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Old 08-23-2010, 04:30 PM
 
Location: NorthEast CA :-(
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Hello all.

Might be moving to Monroe County, MS. I am told it is a dry county. But what exactly does that mean? Is it sold at all? Can I stock up on my favorite brew over in Lee county and keep the spare fridge stocked? Is it illegal to have period?
I don't go out to bars, or drink at restaraunts. I just want to know if I can have a beer or a nice glass of wine with dinner at home.

Also, I am a homebrewer - I suppose that would be frowned upon as well..

Your input is greatly appriciated, thanks!

Shane
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Old 08-23-2010, 05:23 PM
 
Location: The South
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Some dry counties sell beer but no hard liquer,some dry counties don't sell any kind, but the times I have lived in dry counties in Alabama, and Georgia, I wasn't aware of any laws that forbid one from keeping booze at home. Now the local Baptist church may have other ideas.
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Old 08-23-2010, 05:33 PM
 
Location: NorthEast CA :-(
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Awww, don't them Baptist know that God made beer to prove that He loves and cares for us and wants us to be happy?! ;-)
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Old 08-23-2010, 07:37 PM
 
Location: Mississippi
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I live in a dry county that prohibits any sale of alcohol. However, it is perfectly legal to have. Which is stupid. I just drive over the county line and buy it there, so I'm not sure what the point of the law is, other than to annoy and inconvenience me. My hometown is a "dry" county that allows beer sales, but no liquor or wine. Which is even more stupid than not allowing it at all, IMO. Once in awhile people try to vote in the alcohol, at which point the churches freak out and try to guilt everybody into submission. Laaaaaame.
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Old 08-23-2010, 10:37 PM
 
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Dry counties are common all over the South & Central Plains.

Basically you have to go elsewhere to buy your beer or whatever. I live in a dry county in Arkansas. You go to a different county or Missouri to buy beer, wine, liquor. Restaurants like Chili's sell liquor, you might have to buy a membership to drink. It was like this all over Dallas, TX in the past. Certain areas were dry, others weren't.

You'll get by. There are plenty of drinkers in the South.

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Hello all.

Might be moving to Monroe County, MS. I am told it is a dry county. But what exactly does that mean? Is it sold at all? Can I stock up on my favorite brew over in Lee county and keep the spare fridge stocked? Is it illegal to have period?
I don't go out to bars, or drink at restaraunts. I just want to know if I can have a beer or a nice glass of wine with dinner at home.

Also, I am a homebrewer - I suppose that would be frowned upon as well..

Your input is greatly appriciated, thanks!

Shane
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Old 08-24-2010, 10:01 AM
 
Location: NorthEast CA :-(
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Thank you for the input. Coming from California, where any and everything goes, just seems so strange. Seems that if they call themselves a 'dry' county - they would be totally dry. If people can still have it there, they might as well allow the sale and reap the taxation benefit for the county. Go figure.

Shane
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Old 08-24-2010, 01:52 PM
 
Location: Bella Vista, Ark
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Hello all.

Might be moving to Monroe County, MS. I am told it is a dry county. But what exactly does that mean? Is it sold at all? Can I stock up on my favorite brew over in Lee county and keep the spare fridge stocked? Is it illegal to have period?
I don't go out to bars, or drink at restaraunts. I just want to know if I can have a beer or a nice glass of wine with dinner at home.

Also, I am a homebrewer - I suppose that would be frowned upon as well..

Your input is greatly appriciated, thanks!

Shane
It's the place you do not want to live if you like your booze..
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Old 08-24-2010, 04:04 PM
 
Location: NorthEast CA :-(
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Heck, guess I'll be like Uncle Jesse on the Dukes of Hazzard - brewing by own out in the backwoods! ;-)
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Old 08-24-2010, 04:48 PM
 
Location: MS
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Awww, don't them Baptist know that God made beer to prove that He loves and cares for us and wants us to be happy?! ;-)
What is the difference between Catholics and Baptists? Catholics speak to each other at the liquor store.
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Old 08-24-2010, 05:34 PM
 
Location: NorthEast CA :-(
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Hahaaaha! That is too funny! And soo true!!
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