Alcohol Regulation Roundup: January 13, 2012
Out with the old year and out with the old alcohol laws! 2012 is off to a great start with several states reducing the regulatory burdens on the producers and consumers of alcoholic beverages. Here’s to a new year!
Colorado: The movement to get full strength beer grocery stores seems to be losing steam. After four years of concerted but failed efforts and a governor expressly against the idea, the legislature apparently has no plans to push for sales of beer with more than 3.2 alcohol by weight in outlets other than liquor stores.
Connecticut: Apparently, I was not the only person curious about where one wouldn’t be able to buy liquor on or around Christmas/New Year’s Eve. Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein was kind enough to clarify Connecticut’s law: unless you’re in a bar or restaurant, the state’s anachronistic blue laws do prohibit the sale of alcohol on Christmas and New Years, and if those happen to fall on Sundays, it prohibits off-premise sales on the following Monday as well.
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