Ohio liquor laws- was Re: [Sca-cooks] MY DAY IN CLASS

[Daniel Myers]

Having lived in both Ohio and South Carolina, I can tell you that South
Carolina's liquor laws make Ohio's look positively permissive.


On Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 05:50 PM, Phlip wrote:

>
> Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
>
>> When I went to college in Ohio, they sold 3.2 beer. In those days (far
>> off and long gone *G*) many states, including my own, had a legal age
>> for drinking of 18. Ohio was basically a 21 state, but 18-21 year
>> olds,
>> which I was, could get 3.2, so that was served on campus. I think that
>> may have been what you could get on Sunday, too... though I'm not
>> certain of that. I have no idea if it still sold, if it is still
>> required, or anything - haven't been out there in a long time, and
>> don't
>> know their current law.
>
> Well, It can get pretty confusing ;-)
>
> When I first moved to Ohio, 18-21 year olds could get 3.2. That was
> also
> what was sold on Sunday. Later, they allowed 18 year olds to drink
> anything,
> then even later they changed the law so no one under 21 could get
> anything,
> although the ones who had been able to drink were grandfathered in. At
> the
> moment, 21 is the law everywhere, but you hafta look 24 to buy beer
> without
> being carded, and you hafta look 30 to buy cigarettes without being
> carded,
> although you can buy them at 18.
>
> Just to make things interesting, you can now buy mixed drinks at some
> bars
> on Sunday if they have the proper license, but not at others.
>
> And, location counts. In Morgan county, most of the county is dry on a
> township-by-township basis. You can, however, buy beer, wine, and
> low-ball
> distilled spirits in the city of McConnlsville itself, while right
> across
> the river in Malta (50 yards? You can buy any alcohol, but 100 yards
> further
> on, you're in the township and can't buy anything.
>
> Beer, wine, and low-ball distilled spirits can be bought at any carry
> out or
> grocery store that has the license, but high grade distilled spirits
> can
> only be bought at State liquor stores, and most (but not all) of them
> only
> sell liquor- you hafta go somewhere else to get beer or wine. Makes
> life
> interesting if you're stocking up for a party- particularly
> considering the
> wide variety of quality you can get from one store to another.
>
> Everclear can be gotten in Ohio, but you hafta work out a special deal
> with
> the State Liquor Control Board and sign a paper saying you're not
> going to
> drink it.
>
> Also, our liquor stores and license bureaus tend to wander about,
> depending
> on who won the last election. I used to call Tom, who's now our county
> sheriff after every election to ask him where the State Store and the
> License Bureau were going to be, shortly after every election ;-)
>
> And, taxes are pretty high in Ohio. My family in Dayton would make road
> trips every so often into Indiana to stock up their and their friends'
> liquor cabinets at the cheaper prices.
>
>
>
> Phlip
>
>  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> cat.
>
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
>
>
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