Governor Bentley has signed the Free the Hops Gourmet Bottle Bill into law, increasing permissible beer container size to 25.4oz! Woot!
Much agreed .. cheers to Free The Hops for the long battle they have fought to continually move our beer laws forward .. This is absolutely great news...
Very cool. Here in MS I think it will be a while before we get the quality assortment that AL has in spots now. Bombers will carry in additional flavors. Wouldn't mind seeing some Hop Rod Rye in AL (or MS for that matter).
This is awesome news! Can't wait to see all the new selections when I'm "home" later this year. Many thanks to Stuart and all the other folks who worked hard to get these antiquated laws changed.
Nicely done Alabama guys... So, does this mean Highland Package will be better organized the next time I go there? It's like a treasure hunt sometimes hehe
Hop City, out of Atlanta, is opening a location in Birmingham within the next couple of months. Will be a good "destination" store for all out of town guests.
I heard that the law allowing bottles larger than 16 oz and up to 23(.something) oz size bottles became official on Aug 1. Anyone, know any updates? I'm out of the country right now for another 8 months. I'm kinda "out of pocket" at the moment. And to make it worse, alcohol is illegal where I'm living. I'd love to come home next year to the pleasant surprise of an overturned oppressive bottle law.
So that bottle in your avatar would still be verboten? Bummer. Still, a great step in the right direction!
the biggest (hah!) problem was with quarts and 40s. Any container size law that allowed for them would have doomed the law to never passing. We went with 25.4oz / 750ml because that would allow for pretty much every craft and international beer we could want. Also, those huge bottles are disproportionately more expensive and more of a hassle to handle. Also also, we can get them in FL or GA anyway
