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basemetal

2012-01-29 02:06:00 PM

I expected this to be about Okla.

Weaver95

2012-01-29 02:22:09 PM

yes! someone with more f*cked up liquor laws than Pennsylvania!

muhahahahaha!

Party Boy

2012-01-29 02:24:26 PM

Not available in all 50 states. WTF.

rustypouch

2012-01-29 02:44:13 PM

So where's this 'freedom' you Yanks are always going on about?

JasonOfOrillia

2012-01-29 02:44:44 PM

Worse than Utah?

TravisBickle62

2012-01-29 02:45:39 PM

This is the thread where we post pics of the beers we have enjoyed which are way better than the beers that you have enjoyed, unless you have enjoyed the same beers in which case we will post even MORE pics of beers you cannot possibly have enjoyed.

budrojr

2012-01-29 02:46:58 PM

That there is a restriction on alcohol content at all is ridiculous. I participated in Alabama's Free The Hops movement, and am so glad we finally have made headway on craft beer in this state. I feel as if I live in a slightly less silly portion of America now.

skate919

2012-01-29 02:47:38 PM

FTFA:
"It hits close to home for me because Lazy Magnolia brewery get's offered..."

Wow.

bmihura

2012-01-29 02:47:55 PM

Solution: Move to different state.

medius

2012-01-29 02:49:34 PM

anyone else read that as 'beaver' festival?

Mixolydian Master

2012-01-29 02:49:42 PM

This thread will be quickly become a beer snob thread

*click*

yup...

Guidette Frankentits

2012-01-29 02:51:06 PM

Not sure if prohibition era blue laws
troll.me

Or laws created from multinational beer corporation lobbyists

rebelyell2006

2012-01-29 02:52:25 PM

Guidette Frankentits: Not sure if prohibition era blue laws
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Or laws created from multinational beer corporation lobbyists

It's Mississippi, so it would be the former. Hypocritical Baptists.

Ow! That was my feelings!

2012-01-29 02:52:41 PM

theorellior

2012-01-29 02:53:41 PM

Party Boy: Not available in all 50 states. WTF

It is my understanding that Pliny the Elder doesn't travel well, or some such. Also, arcane distribution laws for the win. I wish I could get it in Massachusetts. But I can still get Bear Republic Racer 5, Ballast Point Sculpin and Ithaca Flower Power, so it's all good.

Guidette Frankentits

2012-01-29 02:54:44 PM

rebelyell2006: Guidette Frankentits: Not sure if prohibition era blue laws
[troll.me image 552x414]

Or laws created from multinational beer corporation lobbyists

It's Mississippi, so it would be the former. Hypocritical Baptists.

Ah I see. Yeah that makes sense.
If it was Missouri, then it would be the latter.

Lemurknits

2012-01-29 02:55:15 PM

basemetal: I expected this to be about Okla.

You serious? I was convinced it would be Utah.

HaywoodJablonski

2012-01-29 02:55:57 PM

Finally, a reason to avoid Mississippi!

Bondith

2012-01-29 02:57:50 PM

Mississippi is the last state to have a law that bans high gravity beer.

Well, to be fair, it can create a hazard to navigation when it's got lighter beers orbiting around it.

Guidette Frankentits

2012-01-29 02:58:12 PM

If this was sold nation wide, even at a 3.2 version, it would put Inbev out of business

www.brew52.com

theorellior

2012-01-29 02:58:57 PM

Lemurknits: basemetal: I expected this to be about Okla.

You serious? I was convinced it would be Utah.

Really, I just wish all the states could just normalize their laws and allow craft brews to blossom in all their variety. I love being able to sample the spectrum of choices already available. More breweries means more unknown brewmasters can learn and hone their craft.

It's really quite nice that in the twenty years I've been drinking the phrase "American beer" now means something awesome.

anuran

2012-01-29 03:01:57 PM

Ow! That was my feelings!: [adweek.blogs.com image 400x517]

Some of you can read? I don't believe it.

DerechoSCK

2012-01-29 03:05:34 PM

Love this stuff. Don't care what you beer snobs say...

badhatharry

2012-01-29 03:06:27 PM

Southern Baptists think that alcohol is evil. It's a holdover from Prohibition. They don't ever wonder why Christians didn't have a problem with alcohol until about 1910. The Baptists that I know are convinced the the "wine" in the Bible was not actually wine.

NewWorldDan

2012-01-29 03:08:16 PM

Guidette Frankentits: If this was sold nation wide, even at a 3.2 version, it would put Inbev out of business

Amen! Testify! Between GrainBelt and Summit, the best beer in the world comes from Minnesota! And just for fun, I also brew my own.

/hot

malaktaus

2012-01-29 03:12:30 PM

rustypouch: So where's this 'freedom' you Yanks are always going on about?

Mississippians would object to the label 'Yanks', and real Yanks would too. Frankly, I'm not sure all of them are even human beings. Whenever I think of Mississippi I am reminded of the Martense family from Lovecraft's story the Lurking Fear: monstrous things created by inbreeding and ignorance, whose ancestors were men a few brief centuries ago.

Enigmamf

2012-01-29 03:12:36 PM

theorellior: Party Boy: Not available in all 50 states. WTF

It is my understanding that Pliny the Elder doesn't travel well, or some such. Also, arcane distribution laws for the win. I wish I could get it in Massachusetts. But I can still get Bear Republic Racer 5, Ballast Point Sculpin and Ithaca Flower Power, so it's all good.

Oooh, I love the Sculpin - probably one of the only IPAs in San Diego that doesn't try to drown you in hops. It's nice being about 3 miles from the brewery, too.

beergut666

2012-01-29 03:12:41 PM

Guidette Frankentits: If this was sold nation wide, even at a 3.2 version, it would put Inbev out of business

[www.brew52.com image 250x650]

I hope you are joking. Premium is one of the most offensive beers ever, the overwhelming sweetness and putrid smell of hay makes it gag inducing. It is one of a very few beers that I will flat out refuse to drink, and that says a lot.

TheDirtyNacho

2012-01-29 03:17:06 PM

budrojr: That there is a restriction on alcohol content at all is ridiculous. I participated in Alabama's Free The Hops movement, and am so glad we finally have made headway on craft beer in this state. I feel as if I live in a slightly less silly portion of America now.

Texas only recently legalized beer as labeled such. It used to be anything over 5% was by law 'ale'...even when not actually ale.

Alcohol laws are bizarre.

Enigmamf

2012-01-29 03:17:27 PM

badhatharry: Southern Baptists think that alcohol is evil. It's a holdover from Prohibition. They don't ever wonder why Christians didn't have a problem with alcohol until about 1910. The Baptists that I know are convinced the the "wine" in the Bible was not actually wine.

The best part? Jesus was turning water into wine to give to people who were already drunk. So clearly the bible supports not only drinking, but binge drinking.

John 2:7 Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water"; so they filled them to the brim.

8 Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet."

They did so, 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10 and said, "Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now."

/Yes, the devil quotes scripture.

jayhawk88

2012-01-29 03:19:53 PM

rustypouch: So where's this 'freedom' you Yanks are always going on about?

Over at the gun an knife show.

badhatharry: Southern Baptists think that alcohol is evil. It's a holdover from Prohibition. They don't ever wonder why Christians didn't have a problem with alcohol until about 1910. The Baptists that I know are convinced the the "wine" in the Bible was not actually wine.

Just to be clear, Southern Baptists think that other people's alcohol is evil. The stuff they buy by the case is sanctified by The Lord.

Bill_Wick's_Friend

2012-01-29 03:20:44 PM

rustypouch: So where's this 'freedom' you Yanks are always going on about?

You can't buy a sex toy or a 5.5% beer in Mississippi but you can get as many guns as you want = freedom.

Coco LaFemme

2012-01-29 03:25:33 PM

HaywoodJablonski: Finally, a reason to avoid Mississippi!

You mean there weren't plenty of reasons before now?

Jon iz teh kewl

2012-01-29 03:28:42 PM

Well it's also hard to organize a crack cocaine festival when 100% of the highest cracks are ilegal :(

elffster

2012-01-29 03:32:36 PM

Currently i am in MS. (yah I know, boohoo) and you can get plenty of decent beer if you haul ass outta here and hit up Louisiana or Tennessee.

I got stuff called Devastator (from Utah of all places), and Lobotomy Bock (not really tasty, but strong so thats a +), and my old stand-bys Spaten Optimator and Paulaner Salvator all over in LA. Also something called Hobgoblin, which was also tasty. I made it a point of getting about a case and a half of the strong tasty stuff back in late September and still have a 6'er left actually.

I did see some Rouge chocolate stout for sale in one hipster grocery here in the Jackson area, but that was about it, otherwise everyone just sucks down their Bud Light or rum, moonshine, wine or whatnot. And yes there are lots of bible thumper robots who want to dictate what others should or should not do, which is why I am posting - for anyone who reads this:

Get me the fark out of here~

Khellendros

2012-01-29 03:36:01 PM

basemetal: I expected this to be about Okla.

You can get strong beer in Oklahoma, you just have to buy it at a liquor store. You can't get it at a grocery or convenience store. The article gives the impression that you can't get beer higher than five points ANYWHERE in the state of Mississippi. That's insane.

robodog

2012-01-29 03:36:05 PM

DerechoSCK: Love this stuff. Don't care what you beer snobs say...

Sane beer snobs have no problem with it, it's their best beer. In fact I've got the remnants of a 12 pack in the beer fridge right now =)

binkyman

2012-01-29 03:43:06 PM

rustypouch: So where's this 'freedom' you Yanks are always going on about?

It always boggles mind mind the variation of laws among states. It makes me thing the US is more a loose amalgam of states than a country.

robodog

2012-01-29 03:46:18 PM

binkyman: rustypouch: So where's this 'freedom' you Yanks are always going on about?

It always boggles mind mind the variation of laws among states. It makes me thing the US is more a loose amalgam of states than a country.

Why yes we are a republic, though the central government has grabbed a lot more power for itself than the founding fathers intended so we're closer to your idea of a country than we were supposed to be.

konigsforst

2012-01-29 03:50:02 PM

Party Boy: [i.imgur.com image 364x627]
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Not available in all 50 states. WTF.

I love living an hour away from the brewery! Still sells out at most places, sometimes within a few hours.

Slartibartfaster

2012-01-29 03:54:42 PM

theorellior: wish all the states could just normalize their laws

Yea, then they might have a good reason for the "United States" part of their name.

shakespear

2012-01-29 04:00:10 PM

I never attended top of the hops because I couldnt get anything there I couldnt get at Kroger..

fusillade762

2012-01-29 04:03:42 PM

TravisBickle62: This is the thread where we post pics of the beers we have enjoyed which are way better than the beers that you have enjoyed, unless you have enjoyed the same beers in which case we will post even MORE pics of beers you cannot possibly have enjoyed.

OK, fine.

justbeer.files.wordpress.com

xSauronx

2012-01-29 04:03:47 PM

not my problem

www.duckrabbitbrewery.com

/45 minutes from the brewery

Guidette Frankentits

2012-01-29 04:07:21 PM

beergut666: I hope you are joking. Premium is one of the most offensive beers ever, the overwhelming sweetness and putrid smell of hay makes it gag inducing. It is one of a very few beers that I will flat out refuse to drink, and that says a lot.

So you're more likely to grab a budweiser instead of a grainbelt? Is that what you're saying?

Slartibartfaster

2012-01-29 04:09:30 PM

Bill_Wick's_Friend: You can't buy a sex toy or a 5.5% beer in Mississippi but you can get as many guns as you want = freedom

can you use the guns to get 5.5% beer ? If not why not.

// I evolved - they can too (but into what ?)

Guidette Frankentits

2012-01-29 04:12:12 PM

Slartibartfaster: Bill_Wick's_Friend: You can't buy a sex toy or a 5.5% beer in Mississippi but you can get as many guns as you want = freedom

can you use the guns to get 5.5% beer ? If not why not.

// I evolved - they can too (but into what ?)

Why have guns in the first place then?

/pro-gun

Slartibartfaster

2012-01-29 04:17:28 PM

Guidette Frankentits: So you're more likely to grab a budweiser instead of a grainbelt? Is that what you're saying?

try harder

tburt

2012-01-29 04:20:54 PM

The finest beer in Mississippi!

beergut666

2012-01-29 04:22:02 PM

Guidette Frankentits: beergut666: I hope you are joking. Premium is one of the most offensive beers ever, the overwhelming sweetness and putrid smell of hay makes it gag inducing. It is one of a very few beers that I will flat out refuse to drink, and that says a lot.

So you're more likely to grab a budweiser instead of a grainbelt? Is that what you're saying?

It's not likely that I would drink either, but if given the choice between only those two I would gladly drink the Budweiser. I would drink Black Label or Mountain Crest before I would drink Premium, and those beers are down right disgusting.

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