http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/8701361/

I didnt think anything was made above Everclear?

11/30/2010 2:40:46 PM

dat 190% alcohol is too dangerous for college kids

11/30/2010 2:42:26 PM

everclear is typically 190 proof, the 151 proof is watered down. diesel is 195 proof

11/30/2010 2:42:58 PM

Charlotte North Carolina

What the fuck, state? Stop ruining everything because some young people are idiots.

And there is a lower proof Everclear and a higher proof one. They are saying only the lower will be available now.

11/30/2010 2:43:12 PM

good ol' fashioned nanny state

11/30/2010 2:43:59 PM

people don't drink everclear because they like the taste, they do it to get drunk with the greatest efficiency. the only people who are going to miss it are the ones that the bill is targeting

11/30/2010 2:47:22 PM

Quote :

"Thank God the kids will now only have access to 151 proof alcohol. Perhaps the ABC stores can use the extra shelf space to run some more lotto games - that way we can have all our state run vices in one place!"

Quote :

"Now what am I going to drink with breakfast?"

11/30/2010 2:47:22 PM

it was a good option for those of us who required 16 beverages in order to get slizzard.

11/30/2010 2:48:18 PM

North Carolina is turning into Virginia.

11/30/2010 2:48:57 PM

Quote :

"people don't drink everclear because they like the taste, they do it to get drunk with the greatest efficiency. the only people who are going to miss it are the ones that the bill is targeting"

Is this supposed to be a reason to not care as much about the ban?

in before indy

11/30/2010 2:50:04 PM

So where on the interwebs are we getting our Everclear from?

11/30/2010 2:50:39 PM

smoothcrim will be sad: no more Guild Drank for him.

11/30/2010 2:50:39 PM

OH HELL NAW

11/30/2010 2:50:53 PM

Fucking pathetic. Is our state government run by a bunch of twats or something?

Guess I need to make room next to my Four Lokos and Sparks in my "stock up" closet.

assholes


fuck, it starts tomorrow?

11/30/2010 2:51:02 PM

REPUBLICANS

11/30/2010 2:52:49 PM

Quote :

"Is our state government run by a bunch of twats or something?"

Actually,

11/30/2010 2:53:55 PM

^ hey now, there's no need to insult cyborgs here ok

11/30/2010 2:55:31 PM

there really is no reason for this unless youre disinfecting something


what you gonna take a swig and hit the road?


who cares either way, its nothing more than a rite of passage for high school kids anyway

11/30/2010 2:55:32 PM

Well I don't drink it. But I'm not for banning it. So who do we need to vote out of office next election tobstop this crap

11/30/2010 2:55:52 PM

the thing is, people don't typically drink everclear straight. they mix it up in an array of concoctions. personally i prefer beer, but there are many people who very much enjoy it.

11/30/2010 2:56:13 PM

I'm just mad that I'll have to tweak my punch recipe.

11/30/2010 2:56:25 PM

I'm only pissed because I use it to make limoncello.

11/30/2010 2:56:25 PM

Quote :

"Mecklenburg board chief executive Paul Stroup calls the product dangerous, with no redeeming social value."

I don't know why that line was so funny, but it was. I'd like to hear what the "redeeming social value" of a Natty Light is.

11/30/2010 2:57:51 PM

Yeah, if that's the standard then we're all fucked.

11/30/2010 2:59:33 PM

PJ parties FTW people!


Looks like I'm gonna have to get my buddy in New Orleans to bring some bottles up for me on his next visit

11/30/2010 2:59:56 PM

drunken freshman chicks


at least we get to start a new black market everclear gig

[Edited on November 30, 2010 at 3:00 PM. Reason : f]

11/30/2010 2:59:58 PM

it was mostly used to make PJ or Jungle Juice, a popular substitution for a keg. Usually seen at younger people parties, and is an easy way to get chicks wasted.

11/30/2010 3:00:01 PM

would you be more or less disappointed if they banned the band (swidt)

11/30/2010 3:01:47 PM

We need to make an ***OFFICIAL TWW Alcohol Black Market*** thread where we can share our stores of 190% alcohol and Four Lokos

11/30/2010 3:03:04 PM

Quote :

"the thing is, people don't typically drink everclear straight. they mix it up in an array of concoctions."

Exactly. I don't know anyone who drinks straight everclear. I know a few people who have taken a shot of it, but that's mostly just to say they've done it.

All this does is make it so you have to spend more money to use vodka in your PJ recipe rather than Everclear.

11/30/2010 3:03:48 PM

Did we learn nothing from the Prohibition Era?

11/30/2010 3:04:18 PM

I think a lot of people do a shot of it once.

once

11/30/2010 3:04:45 PM

Quote :

"Is this supposed to be a reason to not care as much about the ban?"

well, that's the reason i don't care about it...but if you wanna care, carry on brother

11/30/2010 3:06:23 PM

To echo what has already been said, I have only had one straight shot of Everclear in my life. Nobody wants to drink that stuff straight. I would venture to say 99.5% of all Everclear purchased in NC is mixed with something else before it is consumed.

11/30/2010 3:06:53 PM

I care b/c it's just one more freedom taken away.

11/30/2010 3:10:20 PM

GOTTA GET DAT 190% IN MY LIQUOR CABNIT!!

11/30/2010 3:10:25 PM

they didn't take away your freedom, nobody said you can't have it. they're just not going to sell it any more--like the hundred other types of liquor that they don't sell

11/30/2010 3:12:24 PM

Hmmm, given that only the government can sell liquor in the state of NC I'd say banning another substance is removal of a freedom.

11/30/2010 3:26:52 PM

Let'em know how you feel:

Main Number: (919) 779-0700
Fax Number: (919) 662-3583

E-mail: contactus@abc.nc.gov
Field Audit Number: (919) 779-0700 x253

Field Audit Fax Number: (919) 773-2834

Mailing Address: 4307 Mail Service Center, Raleigh NC 27699-4307

Location Address: 400 East Tryon Rd, Raleigh NC 27610

Media Contact: (919) 417-0858

11/30/2010 3:38:08 PM

man, now you guys can't make your own absinthe, limoncello and aquavit.... shit's nasty if you use alcohol with a high water content

11/30/2010 3:56:47 PM

yall need more water content

hell you motherfuckers need to be drinkin water period.

drink water you drunk fucks

11/30/2010 4:04:23 PM

Pretty sure you'll still be able to get it in SC.
And from the hands of a entrepreneur rather than government monopoly.

Let freedom ring SC
Let freedom ring

11/30/2010 4:12:13 PM

THIS IS WHAT YOU MOTHER FUCKERS GET FOR MAKING FUN OF LIBERTARIANS!!




This fucking country is going the wrong way.


What the goddamn fuck?

I PRIDE myself to live in a state that allows 190 proof liquor.


This shit is fucking stupid as fuck.

And you know what the problem is?


YOU FUCKING COMPLACENT MOTHER-FUCKERS THAT JUST ROLL OVER AND SUBMIT TO AUTHORITY,

SAYING, "Oh, well it's inevitable, I guess. I'll just buy a few while I still can. No need to actually.....
TRY AND STOP THIS MADNESS!!!!"


If you fucking pussies won't fucking write a fucking protest letter to try to stop this bullshit, then fuck you.....
....you deserve the HELL that our country is becoming.

Quote :

"Mecklenburg board chief executive Paul Stroup calls the product dangerous, with no redeeming social value."

Quote :

"Mecklenburg board chief executive Paul Stroup calls the product dangerous, with no redeeming social value."

Quote :

"Mecklenburg board chief executive Paul Stroup calls the product dangerous, with no redeeming social value."

Tell this little shit stain what you think of him.
Paul A. Stroup, III Chief Executive Officer
Mecklenburg County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Directors
paul.stroup@meckabc.com

(pretty sure this is him:
3928 Silver Bell Dr.,
Charlotte, North Carolina 28211
(704) 364-8736)

11/30/2010 4:12:44 PM

that little shit gets to call the shots while you dont.

STBY

11/30/2010 4:14:16 PM

Quote :

"man, now you guys can't make your own absinthe, limoncello and aquavit"

or apple pie

11/30/2010 4:14:17 PM

holy cow, please fix your eyebrows, you anti-alcohol faggot.

11/30/2010 4:38:57 PM

now I'm going to have to remove the denaturants from denatured alcohol when I want to make PJ.

11/30/2010 5:07:44 PM

They made the change to:

"keep an eye on the public health, and to be protective."

(their words)


Hmmm... What's that kind of language remind you of?



[Edited on November 30, 2010 at 5:14 PM. Reason : ]

11/30/2010 5:13:49 PM

Quote :

"DAT 190% ALCOHOL"

11/30/2010 5:15:19 PM

I'm unclear how they justified this move.

Are the younger kids really that offensively crazy in some new way that we need to go to these extremes to protect them?

People have been getting blackout drunk on PJ forever...what's changed? I'm sure measures like this have been taken in the past...I'm wondering what conditions prompt the limiting of freedom...is it the economy? Has there been some secret religious boom I'm unaware of? Has this move been in the works for a looong time and is only now hitting the scene?

It can't just be the personalities of a couple people (Bev or Stroup), right? Is Stroup from a state where grainish alcohol is not available?

WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED?


^^^Can you really "renature" (AHA) alcohol? PM me the directions. I hate taxes.

^^Is that a joke?

[Edited on November 30, 2010 at 5:18 PM. Reason : ?]

11/30/2010 5:16:19 PM