Texas has some weird alcohol laws; how about your state?

[HighInTheMtns]

Utah drinks behind the curtain is because the LDS church and Mormons control the Utah State legislature and agenda. They don't drink and don't like others to. They don't want their members to even be tempted be seeing drinks poured.

More on this, taken from ksl.com:

Another hot topic - Utah's liquor laws. This session lawmakers created a "master liquor license" for restaurant chains. Now they don't need a separate license for each location.
To offset the change, fines for restaurants caught serving alcohol to minors will increase. A first offense fine is $1,500, a second offense is $3,000 and a third offense is $10,000.

Utah is known to run aggressive sting operations, sending minors who are employed by the state into bars where they are far more persistent than a kid with a fake ID who is scared of getting busted. Bars have been forced out of business over these fines without serving alcohol to a minor, just by being tricked by a state employee.

This "offset" idea is a constant in Utah liquor politics. Up until 2009, any bar that sold liquor (we also have "taverns" which sell only 4% ABV beer) was required to be a private club - anyone could join, but they had to charge for memberships. So you had to pay for the privilege of drinking liquor (at each bar you went to) before even buying a drink. When they finally did away with that weird alcohol law, the offset was the Zion Curtain. No matter what good change is made, a bad change accompanies it. Every time. And THAT is really the weirdest thing about alcohol laws in Utah.

[squire]

Jim all we can do is face such adversity braced with strong drink.

[HighInTheMtns]

Jim all we can do is face such adversity braced with strong drink.

At least I only have to pay for my drink now.

[p_elliott]

More on this, taken from ksl.com:


Utah is known to run aggressive sting operations, sending minors who are employed by the state into bars where they are far more persistent than a kid with a fake ID who is scared of getting busted. Bars have been forced out of business over these fines without serving alcohol to a minor, just by being tricked by a state employee.

This "offset" idea is a constant in Utah liquor politics. Up until 2009, any bar that sold liquor (we also have "taverns" which sell only 4% ABV beer) was required to be a private club - anyone could join, but they had to charge for memberships. So you had to pay for the privilege of drinking liquor (at each bar you went to) before even buying a drink. When they finally did away with that weird alcohol law, the offset was the Zion Curtain. No matter what good change is made, a bad change accompanies it. Every time. And THAT is really the weirdest thing about alcohol laws in Utah.

They do this in Iowa too and with cigarettes as well.

[Smokewagon]

Note that "3.2" beer is a measurement of alcohol by weight. This is actually 4% ABV beer. Not a lot less than a typical Bud Light or whatever.

Correct, I mistakenly stated ABV instead of ABW.

~SW

[Old Dusty]

No Sunday sales in Indiana. Liquor stores are closed and the big boxes/CVS etc cant sell. Most either rope off their alcohol aisles or post signs. Exceptions for restaurants bars wineries and brewpubs.

[smknjoe]

I've never lived any place where they DID sell whiskey on Sunday (retail.)

[squire]

More reason to stock up.

[higgins]

You can buy liquor here in Virginia and some parts of Maryland on Sundays. It's a pretty recent change, however.

[smknjoe]

I've lived in Va. and WVa. Do they sell on Sunday in WVa. now?