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"Oil spill relief" beer cannot be offered in states affected by spill

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Beer Brewed to Benefit Coastal Oil Spill Relief is Illegal in Mississippi

One of the Gulf Coast’s most famous breweries has crafted a new beer and promised to send a portion of the money earned on each bottle to oil spill relief efforts.

But Abita’s Save Our Shores Charitable Pilsner won’t be sold in two of the four states affected.

The beer is 7 percent alcohol, too potent to be sold in Mississippi, and it’s served in a 22-ounce bottle that’s too big under Alabama law.

"I’m sitting here feeling quite irritated at the state," said Stuart Carter, a Birmingham resident and president of the Free the Hops advocacy group that wants fewer restrictions on beer production and sales.
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15% of all money from sale of the beer will go to oil spill relief funds.

There are a few breweries that just plain won't sell beer to states like Alabama (bottle size restrictions) Mississippi (ABV restrictions) and Texas (bizarre labeling requirements.)

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This pretty much sums up the south.



Maybe it's because they don't want the sales of any moonshine operators being negatively effected.

To my knowledge I have never tried real authentic shine (probably why I still have decent eye sight and a functioning liver), but moonshine is way more potent than a wimpy 7% beer. But if you ever want to sample a really good 7% beer, you need to try a McNally's from Big Rock Brewery


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>Guns can feed you...beer can't!

Beer has food value but food has no beer value. An important health tip from your local brewery.


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Interesting twist.[:/]..Guns can feed you...beer can't!




To paraphrase the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, "Beer will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no beer." :)
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Yep. Try to sell a 7% beer for a benefit and you get arrested; spill a few million gallons of oil on the beaches and you get an apology. Something seems backwards.



This pretty much sums up the south.



Oh

Nice sterotype
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Yeah good point about the moonshine. You can buy stuff there called "diesel" which is 195 proof! You can also buy gallon jugs of mixed drinks to go at local stores, drink alcohol outside as well as in movie theaters, and all sorts of other laws that allow people to have a good time. The beer strength deal makes NO sense.

22oz is the only size beer should be sold!!!!!!!! (or bigger)

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So they tightly regulate beer, while seeing to it that every man, woman, hound-dog and infant in a pram has a firearm. Yes, I see the logic perfectly.



Finally you see the logic. Right to bare arms is finally logical. Who would have thought?

Interesting how you put the two together, since they fall in the same category and all.:S
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So they tightly regulate beer, while seeing to it that every man, woman, hound-dog and infant in a pram has a firearm. Yes, I see the logic perfectly.



Yes one group gets upset about beer restrictions but is fine with gun restrictions.... Perfectly logical

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Yep. Try to sell a 7% beer for a benefit any reason and you get arrested; spill a few million gallons of oil on the beaches get thug rushed by a whiny, immature, petulant politician and you get an apology. Something seems backwards pretty solid.



The laws are different for beer and liquor-I think it was a pretty arbitrary line and difficult to justify but I understand that the line had to be somewhere. You're stating it as if that beer was specifically targeted. Not the case, not close to the case.
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>The laws are different for beer and liquor-I think it was a pretty arbitrary
>line and difficult to justify but I understand that the line had to be
>somewhere.

?? No, it's not that you can sell 10% beer if you call it liquor. It is banned, period. (Good beer is banned by thugs in a whiny, immature, petulant state to put it in your language.)

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Something seems backwards.



In general, the drug laws (including alcohol) in this country seem to be rather inconsistent. Try to sell "oil spill relief" marijuana and you'll get arrested too, which is just as absurd as the beer law.

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NPR

BP station owners are getting a bit of backlash from customers.
They are losing business because of their association with BP and the oil spill.

So... guess who can get compensation from the spill fund for their losses ?

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Distributors would still be free to sue BP and seek compensation from the $20 billion compensation fund if they choose, Kleine said.

BP spokesman Scott Dean did not dispute Kleine's comments. He said the company was preparing a statement.

As to the compensation fund, BP spokeswoman Debra Reed said previously that the overseer of the fund has stated that anyone is welcome to file a claim.

Whether or not it is valid is up to the administrator.

Kleine said the 475 BP distributors in the U.S., many of whom own and operate BP-branded gas stations, were being notified directly by the company. Calls began Monday and would likely continue through Wednesday, Kleine said.

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They are being notified so they can get their claims in early before the money runs out.
:S

Quick! Get to the front of the line.

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Beer has food value but food has no beer value



Do you realize that statement could wipe out years of progress by AA?
I'm gonna make a bumper sticker from it, :)
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Yep. Try to sell a 7% beer for a benefit and you get arrested; spill a few million gallons of oil on the beaches and you get an apology. Something seems backwards.



The law was in place well before Abita brewed the beer. They're located in the fucking state. They knew the law. They invented the beer. The law maybe dumb but creating something you know can't be sold is even dumber.

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It is banned, period. (Good beer is banned by thugs in a whiny, immature, petulant state to put it in your language.)



Good beer? You've tried it or you just call it good because it's 7%? The state is a bunch of thugs because of an alcohol law?

Speaking of whiny and immature...

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>The law was in place well before Abita brewed the beer. They're located in
>the fucking state.

Uh, no, they're not.

>Good beer? You've tried it or you just call it good because it's 7%? The
>state is a bunch of thugs because of an alcohol law? Speaking of whiny
>and immature...

Whoosh . . . .

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Yep. Try to sell a 7% beer for a benefit and you get arrested; spill a few million gallons of oil on the beaches and you get an apology. Something seems backwards.



The law was in place well before Abita brewed the beer. They're located in the fucking state. They knew the law. They invented the beer. The law maybe dumb but creating something you know can't be sold is even dumber.


and even dumber than that is talking shit without having your facts in check...but thats how some people do it I guess...

the pave the gulf beer tastes just fine and its perfectly legal here in louisisana where its brewed at in abita springs about 30min up the street from the house.....got a few in the fridge i got for free;) fuck paying for the cause BP can clean up the back yard on their own dime......im just here for the beer
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