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"Straight" is a ubiquitous word on American whiskey bottles, but its meaning is often misunderstood, and the reasons for its existence unknown. This week on the site, a (very brief) history of straight whiskey. LINK IN PROFILE! #straightwhiskey #kentuckystraightbourbonwhiskey #bourbon #whiskey #inthespiritofthelaw #drinkstagram #law #liquorlaws #distilling #craftspirits #ryewhiskey

Well cheers to that. I wrote about this awful law in May (the article is linked in my profile) and the fourth circuit recently rejected it as "unconstitutionally vague" in an 8-7 decision. I don't know if that would have stood up on appeal, but on Friday the Virginia attorney general announced that the state would not be appealing. The AG rather forcefully said that the legislature should have repealed the law years ago. His office seems to have just been defending it out of obligation. A good day in liquor law. #law #liquorlaws #liquor #alcohol #habitualdrunkard #virginia #homeless #homelessness #legalaidjusticecenter

Went camping this week, and @redbull34th brought me a #beer fit for a history buff. #craftbeer #history #americanhistory #camping #inthespiritofthelaw

New article! In the last few decades, fake IDs have gotten harder and harder to spot. In 2001, encouraged by the Brown Jug chain of liquor stores, Alaska passed a bill that would let bars and retailers sue an underager (or their parents) if they were caught trying to buy alcohol with a fake ID. Similar "Brown Jug Bills" have been debated in many other states, and adopted in at least one more. They're billed as an underage drinking prevention technique, but are they effective? LINK IN PROFILE!

In this week's article: #Bar owners and #bartenders risk their livelihoods every time they serve a drink. Server liability, or "dram shop," laws can leave them open to fines, job loss, or even jail time if a customer drinks too much and does something stupid. Where did these laws come from, and are they a just (or effective) way to fight problems like drunk driving? LINK IN PROFILE

Smashed. Blitzed. Tanked. Shit-faced. Three sheets. Lit. Gassed, gay, glassy, glowed, and greased. The Dictionary of American Slang lists over 350 different synonyms for "drunk" - more than any other word in the English language. Some are funny, some are violent, some are joyous, and a few are depressing. Many can be all four, depending on the circumstances. I guess it makes sense that our words for drinking are as complicated as our relationship with alcohol itself!

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November 28, 2018November 28, 2018

Behind the Zion Curtain

For a while there, the view from a Utah bar stool was a bit… bland. Meet one of the strangest state liquor laws on the books.

Tagged 21st Amendment, alcohol, American history, bars, beer, craft beer, history, law, liquor, liquor law, spirits, utah, zion curtain. Leave a comment

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