Mississippi needs some positive vibes sent its way

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by yesferro, Mar 28, 2012.

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  1. yesferro

    yesferro Initiate (0) Jul 30, 2008 Mississippi

    This is too big for just the Southern part of the forum, as some of you might know, MS is capped at 5% ABW, in resent years, Raise Your Pints has worked hard to get the cap raised. Last year, the bill never even made it to the house floor. This year, this is happening:
    It's amazing, we got AB on our side, which helps. Pushing on the way this will help the economy helped, we had to settle for 8% ABW but it's a huge step in the right direction. We will not be held back like AL on bottle sizes, or like TN where 6%+ abv has to be sold in liquor stores. One more step away from victory, from being the last state with an ancient beer law. This is huge, so if every one could just send some positive vibes our way, and somehow have the Gov sign this bill, it'd be much appreciated. That $40 or more we spend on gas during beer runs should be spent on beer from July 1st on!

    Cheers!
     
    #1 yesferro, Mar 28, 2012
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  2. jzeilinger

    jzeilinger Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,847) Dec 4, 2004 Pennsylvania
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    Time to move!!! But, you could maybe take up homebrewing and buck the system. Good gawd, this is looking like Prohibition! (start homebrewing, seriously). In the East where I live, they monitor your fertilizer purchases and hopefully in your neck of the woods they don't monitor grain purchases!
     
    #2 jzeilinger, Mar 28, 2012
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  3. yamar68

    yamar68 Initiate (0) Apr 1, 2011 Minnesota

    Every time I hear someone gripe about Sunday beer laws in MN, I think of you guys. Hope everything swings in your direction, god speed!
     
    #3 yamar68, Mar 28, 2012
  4. 4balance

    4balance Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2011

    Oklahoma has some effed up beer laws too, so I am sending positive beer vibes your way,return the favor and beer karma wins bro ~ Cheers ~
     
    #4 4balance, Mar 28, 2012
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  5. yesferro

    yesferro Initiate (0) Jul 30, 2008 Mississippi

    The homebrew bill didn't make it past the house, it's still illegal here!

    And we do (ahum not) brew every now and then
     
    #5 yesferro, Mar 28, 2012
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  6. MattyG85

    MattyG85 Initiate (0) Aug 31, 2010 Minnesota

    So AB is supporting it? Maybe this is a indirect way that the new "Platinum" is helping craft.
     
    #6 MattyG85, Mar 28, 2012
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  7. 4balance

    4balance Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2011

    Apology, I said Cheers bro then saw you are a craft brew sister, exceeded the time limit to edit post! Cheers sister ~
     
    #7 4balance, Mar 28, 2012
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  8. Etan

    Etan Initiate (0) Jul 11, 2011 Wisconsin

    Hopefully this shit ends real soon.
     
    #8 Etan, Mar 28, 2012
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  9. CaptainTripps

    CaptainTripps Initiate (0) Aug 8, 2010 Arizona

    Why is there even a cap in the first place?
     
    #9 CaptainTripps, Mar 28, 2012
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  10. jtmartino

    jtmartino Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2010 California

    From a beer standpoint alone, MS sucks. I would move to somewhere better, like Asheville NC. :wink:
     
    #10 jtmartino, Mar 28, 2012
  11. Swim424

    Swim424 Pundit (881) Apr 29, 2011 Florida

    Now thats some bullshit. I wouldn't be able to drink most my favorites.

    But seriously beer probably isn't the best reason to decide where you live so just brew your own. Its easy, fun, and taste delicious.
     
    #11 Swim424, Mar 28, 2012
  12. GrindFatherBob

    GrindFatherBob Initiate (0) Apr 29, 2010 New York

    Checking Mississippi off of the list of potential new homes.
     
    #12 GrindFatherBob, Mar 28, 2012
  13. jmw

    jmw Initiate (0) Feb 4, 2009 North Carolina

    8% ABW in a state that is used to 5% is not an insignificant change--that translates to about 10% ABV if I'm looking at it correctly. There are many great beers out there that fall into that range. Getting them to come to the state after this bill passes is a whole other battle however.
    Speaking from experience from WV, where our 6% (abv) cap was lifted just a couple years ago, as long as you can get the breweries to distribute in your state, life is getting ready to get much better.
    Congrats!
     
    #13 jmw, Mar 28, 2012
  14. rocdoc1

    rocdoc1 Maven (1,265) Jan 13, 2006 New Mexico
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    When Alabama raised its ABW limit there was almost instantaneous response from breweries. New Mexico has no restrictions at all but in just 3 years the availability of beer in Alabama is much better than out here. Whenever I visit my family in Mobile I end up bringing a carload of beer back with me.
     
    #14 rocdoc1, Mar 28, 2012
  15. FosterJM

    FosterJM Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2009 California

    Wow. Its amazing how crazy some states treat their beer laws. You ladies/gentleman of the south need all the positive CA vibes I can throw out.

    Cheers!
     
    #15 FosterJM, Mar 28, 2012
  16. yesferro

    yesferro Initiate (0) Jul 30, 2008 Mississippi

    The insane craft beer explosion in towns like Birmingham and Huntsville AL has helped our cause, just look at the jobs the new breweries created, or the extra specialty stores that opened and bring in more jobs and revenue. We used to make beer runs to TN, lately it's been nothing but AL runs.
     
    #16 yesferro, Mar 28, 2012
  17. Domingo

    Domingo Grand Pooh-Bah (4,252) Apr 23, 2005 Colorado
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    I wish MS the best. Having watched Alabama transition from wasteland to (fairly) respectable in 3 years has been great...and they didn't even have the advantage of a great brewer like Lazy Magnolia beforehand either.
     
    #17 Domingo, Mar 28, 2012
  18. Derranged

    Derranged Initiate (0) Mar 7, 2010 New York

    It has a strict limit on beer strength, yet at the same time has no restrictions against passengers OR DRIVERS drinking in an automobile. Strange. Well actually drivers still have to comply with the country's BAC limit, they can still have an open alcohol container while driving.
     
    #18 Derranged, Mar 28, 2012
  19. nanobrew

    nanobrew Initiate (0) Dec 31, 2008 California

    obviously because $15-30 11%ABV stouts are a gateway to all other kinds of things. Pretty soon people might come up with fermenting grape juice and creating 11-18% beverages, or worse they will use various sugars (cane sugar, malt, agave, even potatoes) to create a drink with a high concentrate of alcohol (20-45%ABV) and sold as low as half gallons for under $15.

    This would be madness. WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN!
     
    #19 nanobrew, Mar 28, 2012
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  20. frazbri

    frazbri Initiate (0) Oct 29, 2003 Ohio

    Sounds like things are on the right track! Good luck!
     
    #20 frazbri, Mar 28, 2012
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