Thirsty Thursday Eve - North Carolina Liquor Laws
Liquor laws in the United States are really weird, and I’ve learned recently how the differences between states can highlight that weirdness. Working in North Carolina now, and visiting liquor stores in that state, I’m beginning to see yet more alcohol law madness. I was born and raised in South Carolina, and the vast majority of my distilled spirit purchase have been in that state. Aside from a single bottle I purchased in Tennessee , everything else came from the sandlapper state that I call home. South Carolina liquor laws are definitely strange, but I’ve at least been exposed to them enough that I’m mostly familiar with them. I’ll occasionally forget what day of the week it is and try to buy liquor on Sunday, but I always know you have to pick your poison before 7pm. Now that I work in North Carolina, I’ve started going by a liquor store near my office some. This has introduced me to a few of the nuances between state laws. The earliest difference that I encountered was the forced