Thursday, November 4, 2004 - 11:17 am
AP Wire | 11/03/2004 | Voters toast the minibottle farewell
The south rises.. or maybe sinks again.. I am not sure..
COLUMBIA, S.C. - At the Pub in Columbia’s Five Points bar district, most of the patrons happily toasted the minibottle farewell. The tiny bottles, all lined up behind the bar, could go away soon after voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment allowing lawmakers to decide how drinks are served.
The 1.7-ounce bottles of liquor usually seen only on airliners had become a South Carolina peculiarity. For more than a decade, the state was the only one in the nation to prohibit drinks from being poured from bigger bottles.
Supporters of the amendment not only cited cost but safety, too. The average free-pour drink has about an ounce of alcohol compared with the 1.7-ounce serving from a minibottle.
“There not a lot of bartenders in Columbia who know how to free pour,” he said. “All they know is how to open the bottle and pour.”
umm.. its just not that difficult folks..
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Thursday, November 4, 2004 - 4:46 pm
Woo hoo! I worked in an establishment in SC, so I can vouch for the fact that it’s HIGH TIME this stupid liquor law went south (so to speak).
Thursday, November 4, 2004 - 5:02 pm
Stupid Liquor Laws
Another one bites the dust!
[H/T to Chris over at Amoral Opinions.]
I’ll give you a ‘fer instance’ why this liquor law was stupid:
Have you heard of layered drinks? Oh, say a “screaming orgasm?” [From my memory, this drink recipe is a l…
Thursday, November 4, 2004 - 11:03 pm
[…] r: Everyday , News @ 2:55 pm Another one bites the dust! [H/T to Chris over at Amoral Opinions.] I’ll give you a […]
Friday, November 5, 2004 - 4:00 pm
In a lot of parts of England/Ireland they have bottles hooked up to a mechanism that loads itself with a shot. All the bartender has to do is put the glass to the tap, press it back and it dispenses the exact amount.
Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 8:38 am
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