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[petermarcus]

I am very pleased that the voice of the people have spoken and have undeniably made the best choice, proving that voters can resist attack ads and make the only sane decision.

South Carolina voters have overturned the long-standing law that restaurants and bars must serve drinks from mini-bottles. Restaurants and bars in South Carolina may now mix drinks from normal booze bottles, like everyone else in the country.

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[ohmyhead.livejournal.com]

I'm currently in Charleston, siting next to a bar manager who now has to redesign the very structure of his bar to accomodate mass amounts of large bottles. Where once the minibotles were stored above the heads of the bartenders...hell, I can see how it can be done without sinking PLENTY of money for reconstruction. Another fun after-efect of this decision: Every bartender in SC has to be retrained how to freepour. And by whom? All their bosses learned on minibottles, too. Oh, and then there's the inventory thing. While counting hundreds of minibottles a night is a pain in the ass, inventory control systems on large bottles costs thousands more.

Ok, now that I've blathered on for the minibottle side, I did some reading, and it was a referendum to remove the minibottle requirement from the state constitution. Sounds like bars have a choice. But I can see, and certainly know from experience bartending in this state, that tourists regularly freak at the alcohol content of one drink, and freak more when they can't get a glass of Long Islant Iced Tea for $5 but instead must get a pitcher of it for 15-20.

Oh, looky-here. No WONDER that state didn't want this referendum to end up on the ballot!!

State lawmakers will need to craft new rules for liquor, and new ways to tax liquor, to replace the 25-cent tax now collected on each minibottle sold by distributors. The House and a Senate committee this year considered a plan to replace the 25-cent minibottle tax with a new 5 percent tax on liquor drinks.

It is sad that SC had to endure this silliness at all. Ok, I'm done "helping". lol I'll be going to slam many minibottles now. :D

[petermarcus.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the switchover is going to be pure holy hell (and I'm sure there are South Carolinians who believe that literally).