Republican seeks to ban sale of cold beer

: Missouri lawmaker seeks to ban sale of cold beer : By CHRIS BLANK : Associated Press Writer : : A state senator wants to force Missouri stores to sell warm beer.

: Under a bill by Sen. Bill Alter, grocery and convenience stores would : risk losing their liquor licenses if they sold beer colder than 60 : degrees. The intent is to cut down on drunken driving by making it : less tempting to pop open a beer after leaving the store. ?The only : reason why beer would need to be cold is so that it can be consumed : right away,? Alter, who has been a police offer for more than 20 : years, said Thursday.

My gawd - this Senator is a blundering idiot! What if you live right next door to the store, or in a nearby neighborhood minutes away? It's politician's like this that shouldn't be in office.

I guess he thinks people should drink beer that is rotten:

Besides, not many people are going to be able to get drunk on the way home. Notice the law is aimed at "drunk driving", not "open containers". Somebody who's already drunk will have no problem drinking warm beer (especially if it's a Belgian).

-sw

The byzantine US liquor laws have always seemed crazy to outsiders, and now we know why - they're dreamt up by high school kids! Explains a lot :-)

Hopefully somebody will point out to this clown that:

1. Drinking one can of Bud while driving won't make you drunk (not that I'm advocating it)
2. People who just want to get drunk don't care about beer temperature
3. Many beers aren't supposed to be drunk chilled anyway
4. Effective enforcement of drink-driving laws is likely to be a more effective approach

Best regards, Paul

-- Paul Sherwin Consulting

Not even high school-- elementary school.

You forgot:

1. Beer is a fragile food item and is best stored cold.

Eh - they do this in Oklahoma right now for beers over 3.2% by weight, i.e. any beer purchased in a liquor store which sort of defaults to 99% craft and import beers. Bud, Miller and Coors all make 3.2 variations for sale in grocery stores and the like. I suppose Guinness Draught qualifies asswell being in the 4.1 ABV range.

It sure does suck walking past case after case of beers from Sierra Nevada and Anchor and others with large print on the outside: "KEEP REFRIGERATED" in a hot as hell liquor store in the middle of summer at my Dad's house in Tulsa. Ah well, it's these little things that make me glad I got the hell out.

_Randal