BREAKING NEWS: SB153 passes the Senate.
Kudos to you if you called and thanks for writing notes to the Senators at the last meeting. It worked!
Things were touch and go yesterday for a while. The bill passed the Budget Isolation Resolution vote (a procedural vote that all bills must go through before they’re voted on for passage) but then failed the vote on passage. Later in the day, it was revisited, amended, and passed!
Here is the amendment on page 2:
6 (c) Not more than 20 gallons of beer, mead, cider, or wine produced under this
7 section may be removed from the premises where it was produced
8 and may be transported for personal and noncommercial uses,
So we can’t move more than 20 gallons of beer around at a time. I’m sure everyone’s cool with that right?
Will keep you posted on what you can do to get this approved in the House.
Australia – Crystallized ginger
Antarctica – Water
Asia – Basmati rice
Africa – Muscavado sugar
South America – quinoa
Europe – yeast
North America – maize
The maize, rice, sugar (maybe even the quinoa) give you the light body and crispness of this beer, and I’m really curious as to the volume of Antarctic ice that was transported to DFH HQ.
Also, I’m really excited to announce I’ll be teaching beer education classes for the next few months with the Fine folks at Fine Wine and Beer By Gus in Auburn. Check out the announcement. Hope to see you there.
For anyone interested and local to the Auburn, AL area, I’ll be doing beer education classes for the next 11 weeks in conjunction with Fine Wine and Beer by Gus. You can check out the details on their website. We’re going to have tons of fun and learn all about your favorite beverage.
In this episode of Banned In Bama, I learn how to use the video camera… and that two parallel green bars on the camera display means it is NOT recording. We also check out Rogue’s Hazelnut Brown Nectar.
Here’s a teaser for the next few episodes. I’ll be examining some beers from three dudes with the same first name. Any guesses? Leave them in the comments.
Whoops! Looks like my grasp of Wordpress isn’t quite there yet. We round out the Ridgeway Elf Series…or the ones that I could find. Also, a correction. It’s the ABC that does label approval, not the TTB. I think the TTB is the national body that regulates beer and other alcoholic beverages.
Merry Christmas Eve to everyone. Hope Santa drops some goodies on you tonight!
New business starting here. We’re gonna talk about politics (boo, hissssss). The good politics; the politics of beer. I’ll keep you updated with the ins-and-outs of the legislative session in Alabama. Help me root for your favorite team!
