Seriously, they're like these small hole-in-the-wall, with stacks of beer still in cardboard shipping boxes, a few things chilled, and a bunch of shady looking guys that respond with "YO!" Liquor stores have liquor and wine ...groceries sell beer, but it's like through an adjacent shopping area, kind of a cafe, with separate registers. I believe they're changing some of this, but that was the case as of our last visit a few years ago.
I’m not disagreeing with you, but that sounds bazaar. I thought the only function of government should be -maybe- licenses to control their numbers.
Yes, I experienced this years ago on my first trip up to PA. In Florida, beer and wine are the same license, so grocery, restaurants usually have both, with hard liquor that's a separate (harder to get license), so that's typically limited to liquor stores, or restaurants/bars, who serve everything. Beer and wine you can get _everywhere_, and one of a major grocery chains even has dedicated liquor stores that are commonly connected right to the main grocery store.
Up in PA, beer specifically (not wine), is sold through "state stores" ... from their appearance, I'm not sure that these aren't actually run by organized crime.
Ok, that’s total bull ****, not the roll for a state to assume! Why?
Which brands are available, to be dictated at every store, by the State? This is plainly wrong for a regulatedfree market. It smacks of monopoly.
I’ll drink it, but I do prefer European lagers mainly. Bud is too gassy really.Do you like this beer? Instead of setting you up, I’ll say up front, I consider it The Rot Gut of beers.
Calling it rot gut was not really fair, but I don’t like rice based beer.
Calling it rot gut was not really fair, but I don’t like rice based beer.
Yes but what about a product being sold because there is an adequate demand for it? Not because a Bureacracy makes a decision about what the best sellers are, although granted, this could be done by any business. The issue is that it’s a single entity for the entire State making the marketing decision. I’ve said enough regarding this topic.
Yes but what about a product being sold because there is an adequate demand for it? Not because a Bureacracy makes a decision about what the best sellers are, although granted, this could be done by any business. The issue is that it’s a single entity for the entire State making the marketing decision. I’ve said enough regarding this topic.
Don’t get me wrong, I lean moderate to liberal, and I like the idea of standardization of laws at the Federal level for consistency. I don’t like the idea that you could be arrested in one state for a crime, but in another state it’s not a crime.
You got it mate"I didn't even know where Bruges f***ing was." One of my favorites
Good points and good discussion.
As a Nation we share commonalities, for example, I see minimum standards for education, voter rights, freedom of religion, and disallowed discrimination in a business opened to the public, all dictated by a Federal standards.Recently I purchased some Capt Morgan Spiced Rum, and it tastes kind of like a liquor which reminds me of a mint flavor. I need to taste some unspiced rum for comparison.9
