Alcohol Limit For Beer To Be Raised In Tennessee?

[waynesan]

The State Senate has voted to approve raising the limit for alcohol content in beer sold in grocery stores. This is being pushed to raise the availability of craft beer in Tennessee that is not sold now due to the lower alcohol limit that is now allowed. It is also believed that more breweries will consider moving to Tennessee with the higher limit. The new limit would go from 5% ABW to 8% ABW, or 6.3% ABV to 10 % ABV.

The Senate Bill that passed was SB0289 and the House Version being considered this week is HB0047. The higher alcohol limits are contained in the amendments to the bill.

Any thoughts on this change in Tennessee law?

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/blog/morning_call/2014/04/senate-votes-to-allow-stronger-beer-in-grocery.html

[Raoul]

Initially this opens the door for small local craft breweries. Many of the small "craft" beer are high gravity. We've already granted a license for a new brewery here in Bristol.

If you're a beer drinker it's a good thing.

[TrickyNicky]

:Rock:

I know, I know, I'm not from round here and usually don't dare anger the beast by mentioning how we do things back west.






But seriously, blue laws suck the big one.

[10-Ring]

I see no downside at all.  No one will be getting drunker, crime will not go up, alcoholism will not rise, no matter what the hardcore conservatives may tell you.  (Not something I normally say, but I try to be enlightened)  If anything it will help commerce, give beer drinkers more choices, and if we are lucky give us some brews that we can own and brag about because "they make this where I live."

[motowfo]

PTBG - Praise The Beer Gods!!!

[peejman]

Bring it!

Was a typically stupid omission from the wine on grocery stores law that just passed.

[TrickyNicky]

I'm glad about the wine, now if we can get this going and ultimately get sales on Sunday, I'd call it good. I miss being able to buy booze at the rite aid or grocery store from the convenience, but I kind of like the liquor store industry here. I always get great advice where I go and the selection is great. Plus there are always sales and specials. Instead of saving whatever % with a Ralph's card I get better than 20% off at some places.

Wish it could loosen up for them a little so they could at least sell more stuff. It has to hurt not being able to sell sundry items. But then I guess that's part of what makes the whole thing work.

[Ugly]

"Beer is proof that God loves us!"

[teecro]

This I did not know that TN has such a low limit on beer....

 

MI has craft brew on just about every other corner and I will dearly miss Round Barn Catharsis it is a Russian Imperial Stout that has been aged in whiskey barrels and tastes like it too at also comes in at either 12 or 13 percent ABV

 

Guess that we will have to stop by the corner store on the way out and buy up as much of our favorite beer as we can reasonably carry with us on moving day....

[TrickyNicky]

This I did not know that TN has such a low limit on beer....
 
MI has craft brew on just about every other corner and I will dearly miss Round Barn Catharsis it is a Russian Imperial Stout that has been aged in whiskey barrels and tastes like it too at also comes in at either 12 or 13 percent ABV
 
Guess that we will have to stop by the corner store on the way out and buy up as much of our favorite beer as we can reasonably carry with us on moving day....

It's more complicated than that.


Grocery stores and convenience stores/gas stations can sell beer but only up to a legal limit on ABV%. After that it can only be found in liquor stores who can only sell beer that is over the legal limit for grocery stores/gas stations.

[waynesan]

Just living 5 miles from the Virginia border, it is well worth the drive to go to the local grocery stores there and see the great selection of higher gravity beers they have from which to choose.

And for the best of all, just drive 60 miles across the mountains from the Tri-Cities to Asheville, North Carolina and the choices are beyond belief for the highest quality Craft Beers in the South. Maybe Tennessee will soon try to compete and make it possible for the Craft Beer Industry to get going here as well.

[mikegideon]

TN liquor laws are as retarded as it gets

[Chucktshoes]

[quote name="mikegideon" post="1138787" timestamp="1397534583"]TN liquor laws are as retarded as it gets[/quote] As a former resident of Utah, yeah, it could be a LOT worse. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

[waynesan]

As a former resident of Utah, yeah, it could be a LOT worse. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Spent 3 days in Utah last summer. I know what you mean. :)

[Sam1]

As a former resident of Utah, yeah, it could be a LOT worse.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

KY as well, back home no bars, no package stores but you could have a two drink max as long as you order dinner with it at about 4 of 100+ restaurants total. Nothing on Sundays at all.

[TMF]

Funny that most Islamic countries I've been to are more lax in their liquor laws than some parts of the US. And people are all worried about Sharia law... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[Ted S.]

Cool, now I don't have to wait till I' m in KY or WV to get some better beer!





Sent from somewhere in the cosmos using magic...and bacon.

Edited April 16, 2014 by Ted S.

[cj0e]

And.... yup. This.

 

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[mikegideon]

As a former resident of Utah, yeah, it could be a LOT worse. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

 

You got me there. 

[RC3]

Great, why not raise the limit on whiskey? Beer sucks  :whistle:

[strickj]

As someone else said, alcohol laws are beyond retarded. I'll be glad when tn loosens up some. Course, as we've seen, a lot of it has to do the the "liquor store lobby".

Strangely enough, ga is a lot more lax when it comes to alcohol sales. It sure is nice to be able to pick up a bottle of wine at a gas station or a pack of smokes from a liquor store. Odd part is, ga tends to be pretty uptight on the "religious issues" Edited April 17, 2014 by strickj

[peejman]

Great, why not raise the limit on whiskey? Beer sucks  :whistle:

 

 

Because there is no limit on whiskey.

[RC3]

Because there is no limit on whiskey.

Meant to say moonshine. Love me some apple cider moonshine. I may have become too americanized. Love me some jack and good ol moonshine. (And I have to say, if you ever get some and they have a bad still, you can taste the difference).

[peejman]

Meant to say moonshine. Love me some apple cider moonshine. I may have become too americanized. Love me some jack and good ol moonshine. (And I have to say, if you ever get some and they have a bad still, you can taste the difference).

 

 

There's not a limit on moonshine either. 

Edited April 17, 2014 by peejman

[RC3]

There's not a limit on moonshine either. 

Last time I checked, logans wasnt selling it.