I live in Texas, so I got a kick out of your headline
/Unicard FTW

Oklahoma will be the last to change, you can bet on that.

My mom lives in Pennsylvania, and that is a living Hell for beer drinkers.

I would never live in that state, simply because of their idiot laws.

Why do you think we call them convenience stores? Not very convenient without beer, are they?

MickeyD: I live in Texas, so I got a kick out of your headline
/Unicard FTW

I live in New Orleans, so I'm getting a kick out of your reply. While drinking a beer walking down the street.

/WTF is Unicard?

BEER THREAD!!1!one

When can we Texans buy beer before noon on Sundays?

I spent a lot of time in Pittsburgh, so I'm getting a kick out of the article.

Confabulat: My mom lives in Pennsylvania, and that is a living Hell for beer drinkers.

I would never live in that state, simply because of their idiot laws.

Why do you think we call them convenience stores? Not very convenient without beer, are they?

haha. I know. YOu can go to a pizza shop or bar and get a 6 pack to go, but you cant get beer at corner or grocery stores, wtf?

You submitted this with a better headline.

"Pennsylvania to soon allow purchasing beer by the six pack, rather than the case. Drew unimpressed, orders his next truckload"

HaywoodJablonski: When can we Texans buy beer before noon on Sundays?

Georgia is the same way. When flying home from Florida I had an hour layover in Atlanta on a Sunday. Of course I headed to the bar to kill time. I was told I could sit anywhere but not at the bar and no alcoholic beverages can be served before noon. Flabbergasted, I replied, "That's the entire reason why I came here!" At least the Atlanta airport still has smoking lounges. Stupid redneck hillbillies with silly liquor laws. Also I can vouch for Pennsylvania having butt-stupid laws when I visited a friend in Philadelphia. Oh, and some counties in downstate Illinois cannot sell on Sunday at all. I found this out when going to my friend's cabin down there. We were told that we would have to buy beer two counties over. We talked the clerk into selling us beer though.

Here in Chicago some bars have liquor licenses to allow them to serve until 4:00 AM, regardless of the day. They can resume selling at 6:00 AM, giving you the opportunity to grab some breakfast before you resume boozing. I'm kind of old for that sort of thing now and am a family man.

Good to see the photo with the article is for Coors Field in Denver and the farkin article doesn't seem to refer to any city or state west of the Mississippi.

Can't go to a liquor store on Sundays here in Colorado but you can buy alcohol at restaraunts every day of the week.

Now that's what I call progress!

Too bad they featured coors light.

For a second I thought it said "Stupid bear laws are going the way of the dildo".

Needless to say I was disappointed.

Here in NJ we can only buy beer from a licensed liquor store. No beer in 7-11's, grocery stores, or anyplace that's actually convenient. Same thing in DE.


/Boo this man
//Time for a beer revoltion

Meanwhile, in Indiana, you still can't buy alcohol in any type of store on Sundays.

Two things:

1) Our state liquor stores here in WA are teh suck.
2) I hope Costco wins their lawsuit against the state. (It's over the 2 tier distribution law.)

Dread Pirate Slasher: Oklahoma will be the last to change, you can bet on that.

sad fact but you are probably right. look how long it took to legalize tattooing in the state. (this was after abolishing cock fights) but maybe some progress is on the horizon, you can buy liquor on election days now.

the best part of my tenure in PA was that premium beers at the distributors were ALWAYS stale. That mighty fine looking case of Samuel Smiths was at least 12 years old.

so, everyone just got cases and cases of bud, ole piss on the sidewalky etc.

I Miss Mah Bucket: Too bad they featured coors light.

And so it begins...

Colour_out_of_Space: Meanwhile, in Indiana, you still can't buy alcohol in any type of store on Sundays.

You're not supposed to be drunk in church.

/Hated Indianer so much, I love living in Michigan!

I live in Ohio, where only the left-handed are allowed to buy beer, and they can make a decent amount of side-income by being 'purchasing agents' for beer for other folks. You see them standing outside of convenience stores, and they get about 2-3 bucks on top of the price of a six or a twelve pack of beer, when they buy it for a right-handed guy.

Stupid Beer Laws are Going Way of the Dodo*

*Offer Void in Utah

I Said:

Came here to say that also. It would make the subject much more interesting.

People mock Florida, but in the small town of Shalimar (NW Florida) you can buy beer 24/7 in every convenience store (at least you could in 2005, last time I was back that way).

I asked a clerk about this rather remarkable ability, and she told me the mayor tried to buy a bunch of beer before a Sunday football game and couldn't, so he forced the law through.

Even here in Pinellas County, I can drive over to Tampa at 2:50 AM if I need a hookup.

Repeal all blue laws, now!

The alcohol laws here in PA are a complete joke. Beer lovers aren't the only ones who have it bad. The wine lovers in this state have it nearly as bad, possibly worse.

The state run distribution (yeah, they own EVERY liquor and wine shop in the state) doesn't handle wines properly. I've heard of them storing wines in hot warehouses (which is very bad for the wine) before shipping to the state stores.

The state of PA should not be in the business of selling alcohol.

/life long PA resident
//thank god I live close to DE and NJ

zobear: Repeal all blue laws, now!

I came in here to post that.


/lives in SC

Colour_out_of_Space: Meanwhile, in Indiana, you still can't buy alcohol in any type of store on Sundays.

Same in Georgia.

PA is a beer drinkers nightmare. Especially if you don't have a car and have to carry a case of beer 8 blocks from the closest outlet.

There are laws against stupid beer?

Can't wait

//lives in Statesboro, GA
//no liquor sales in county
//cant buy beer on Sundays

Ow My Balls:

You're not supposed to be drunk in church.

Not if you're worshiping Bacchus!!

/There's an idea, start up such a church, and claim the no buying alky-hol on Sunday law is religious discrimination!

You'd think Wisconsin would be ahead of the curve, but you can't buy packaged beer after 9PM. In bars, yes, but not liquor stores. The Tavern League lobbying group has a lot of clout...

Call me when you can buy a new car on Sunday in Las Vegas.

the way of the dodo

Into the bellies of European sailors? Hey, no! That's my beer!

Danger Avoid Death: There are laws against stupid beer?

Death to the company selling Chocolate beer!!!

You're not supposed to be drunk in church.

I'm not going SOBER, so either I go drunk or I don't go. Take your pick.

In japan they have beer and big bottles of whisky in dispenser machines in random alleys.

It's like an alcoholics' shangri-la.

Here in NY, you can buy beer in the grocery stores, but not wine. Because of course, wine drinkers are far more likely to be falling down drunks.

But that's a step up from MA, where I had to go to the Package Store, because even readong the word "Liquor" and "Store" next to each other on a business sign would immediately summon Satan.

/Packy run anyone?

Great Janitor: Danger Avoid Death: There are laws against stupid beer?

Death to the company selling Chocolate beer!!!

Add cranberry beer to that and Dennis Leary will load your gun for you.

Ow My Balls:
You're not supposed to be drunk in church.


Sure you are, the priest gives you a sip of wine for a reason!

Ethyl Engine: Here in NJ we can only buy beer from a licensed liquor store. No beer in 7-11's, grocery stores, or anyplace that's actually convenient. Same thing in DE.

Some grocery stores now have a liquor store attached to them, although nominally it's a separate store. I think that's the way they build newer supermarkets.

Beer is proof god loves is and wants us too be happy. Government....not so much.

DrumCorpsAlum: zobear: Repeal all blue laws, now!

I came in here to post that.


/lives in SC



"Let's not get hasty."

DontSpitOnMyMind: *Offer Void in Utah

Stupidity can never escape the void of Utah.

Confabulat: People mock Florida, but in the small town of Shalimar (NW Florida) you can buy beer 24/7 in every convenience store (at least you could in 2005, last time I was back that way).

I asked a clerk about this rather remarkable ability, and she told me the mayor tried to buy a bunch of beer before a Sunday football game and couldn't, so he forced the law through.

Even here in Pinellas County, I can drive over to Tampa at 2:50 AM if I need a hookup.

We in Martin County just got rid of our blue laws about 3-4 years ago. Beer 24/7 FTW!

I was visiting my family in Michigan last year and I went to buy groceries on sunday morning. I had my little cart filled with food and various other sundries but I also had a six pack of guiness draft. I got all the way to the check out, every thing else scanned and then the lady went, "I can't sell you that beer".

I was like, "What the hell? Here's my I.D. - I'm obviously over 21"

Turns out there is a law that says no alcohol sales before like noon or something on sundays. The actual words the lady used was, "We don't sell beer before Church is out."

I then replied, "What the hell I am an atheist! Sell me the beer!"

That evidently set her off because she said, "Well I don't care if you don't believe in Our Lord, it's against the law and I can't sell it to you!"

At this point the manager came over and tried to find out what was wrong. I told him the problem and he explained the law to me and I, still feeling like quite the prick, told him that I was going to sue the state, the city, the store and him for violation of my civil rights on religious freedom grounds.

He wasn't buying it, but then I said to him, "And besides, she told me that she wouldn't sell me beer until church was out? Who's church? Why? Why does my ability to buy beer depend on someone else's church service?"

He shot the cashier a dirty look and evidently got tired of arguing with me. He grabbed the six pack off the check out belt, shoved it into my hands and said, "Here! It's free!"

Was I a jerk? Almost certainly. But you know what they say... free beer is free beer.

/loves free beer.
//still kind of a jerk

namegoeshere:

But that's a step up from MA, where I had to go to the Package Store, because even readong the word "Liquor" and "Store" next to each other on a business sign would immediately summon Satan.

Readong = reading, of course.

/Thank Jebus they sell beer on Sundays here. Obviously I need another.

F42: In japan they have beer and big bottles of whisky in dispenser machines in random alleys.

It's like an alcoholics' shangri-la.

They're right next to the panty machine.

TwistedFark: I was visiting my family in Michigan last year and I went to buy groceries on sunday morning. I had my little cart filled with food and various other sundries but I also had a six pack of guiness draft. I got all the way to the check out, every thing else scanned and then the lady went, "I can't sell you that beer".

I was like, "What the hell? Here's my I.D. - I'm obviously over 21"

Turns out there is a law that says no alcohol sales before like noon or something on sundays. The actual words the lady used was, "We don't sell beer before Church is out."

I then replied, "What the hell I am an atheist! Sell me the beer!"

That evidently set her off because she said, "Well I don't care if you don't believe in Our Lord, it's against the law and I can't sell it to you!"

At this point the manager came over and tried to find out what was wrong. I told him the problem and he explained the law to me and I, still feeling like quite the prick, told him that I was going to sue the state, the city, the store and him for violation of my civil rights on religious freedom grounds.

He wasn't buying it, but then I said to him, "And besides, she told me that she wouldn't sell me beer until church was out? Who's church? Why? Why does my ability to buy beer depend on someone else's church service?"

He shot the cashier a dirty look and evidently got tired of arguing with me. He grabbed the six pack off the check out belt, shoved it into my hands and said, "Here! It's free!"

Was I a jerk? Almost certainly. But you know what they say... free beer is free beer.

/loves free beer.
//still kind of a jerk

I am humbled and awed at your ability to mooch free beer