Dry Counties

[Titchou]

We couldn't have draft beer in Alabama unless the county population was over a certain percentage of German heritage. Three counties qualified but two of them were dry. The one that could have it was Mobile county on the coast. So we used to hit the MS state line for it. They always managed to have kegs at frat parties.

[aephi alum]

Dry counties are a foreign concept up here in CT, but dry towns are not. The town next to mine was "damp" until a couple of years ago (restaurants could get liquor licenses, but supermarkets could not sell alcohol, and no liquor stores were allowed) - then they went "wet" and a wine store immediately popped up.

I grew up in NY where supermarkets can sell beer only. I went to school in MA where alcohol is only sold in package stores. Then I moved to CT, where, again, supermarkets can sell beer only - only package stores can sell wine and hard liquor.

I was quite surprised when I went into a supermarket in VA and saw wine for sale, and I was again surprised when I went into a CVS in IL and saw a full selection of booze, including hard liquor.

BTW, CT was the last state in the US to legalize liquor sales on Sundays. Damn Puritans