Remember Your Friends at the Liquor Store

I had a moment of euphoria in Kroger last weekend. I went to peruse the beer section to see what impact our new TN laws had on the beer selection. If you’re not aware, as of January 1st “beer” in the state of Tennessee had changed from 6.25% to 10.1%. There was much rejoicing as this had been a very limiting, arcane, backwards law on our books that hurt the consumer and our local brewers who faced additional challenges with beer brewed above 6.25%.

Now, I’ll admit, I don’t buy a bunch of beer from Kroger as with two young kiddos, I have no problem filling a cart as it is. However, there I stood last Saturday staring at Ballast Point Sculpin – which wasn’t even in this state until just recently, Stone Brewing Company, Bell’s Two Hearted, the bottles and cans went on. Where was I? What’s happened?! For a beer snob like me, this is great stuff!

As I drove home with a car full of groceries (but no beer) I started to reflect on what I had seen. I also began to think about what beer I’d stil

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