Thread: Question for the Americans: Beer drinking

Originally Posted by jockeys

in Texas, by virtue of the assholes at the TABC, you cannot buy alcohol for drinking or in bottles before noon, period end of story. futhermore, if you are buying later in the day on a sunday, for on premise consumption, you MUST serve it with food before 5pm. (as a former waiter, I took a lot of flak for this one)

if you are under 21, a parent or legal guardian may buy alcohol for you but only for on-premise consumption, not in bottles to take away.

this is only for TX, dunno about other states.

Come on Jockeys, they're only trying to get you to think ahead a little bit...Sheeez!

new york varies by city , town and county... about 3 years ago liquor stores could start opening on sunday but you can not sell alcohol to a person before noon on sunday... beer is available in the grocery stores but you need a liquor store for wine and hard liquor.

in some counties you can buy beer until 4am but most still use the old rule of 2am

bars can be open all night in some cities but generally they close by 2am

a parent can legally provide intoxication beverages to their own child... as long as it is at their home and the parent is present.

at 10 i started allowing a half glass of wine or beer with sunday dinner, 14 a full glass at sixteen i have promised to extend this to any meal at which i myself have a a beer or wine... i'll phase in a little hard liquor until they are 18 then they can drink with me.... but like now i'll keep the liquor cabinet locked... not everything is in there just the really good stuff.

drunkenness is a waste of alcohol.

Originally Posted by syslight

drunkenness is a waste of alcohol.

Exactly. Although there is that state before you hit 'drunk' where you are not sober and having a good time.

When I lived in Starkville, Ms no store was allowed to sell cold beer (I have never seen more people who ride around with ice chests) and of course no alcohol sales on sunday period.

Originally Posted by JMS

Come on Jockeys, they're only trying to get you to think ahead a little bit...Sheeez!

also forgot to mention that you can't buy liquor at all, ever, on a sunday, only beer and wine. (in bottles, you can buy it for on-premise consumption)

and it's none of the government's business when I buy what kind of drinks, it's just another example of the nanny state's attempt to legislate morality.

Originally Posted by rugrad02

Here in North Carolina, beer can not be bought before 12:00pm on Sundays and I believe all liquor stores are closed on Sundays. In South Carolina, no beer at all can be sold on Sundays.

Just a FYI, Greenville (SC) city limits you can buy beer and be served (anything) on Sunday's now. Just can't buy liquor.

It's another example of one of the great American pastimes - sticking your nose into other people's business. Most of this was tied to the Temperance Movements in the 19th Century. Men would go out drinking and the women were at home and had to deal with the drunks...so, rather than address the issue, they punished everyone. The logic is warped as well...I doubt anyone ever said "Damn, no beer...I guess I'll go to church!"

It differs from county to county in some States and then there are State laws. Colorado has no liquor sales on Sunday, except in restaurants. That is about to change, I think. Back home in Illinois, I remember booze being in all the grocery stores.

I remember working in Philly and trying to find some beer to take home with a pizza...I had to wander around to find a State store...what a joke. I'm not sure about the law and parents giving kids booze....but I think it is a great idea to show them responsible consumption. My mom did...we were shown that there is a right and wrong way...I just wish the selection had been better....all the sweet German wine....

In the American psyche - telling us we can't have something just makes us want it more and develop ingenious ways to get it.

The Scots and Irish immigrants brought their whiskey skills with them (thank God) and that is the origin of "moonshine" (corn mash whiskey, drank without the benefit of oak barrel aging, thus it is clear)...between the demands for taxes on booze and the purchasing restrictions, moonshiners did a great business.

Originally Posted by roughneck

When I lived in Starkville, Ms no store was allowed to sell cold beer (I have never seen more people who ride around with ice chests) and of course no alcohol sales on sunday period.

You just redefined hell for me. They can sell beer but not make it cold. I wonder how many stores just accidentally store their beer in the cooler "well gee officer there just wasn't any other place to keep it "

Originally Posted by Wildtim

You just redefined hell for me. "

It was hell.

Originally Posted by jockeys

and it's none of the government's business when I buy what kind of drinks, it's just another example of the nanny state's attempt to legislate morality.

i don't understand this attitude - it's a local regulation, at least at most places. and even then in a lot of cases it's the business that makes a choice. in my locale (not sure on what size) liquor stores could do business on sunday for quite a while, they just chose not to. it's only been over the last 2 years that few of them are opened from noon till 4-6pm on sunday, still the largest one remains closed.
the point is that when you decide to be a part of a certain community you get to live by the laws of that community.
i think the alcohol (and sex) thing is a bit ridiculous here in us, but i am only an observer. i won't serve (or buy) alcohol to a person under 21. if one day i have kids in us i'll probably bring them up the same way i was brought up - they will probably have a taste of alcohol by age 5 and i'm sure they'll turn just fine - that's of course if their mother would go with that