Dry Counties
 

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Cold Beer Prohibition Ends In Oxford .

re: dry counties
 

I can hardly believe it MaryPoppins! I suppose "spinning" will become a "lost art form" :D

I'm afraid so OOM, and who ever heard of IPA in the old days? Hops? I hate hops, bitter things.

Hops are very popular things out here, but Portland is a leading spot for microbreweries and craft brewing. I went to a wedding this weekend where both the bride and groom home brew. The men had hops as part of the boutineers and the bouquets. They are actually a lovely way to include green.

I have to admit the thought makes me a little giddy... I have somehow reverted back to my beer drinking days :-) and love a good COLD hop! My poor DH was very confused the first time I brought him to Oxford for a game and was most impressed with my spinning skills... refrained from taking him to do Pete's challenge... which I suppose will now be a thing of the past as well... big sigh...

I have the feeling I may have missed something good. :p

For what it is wroth, I find it funny that non Southerners find it funny that we have "dry counties" back home.

Fun fact. Years back, Kentucky's Christian County voted to "go wet" the same day that Bourbon County voted to "stay dry". Both counties are now "wet".

Many of my favorite brotherhood bonding memories were "running to the line". People who live in dry counties will know what I mean.

T Steven, I went back and fixed #2.

LaneSig, being from M'sippi, know Zactly what you mean.

When I was at Auburn, Columbus GA was nearby and the legal drinking age was 18 there. Auburn might as well have had train service to the state line because so many runs were made.

Is Starkville still dry?

This does happen in the North, too. Gasp! My county was dry on Sunday, except for some weird loophole in this old law that resulted in "fermented" beverages being banned, but "distilled" beverages were OK. Until the voters repealed this law about 5 years ago, you could buy hard liquor and get a mixed drink on Sunday, but you couldn't purchase beer or wine.

Some towns in the county are still dry...all the time. This keeps popping up on the local ballots; it's always fun to see how the votes go on the TV reports. These always get special mention.

No, got beer around 1981, but couldn't buy it cold. (I believe you can now.)

Yes, I remember the crossroads fondly :D

I know folks who were canoeing on a riverand got pulled over by law enforcement for having beer in a dry county in thei ice chests!

I NEVER had to think about dry counties until I lived in Madison County Kentucky for my internship in summer 2011. We were the southernmost wet county until Tennessee. It was interesting. Sundays were also interesting. I don't know what spinning is, anyone got a you tube video visual?

Raises hand. Good ol' Smith Co, Texas. Not sure if it is still dry or not, but wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it still is.

The big issue in my area now is trying to get wine sales in grocery stores. You have to sneer when the Southern Baptists and Liquor Store owners are in bed together in opposition of this measure.