take 67 Wine any day over a Utah state penal colony liquor store

[lambdacoug]

Every drinker I know in Utah loves the state liquor store system. Great selection and prices, from what I'm told. I was in there the other day to get some wine for cooking and it's amazing how huge it is. No way do you find something that big in a town outside of Utah that has only 30k people.

You should see the Walmarts in southern MO along the Arkansas border (Norther AR counties are dry), biggest liquor stores you'll ever see in a town of maybe 2000 people.

[lambdacoug]

Same way here, and I don't like it, as the nearest ABC store is over 15 minutes away. Makes it hard for those impulse Bananas Foster desserts.

Are there many states that allow hard liquor in the grocery stores?

MO does... It's allowed in gas stations too...

[SeattleUte]

Im really curious about how Washington is planning on distributing liquor licenses.

They auctioned off the liquor stores, and otherwise they are requiring that liquor be sold at the jumbo grocery stores. But the auctioned liquor stores are going to function like mini marts as appears from news interviews with the winning bidders. I don't know what other requirements there are for liquor selling.

[SeattleUte]

Same way here, and I don't like it, as the nearest ABC store is over 15 minutes away. Makes it hard for those impulse Bananas Foster desserts.

Are there many states that allow hard liquor in the grocery stores?

A lot of states sell hard liquor in all kinds of stores (I don't know how many). It's not a big deal. Why is it a bigger deal than allowing restaurants to do it?

Liquor laws are anacronistic. In some states you can sit the kids right up at the bar. I know LA is that way.

[MarkGrace]

Give me liberty or give me death!

You might get your wish given how things seems to be going around here lately.

[wuapinmon]

Same way here, and I don't like it, as the nearest ABC store is over 15 minutes away. Makes it hard for those impulse Bananas Foster desserts.

Are there many states that allow hard liquor in the grocery stores?

Hell, Louisiana has, no shit, DRIVE-THRU daiquiri joints!

[Flystripper]

Same way here, and I don't like it, as the nearest ABC store is over 15 minutes away. Makes it hard for those impulse Bananas Foster desserts.

Are there many states that allow hard liquor in the grocery stores?

CA did and IL does

[SoCalCoug]

Same way here, and I don't like it, as the nearest ABC store is over 15 minutes away. Makes it hard for those impulse Bananas Foster desserts.

Are there many states that allow hard liquor in the grocery stores?

California does.

[SoCalCoug]

CA did and IL does

"Did" or "does"? I'm pretty sure when I was in there the other day, I saw whiskey and vodka bottles.

[Scott R Nelson]

Are there many states that allow hard liquor in the grocery stores?

CA for one.

Now you've aroused my curiosity. Normally I stay away from the two aisles that sell alcohol because they don't sell anything I would consider buying. I always thought it was mostly wine there.

I think I'm going to have to go visit Safeway and Save Mart just to see if they sell Jack Daniel's, Barcardi, and Grey Goose.

[FMCoug]

Now you've aroused my curiosity. Normally I stay away from the two aisles that sell alcohol because they don't sell anything I would consider buying. I always thought it was mostly wine there.

I think I'm going to have to go visit Safeway and Save Mart just to see if they sell Jack Daniel's, Barcardi, and Grey Goose.

Someone above said they "used to" so maybe it had changed. All I know is that they for sure had the hard stuff back in the 80's.