Posted on 01/18/2006 6:04:21 PM PST by elkfersupper
MONTGOMERY - Keg parties at fraternities and many other places would be outlawed under a bill passed 30-0 Tuesday by the state Senate.
If the bill becomes law, people could drink draft beer only at a bar, restaurant, private club or other retail establishment licensed for beer sales by the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, said Sen. Bobby Singleton, D-Greensboro, the bill's sponsor. People could not buy a keg and take it elsewhere to drink.
Singleton said he proposed the bill in an effort to stop teenagers from drinking beer.
Donna Alexander, a lobbyist for the Alabama Wholesale Beer Association, said the association supports Singleton's efforts to pass the proposed law, because it could curb binge drinking and underage drinking.
Robert Hill, an attorney for the state ABC Board, said if the bill becomes law, "someone could not sell you a keg to take with you, to consume off the licensed premises that sold the beer." The board has not taken a position on the bill.
Asked if an organization could get a special-events license from the ABC Board as a way to hold a keg party if the bill were to become law, Hill noted that the state fee on such a license is $150, and said the beer would have to be sold at the event.
It's an even bigger crime that men and women can lay their lives down for this country between the ages of 18 and 21 -- and still be denied a beer.
Oh brother. I guess Alabama wants to win the Oscar for the dipsh*t politicians category.
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LOL! Thanks for the pic. It sums it up perfectly.
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Thanks for the link. I have heard of this site. Some of them are terroristic in nature and some I would weary of them. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funds many groups from CSPI and MADD.
How much insulated tubing do you think it will take to plumb a 2-door garage kit?
This house was built around 1970 by my brother for a Texas oilman on a riverfront lot. He liked his beer.
The first thing is you need a walk-in cooler like the butcher shops have or at least enough refrigerator to cool two kegs and with one being tapped.
The plastic line and fittings are available from your local plastic supply house. Similar to plumbing your refrigerat for automatic water and ice cubes, but a smaller diameter. It needs a very small inner diameter, because even with insulationn it will still warm up so you want as little residual beer in the line as possible.
He had the good sense to put the house in his wife's name as the oil business has a habit of bankrupting it's adherents from time to time.
How much insulated tubing do you think it will take to plumb a 2-door garage kit?
This house was built around 1970 by my brother for a Texas oilman on a riverfront lot. He liked his beer.
The first thing is you need a walk-in cooler like the butcher shops have or at least enough refrigerator to cool two kegs and with one being tapped.
The plastic line and fittings are available from your local plastic supply house. Similar to plumbing your refrigerat for automatic water and ice cubes, but a smaller diameter. It needs a very small inner diameter, because even with insulationn it will still warm up so you want as little residual beer in the line as possible.
He had the good sense to put the house in his wife's name as the oil business has a habit of bankrupting it's adherents from time to time.
Sorry for the double post.
Unless he's got recirculation, the first beer out of the tap is going to be room temperature.
Im not sure of that?? I just remember visiting my brother on the job. His saying he had something to show me. We were on the other side of the house from the cooler and it came out a little warm at first, but then cooled down right away. I assumed it was due to the smallness of the line. so I got a guided tour of the system. The owner had the cooler put in first thing, so the carpenters etc. had use of it right away.
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