Stupid State Beer/Liquor Laws

I remember pulling into towns ( Western KS ) with only 3.2 beer, didn't realize Wichita was so exotic until I went there

 

Funny, here in N.C. buying beer in stores and gas stations has been in since the 70s as far as I know. Our local food store has a bar in it with 6 taps and a wine bar. Even have cup holders on the carts. This part on Nc isn’t part of the Bible Belt apparently.

 

On the ID front, I remember my friend trying to order a beer in KC ( he was under 21 but over 18, this was mid 80s ) He whipped out his Military ID was denied & a guy next to me yelled the day that ID is no good we're all screwed. He got his beer & we got a few rounds for free & no one wanted our money the rest of the night there.

 

All them Yankees moving down certainly helped for that. There may be a county or 2 still but I haven't been in that jam for decades when I go back home

 

Locally Asheboro in Randolph was a long time hold out. You wanted to buy beer you had to go into Liberty or Randleman, like 30 miles each. It was the business owners who forced a proposition.

 

Funny when I was in the military and underage I never gave it a thought, just went into any bar we cared to and ordered a beer. This was in N.C, Ga, Al, Ca, Ok, NJ, NM, Tx hell even in Pa. No one ever asked for ID. The buzz cut was a give away and a free pass.

 

Well, were Air Force tried to keep our hair on the ragged edge of regulations ( Brill Cream or Dippty Doo )

 

I think Morganton was a hold out, no longer, probably some place like Icard or Cat's Square might still be holding the line...

 

Lol, dippity doo. That’s old school.

 

Yeah, as I noted:

(I usually avoid using that site as a source, since I've found most "beer" related pages are full of errors, misinterpretations or lack of specifics.)
I guess the explanation is the "fine print" noted on their Moist County Wiki entry for the Yellow counties:

So, no "specific meaning"? I guess that means some towns in those counties might have laws that have different opening/closing times, no Sunday sales, no on-premise licensees only off-, etc., rather than being actually "dry".

Plus the existence of so-called "pocket licenses" (not being used, but saved as an investment) and municipalities that have grown in population but have not issued additional new licenses.

OTOH, there are towns (not as many as there once were) that had many more licenses than their current population would allow, since those licenses had been grandfathered-in when the laws changed in, IIRC, the late 1940s. Supposedly many of those towns give people trying to buy those licenses a hard time with the transfer process, in order to lower the number of bars/liquor stores in town.

 

My grand pop used Vitalis, and ever trip there was putting that goo into my hair. Can’t imagine anyone today putting that crap into their hair.

 

A landscaper in Berkley Heights purchased an existing license and sat on it for 10 years watching it's value going up and up. He sold it 2 years ago to a company that was building a hotel.

 

What?

 

I guess they did not have Gorilla Glue back then!

 

They all made your hair greasy, I was like 4-5 then, but the style of the day was crew cuts for guys who used goo to brush it up in the front. Ugh I still remember putting it on but it was a big deal then.

 

Clovis, NM, town was controlled by a handfull of locals

 

I suppose the number of licenses per capita is fairly common, depends on many factors but I’ve heard that before as well. Liquor license in some towns are very valuable property, especially down here where it’s not uncommon to find people who don’t drink at all. They grew up in dry countries and towns so it’s quite normal, but the restaurants want a license to increase profits.

 

In NC and SC, all of the state run liquor stores are closed on Sunday. Until 2019, my county in NC was still dry, meaning no sales of any alcohol was permitted. There still a couple holdouts in NC that are still dry.

 

Have you seen Matt Gaetz?

(sorry, couldn't pass it up -- not to turn the thread political )

 

When I lived in CO back in early 00’s they sold 3.2 beer in grocery stores but everything else had to be at a liquor store. Not sure what the law is now.