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  • Why the Drinking Age is 21 in Every State
  • The Drunkest Time in American History
  • Mail-Order Alcohol: why you can’t get that niche bourbon (and why you might be able to soon)
  • Emergency Booze
  • How A Civil Service Job Helped End Prohibition
  • The First American Liquor Laws
  • Prohibition’s Racist Underbelly
  • The Maine Law
  • Dry Republicans, Wet Democrats? Alcohol and Party Politics in American History
  • A Brief History of Indian Alcohol Policy
  • The Whiskey Trust
  • Members Only: The History (and Legal Niche) of the Private Club
  • The Three Mile Limit: Booze on Boats
  • The Whiskey Ring
  • Liquoring Up the Electorate
  • Beginner’s Guide to the Whiskey Rebellion
  • Happy Hour Laws: States’ Quest To Keep People Happy, But Not That Happy
  • Lewis Rosenstiel, Capitalist Champion of America’s ‘Native Spirit’
  • The Aristocracy vs. Prohibition
  • The Taft Decision: What is Whiskey, Anyway?
  • A (Very Brief) History of Straight Whiskey
  • The Brown Jug Bills
  • Dram Shop Laws
  • Bottled In Bond
  • Chicken Wings are Sandwiches in Colorado
  • Your Liquor is Lying to You, and That’s Okay
  • The 15-Gallon Law: Pack My Box With Five Dozen Liquor Jugs
  • The “Habitual Drunkard:” Virginia’s Downright Prehistoric Anti-Homeless Law.
  • Kentucky’s 80 Different Liquor Licenses
  • Drive-Thru Daiquiris
  • War Between the Wine States
  • Boozy Trade Wars
  • The Government Can’t Decide If Whiskey Is Gluten Free
  • A Tall Whiskey COLA: Navigating a Web of US Labeling Laws
  • Why Aren’t There Nutrition Labels On Alcohol?
  • Do Higher Taxes Reduce Drinking’s Problems?
  • Home Distilling: Yep, Still Illegal
  • Appalachian Appellations: The Quest to Protect America’s Spirit
  • Behind the Zion Curtain: Utah’s Unorthodox Approach To Keeping Liquor Away From Innocent Eyes
  • Three Cheers, Three Tiers: Why Alcohol Production, Distribution, and Sales are Legally Separate
  • Prohibition’s Legacy
  • You have a baby… In a bar! How Laws About Kids In Bars Have Adapted (or not) to Changing Times
  • 3.2%: Why Some State Laws Distinguish Between “Light” and “Heavy” Beer
  • The Control State Primer
  • Blue Laws: Football Season Edition
  • Beer Street and Gin Lane: Why Liquor is Treated Differently from Beer and Wine
  • Now Open Sundays: A Brief History of American Blue Laws
  • Intro: The Adventures of John Barleycorn and his Uncle Sam

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February 6, 2020

The Maine Law

Neal Dow was just about single-handedly responsible for the first statewide prohibition law in the country. He was also pretty responsible for its quick demise.

Tagged alcohol, American history, antebellum, booze, history, inthespiritofthelaw, law, liquor law, maine, maine law, neal dow, new england, portland, Prohibition, quaker, rum, rum riot, temperance. 2 Comments
April 3, 2019June 30, 2020

Drive-Thru Daiquiris

Letting the good times roll on through

Tagged alcohol, beer, booze, cocktail, daiquiri, drive-thru, law, liquor, liquor law, louisiana, margarita, new orleans, pina colada, rum, tequila, texas, wine. Leave a comment
March 6, 2019August 13, 2019

Boozy Trade Wars

Recent aluminum and steel tariffs are affecting the price of your beer. It ain’t the first time.

Tagged alcohol, American history, american revolution, beer, booze, canada, craft beer, history, law, liquor, liquor law, revolutionary war, rum, spirits, tariffs, tax, taxes. 1 Comment
February 20, 2019March 11, 2019

The Government Can’t Decide If Whiskey Is Gluten Free

And other tales of “health claims” for alcohol

Tagged alcohol, American history, beer, celiac, craft, craft beer, distillery, distilling, gin, gluten, gluten free, government, heart disease, history, labeling, labels, law, liquor, liquor law, rum, vodka, whiskey, whisky. Leave a comment
February 6, 2019August 13, 2019

A Tall Whiskey COLA: Navigating a Web of US Labeling Laws

In which you try to release a beer, and fail pretty hard at it.

Tagged alcohol, American history, beer, booze, craft, craft beer, gin, history, labeling, labels, law, liquor, liquor law, rum, spirits, vodka, whiskey, whisky. 1 Comment
January 23, 2019August 13, 2019

Why Aren’t There Nutrition Labels On Alcohol?

Tax money before health! Historically speaking, at least…

Tagged 21st Amendment, alcohol, American history, beer, booze, craft beer, FDA, gin, health, history, labeling, labels, law, liquor, liquor law, nutrition, regulation, rum, spirits, vodka, whiskey, whisky. 4 Comments
January 9, 2019January 24, 2019

Do Higher Taxes Reduce Drinking’s Problems?

The impact of taxes on the price of booze has been dropping for decades.

Tagged alcohol, American history, bar, bars, bartender, booze, brandy, cocktail, drinking, gin, history, imbibe, law, liquor, liquor law, Prohibition, rum, spirits, tax, taxes, tequila, vodka, whiskey, whisky. 1 Comment
December 26, 2018May 11, 2019

Home Distilling: Yep, Still Illegal

Making your own hooch is as American as hard apple cider

Tagged alcohol, booze, bourbon, brandy, craft, distillery, distilling, law, liquor, liquor law, rum, spirits, vodka, whiskey, whisky. Leave a comment
July 26, 2018January 28, 2019

Intro: The Adventures of John Barleycorn and his Uncle Sam

New to the site? Start here! Otherwise, scroll down for the latest posts.

Tagged 21st Amendment, alcohol, American history, barleycorn, barlife, bars, bartender, beer, booze, bourbon, craft beer, drinking, gin, history, intro, introduction, law, liquor law, Prohibition, rum, spirits, tequila, vodka, whiskey, whisky, wine. 2 Comments
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