I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day (CQW)
posted by: Vixen~Frank Sinatra
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So. As of July 1 the blue law in Colorado was lifted. Which means, alcohol sales are legal on Sundays now. For people who are totally foreign to this idea or what this means. Up until now it’s been like this:
Liquor stores sell ALL forms of alcohol (beer, wine, hard alcohol) were open Mon-Sat. On Sundays, ALL liquor stores are closed. BUT Monday-Sunday (seven days a wk) you can buy 3.2 beer (the beer sold in liquor stores are like 3.6 of 4.0….it doesn’t matter to me, I think it’s silly, I buy my beer where it is most convenient…if that happens to be while I’m in Walmart or while driving home to hit the drive through liquor store, it makes 0 difference to me *shrug*) and wine coolers/malt beverages. But NO hard alcohol.
It has *always* been like this, for as long as I can remember (75years to be exact according to the article I found on this). So I’ve never thought anything of it. I guess the liquor store owners were against it, they would have rather stayed closed on Sundays. Not really sure why (I guess it was nice to have a mandatory day off??? IDK…). But I guess the bigger threat to them, which has also been proposed but turned down, is allowing convenience stores to sell high alcohol and wine. Which the liquor stores TOTALLY don’t want.
Convenience stores don’t love this new law and I guess were against it because they think it will cut into their profits. I imagine they made quite a bit of money on Sundays being the only ones allowed or open to sell beer (even if it is less alcohol content). But as I mentioned before, I’m going to buy my beer where I am. And 9 times out of 10, that is at a convenience store. It’s less expensive and usually way more convenient. I think there are quite a few people who are like this.
Well. Anyways. It passed and came into effect.
On several occasions the topic of different states liquor laws has come up on different boards I’ve participated in or between friends. It is highly interesting to me how totally different each state can be. My favorite state for alcohol sales I think is Ca. I love when I go visit Mojito and we go grocery shopping and in the same trip can fill a whole other cart with JUST ALCOHOL. It’s awesome! LOL
Bc of all this, it made me curious and wanted to ask you all what your state liquor laws are. I think many of you will be amazed at how different each state can be. Ok, maybe ‘amazed’ isn’t the best word choice (lol). But you get what I mean. So? Inquiring minds want to know.
Happy Hump Day!
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July 2nd, 2008 at 12:35 am
Montana–Convenience stores can sell beer/wine 7 days a week, 8AM-2AM. Hard liquor (bottles) is only available at liquor stores or some bars. I’m not sure when liquor stores are open–I’m a beer drinker. All liquor is purchased/supplied from the State of Montana, who has a MONSTER warehouse here (it’s like walking through the gates of heaven). I don’t think the state is involved in the beer/wine sales, but I could be wrong.
Until 2 years ago, it was legal for a person to have an open drink in their car, and drink it, while driving. You just couldn’t drive drunk. Then the Feds basically blackmailed the Legislature into passing a no open container law, or they’d hold back highway funds. Extortion is an ugly thing.
*Steps off soapbox…*
VixenJuly 2nd, 2008 at 12:40 am
Os- well. We’ve had open container laws since I was in high school here.
DanaJuly 2nd, 2008 at 4:01 am
I currently live in Illinois where the liquor laws are fairly “loose.” No restrictions on what day of the week we can purchase liquor, although we cannot purchase liquor before 11AM on Sundays. You can drink at a bar 22 hours/day (must close between 4AM and 6AM). Villages, cities and town set their own liquor store hours.
MeJuly 2nd, 2008 at 4:19 am
I actually had to look this up. Obviously, I do not buy enough alcohol. ;)
“Ohio has become the 31st state in the US to abolish blue laws that prohibited the sale of liquor on Sundays…Advocates of reform argue that repeal of the prohibition expands consumer choice on the second-busiest shopping day of the week and benefits states by raising tax revenue.”
Well, there you go. Also, in regards to your last comment on my blog: I’m very tempted to start something–especially after the last week or so around here. VERY tempted. Sigh.
TrollJuly 2nd, 2008 at 5:24 am
Come take the Troll Poll! The year I turned 18, they raised the drinking age to 21 but I had a fake I.D. that said I was 26 and weighed 75 less pounds than I did. Usually worked. All booze was banned on Sunday State-Wide back then. Now it’s largely a COUNTY decision.
Troll County is: Bars and Restaurants can open at 7:00 and must close at 2:00. Low fee for beer-and-wine only. High fee for full liquor. Break in the Liquor Fee if Live Entertainment offered.
Grocery/Convenience Stores sell Beer/Wine from 7:00 to 3:00. Thus giving bar drunks an hour to get Store booze. Liquor Stores (privately owned) sell everything from 7:00 to 3:00.
Bottle Clubs were BANNED by the County Commission mainly because of violence.
Things like “Happy Hour” and “Sink-or-Swim” are banned mainly because they encourage stupid cheap people to guzzle a night’s worth of booze in an hour.
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Blissfully WedJuly 2nd, 2008 at 6:28 am
I don’t know about the 3.2s in my state, but liquor stores can’t be open on Sundays and grocery stores and convenience stores can only sell beer.
There’s a county just south of me where bars can’t sell beer past midnight but they can sell liquor until 2 a.m.
As it happens, I only seem to get a hankering for wine on Sundays when I can’t buy it.
Have a great day!
Mojito MojoJuly 2nd, 2008 at 6:37 am
Yeah – I was BOGGLED when we went to visit you that first time and we couldn’t get beer on Sundays or at the grocery store!!! And what still kills me is that your liquor stores ONLY SELL LIQUOR – no chips or soda or anything!!!! How can one possibly plan out their drunkeness?? You can’t – it’s a total sporadic thing. But then again, maybe I’d be sober more often if CA had CO laws. *snort*
geenaJuly 2nd, 2008 at 6:59 am
Well here up in the great white north, or at least in around Ontario where i’m at…you get your liquor from the LCBO which is the liquor store, and you go to the Beer Store for your beer…i think you can also get Beer at the LCBO, but you get a much better selection at the Beer store
Flyinfox_SATXJuly 2nd, 2008 at 7:16 am
Hello…Is Texas represented here? I think there are different laws just within the state of Texas. I think there are a couple of towns that are actually Dry…go figure. But here in SA..No alcohol purchase are made on Sunday before noon. That’s why I am at my local Walmart at exactly 11:55am getting in line for my weekly supply. Then I have to remember to make it last through the next weekend….
Flyinfox_SATX
jenJuly 2nd, 2008 at 9:04 am
we can buy alcohol anywhere, grocery stores, convience stores etc. target sells wine that’s it. but other than that I never knew YOU couldn’t buy alcohol at the grocery store. wait, we have 2 drugstores here. one (walgreens) sells everything. the other one (cvs) is I’m guessing ownded by the ahem conservative religion here (i think) and they don’t sell any alcohol at all. weird.
jenJuly 2nd, 2008 at 9:05 am
lol forgot to say where I live. oops.Arizona.
QueenieJuly 2nd, 2008 at 10:41 am
Florida here. Miami exactly. Anything, anytime. I don’t know what is legal and not legal but I can tell you that there has not been a time when I have needed or wanted something that I haven’t been able to get. Our grocery stores sell beer and wine. Not liquor. As for the bar hours…ummm yeah…we don’t have any restrictions there either that I am aware of. LOL!
mamatulipJuly 2nd, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Up here in Canada the stores used to be closed on Sundays – everything was closed. I was in like grade 8 or something when Sunday shopping came in to effect. Nowadays most stores are open on Sundays, but for shorter hours – like 12-4 or something like that. The liquor/beer stores here are open, I think, but not all day on Sundays.
BiscuitJuly 2nd, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I live in Maryland, and the only place we can buy hard liquor is in stores run by the Department of Liquor Control. Beer and wine can be sold in stores that are specifically “beer and wine” stores. You can’t buy it in the grocery store or convenience stores. And the DLC stores don’t sell beer, so if you want both, you have to go to two different stores.
WendyJuly 3rd, 2008 at 11:24 am
New Mexico was like that for a zillion years and when I lived in the Southern part of the state, the thing to do on Sundays was make a run to the Texas border where you could buy booze. They did away with that law maybe 7 years ago?
Anyway, thanks for the tip on the lovely erotica, my thing too.
The Other RichardJuly 7th, 2008 at 12:29 am
@ Biscuit- You live in Montgomery County, don’t you?
I live in Anne Arundel County (also in Maryland) and I buy my beer, wine and liquor at independently owned “liquor stores” (no chains allowed) seven days a week. I can’t buy anything alcoholic at grocery stores or convenience stores either (except for a couple places that I think were grandfathered in) but liquor stores- especially in the more rural areas of the county- sell so many other things that they become de facto convenience stores.
All this to say that in Maryland the liquor laws differ between each county and Baltimore City. To further complicate matters incorporated municipalities within a county can have their own laws as well.