alcohol law in Tennessee?

[Memphis1979]

No beer on Sunday is just stupid, even waiting till noon is stupid.

Our state is so backwards in some areas. Wine in the grocery store? Heaven forbid.

[Serious Conversation]

Originally Posted by Memphis1979

No beer on Sunday is just stupid, even waiting till noon is stupid.

Our state is so backwards in some areas. Wine in the grocery store? Heaven forbid.

Alcohol laws are just weird state-by-state.

In TN, high gravity beers, as well as wine and liquor, must be sold in package stores, which can't provide the volume discounts a Wal-Mart or Costco could. On top of high state alcohol taxes, buying at such low volume retailers guarantees high prices.

Here in Indiana, wine and liquor can be sold in grocery stores, so Costco can provide you that volume discount, but you cannot buy any alcohol, except in bars, on Sundays. Beyond stupid as that just encourages people watching football on Sundays to go to the bar and get hammered instead of staying at home.

Most alcohol laws are restrictive and entirely stupid.

[An Einnseanair]

I'm all for allowing wine and liquor in grocery stores, as long as they even the playing field and allow liquor stores to sell non-alcoholic items. Currently you can't even buy a bottle opener, ice, or margarita salt in liquor stores.

That said, I do have some hesitation about taking money away from locally-owned stores and putting it in the pockets of the Walton heirs.

[Memphis1979]

Originally Posted by jwkilgore

I'm all for allowing wine and liquor in grocery stores, as long as they even the playing field and allow liquor stores to sell non-alcoholic items. Currently you can't even buy a bottle opener, ice, or margarita salt in liquor stores.

That said, I do have some hesitation about taking money away from locally-owned stores and putting it in the pockets of the Walton heirs.

I can buy bottle openers at three liquor stores within driving range of my house. Ice also. Not sure about margarita mix.

Its not about them selling other items, liquor store owners think they'll have to close the doors, even losing just the monopoly on wine, not the liquor, just the wine.

After living in Florida and Michigan, I find it ridiculous you can't buy wine at the grocery store

[2mares]

Originally Posted by jwkilgore

Would you believe that the last time I was in California I spotted a GALLON of Jack Daniel's Black Label for $30 on the shelf of a grocery store?

Not exactly... "dry" can mean everything from no liquor by the drink, to no possession allowed whatsoever. It's technically illegal to drive through Choctaw County, Mississippi, with beer locked in your trunk. If you get pulled over for another reason and get searched you will likely lose it.
- Other definitions for "dry" include warm alcohol is ok to purchase but you can't buy cold beer (Starkville, MS). College students at nearby MSU have come up with very creative ways to drop the temperature of warm beer remarkably fast.
- Or liquor is ok but beer isn't.
- Or beer is ok but liquor isn't.
- The only rule is there are no rules.

Never heard of the no possession or temperature based laws, must be a MS thing.

Originally Posted by Memphis1979

No beer on Sunday is just stupid, even waiting till noon is stupid.

Our state is so backwards in some areas. Wine in the grocery store? Heaven forbid.

You have to wait until church lets out so you don't get too much of a head start on the Baptists.

[Memphis1979]

Originally Posted by 2mares

Never heard of the no possession or temperature based laws, must be a MS thing.



You have to wait until church lets out so you don't get too much of a head start on the Baptists.

Hell, I grew up Baptist, who said we weren't drinking before noon? I specifically remember my grandfather and other deacons passing around a flask at 10am in the smoking section

[2mares]

Originally Posted by Memphis1979

Hell, I grew up Baptist, who said we weren't drinking before noon? I specifically remember my grandfather and other deacons passing around a flask at 10am in the smoking section

I must have grown up in the secret drinking and never before noon Baptist clan.

[An Einnseanair]

Originally Posted by Memphis1979

I can buy bottle openers at three liquor stores within driving range of my house. Ice also. Not sure about margarita mix.

Its not about them selling other items, liquor store owners think they'll have to close the doors, even losing just the monopoly on wine, not the liquor, just the wine.

After living in Florida and Michigan, I find it ridiculous you can't buy wine at the grocery store

Looks like I haven't been paying attention... the law changed July 1 of this year allowing liquor stores to sell non-liquor items.

Originally Posted by 2mares

Never heard of the no possession or temperature based laws, must be a MS thing.

Possession: I'm not aware of any location other then Choctaw County, MS, where possession is illegal.
Temperature: The argument used by the city council was that if you couldn't buy "ready to drink cold beer" it would cut down on drinking while driving. This is the only location I've ever heard of that had this law.

I was simply using these as examples of how varied and weird "dry county" laws could be. After doing a little more digging, it appears as if earlier posters are correct. TN only limits what may be sold, with different rules regarding beer, wine, and liquor; plus differentiating between by-the-drink on premises sales and sales for the purpose of drinking off premises.

[southernnaturelover]

Originally Posted by Memphis1979

I can buy bottle openers at three liquor stores within driving range of my house. Ice also. Not sure about margarita mix.

Its not about them selling other items, liquor store owners think they'll have to close the doors, even losing just the monopoly on wine, not the liquor, just the wine.

After living in Florida and Michigan, I find it ridiculous you can't buy wine at the grocery store

I remember one time when I went into Kroger in Sevierville to buy a bottle of wine. I looked for 20 minutes and couldn't find any, finally I asked the girl working there where the wine section was and she looked at me like I was crazy. LOL