How do you buy beer in your state ?

[toys2cool]

When you get beer in McDonalds, do they give you the empty cup and you fill and refilll it yourself (like soda) ?

If so, i'd never leave

lmao!! good question

and what type of beers to they serve?

[Bizarro Amy]

When I lived in Jersey, you could buy booze, beer, wine and even soda etc at any liquor store.

Here in Pennsylvania liquor store's only sell booze.

If you want beer in PA, you have to go to a beer outlet

I always thought that was weird ......

How about YOUR state ?

I live in PA and used to work in a grocery store. We seem to have the WORST liquor laws on the planet. It was entertaining to watch the confused out-of-state visitors look for the liquor aisle. Yet we sold non-alcoholic beer, sparkling cider, that kind of stuff. And there were signs all over the aisle that said, "You must be over 21 to buy non-alcoholic beverages." So my friend and I stole them and taped them to the soda machines outside.

[Bizarro Amy]

When you get beer in McDonalds, do they give you the empty cup and you fill and refilll it yourself (like soda) ?

If so, i'd never leave

Back then, they didn't have the self-serve refill stations.

"lmao!! good question

and what type of beers to they serve?"

They didn't have choices. And whatever that one kind was, it was crap. I just bought it because I thought it was funny to get a Happy Meal with Beer.

[Drain]

We have weird alcohol laws in NC. You can buy beer at just about any gas station or convenience store, but you must buy liquor at a state controlled "ABC" store.
Also, bars must make 50% of their profits from food sales, otherwise the bar is a "private" club and you must buy a membership (usually only a buck or two) to have a drink there.

That is about the same here in Oregon. You have to be 21 to buy though. Funny here in Oregon you need to 21 to buy Beer but, only 18 to die fighting for your country overseas.

[cjefferys]

As anybody who's visited Canada knows, we have a Beer store and a Liquor store. The Liquor store sells beer but the beer store does not sell liquor. You cannot buy beer at the grocery store, gas station, corner store etc.
except in the province of Quebec where must places sell beer/liquor and it's legal to drink in public as long as you've got food. Which sounds funny if your thinking Big Mac and a beer on the street rather than a bottle of wine at a picnic ya know?

I think every province has different regulations on where you can buy beer and liquor, but sadly, Ontario is like that. I remember when the beer store was called "Brewers Retail". Confused visiting Americans always had to ask a local where the beer store was. Now the places are helpfully just called "The Beer Store"

And I remember when the liquor stores in Ontario were like something out of the old Soviet Union. Ugly, spartan stores with no booze on display at all, and you had to go in, fill out a card stating what you wanted to buy, and the worker went into the back to get your order. It almost seemed like you were doing something illegal. Now the liquor stores here are fancy, well lit, nicely designed stores with booze displayed everywhere. Too bad the prices still suck though (damn taxes)

[BlackKnight]

I usually just buy me Beer at 7-11 or Walmart.
You have to buy Booze & Hard A At the Liquor Store up here,... I don't drink that much of that stuff to Frequent a Liquor Store. I only have a Jack & Coke when Before My food comes at the Outback or Applebee's.
I don't go to the bar much anymore either. Drinking a couple of beers at home is alot cheeper,.. However last yr at the 6 SeaHawks Games I went to,.. I spent anywhere from 60 to 100 dollars a game just on beer.

[Meule]

I can buy beer just about anywhere here

[Hector]

I buy beer anywhere as well.

[Brown Bear]

You mean "Province" right?

Here in Nova Scotia, beer is delivered to our door in giant glass bottles, like Milk.

[Mawni]

In Alberta the liquor stores used to be run by the province so you had to buy everything a one government controlled store. That meant no cold beer - lame! About 20 years ago they privatized everything so now you can buy beer and hard liquor at stores that only sell those things. Definitely no booze to be found at supermarkets and convenience stores. I always marvel at that when I visit the states.

[SUP-Ronin]

When I was in Colorado, you couldn't buy alcohol on sunday unless it was 3.2% beer from a grocery market, and all Liquor stores are closed. So no regular beer, and no liquor.
In Wyoming there are no rules, you pretty much get a free 12pk of Bush light just for showing up at church.

[Shanester]

When I lived in Kentucky, you could buy beer in any food or convenience store, but liquor was only sold in liquor stores. Also, you couldn't buy it before noon or after 4 am.

Here in New Orleans, you can buy any kind of booze, anywhere, at any time! Seriously, even at the movie theater and there are drive-thru daquiri shops.

[Adam West]

In Maryland, it is controlled county by county. In the county I live in, you can buy beer in a beer and wine store or a liquor store, sometimes at a gas station but not at a grocery store (if that makes any sense). In the county adjoining mine, liquor has to be purchased at a County owned liquor store, they also sell beer but you have to buy it by the case and warm not cold. They have seperate beer and wine stores if you want a six pack and want it cold....weird.

I also know when I was in France on business the company cafeteria had bottles of wine you could purchase (375 ml) bottles to have with lunch. Around here, you would be fired if you had an alcoholic beverage at lunch and came back to work but it was completely acceptable there.

[cjefferys]

In Alberta the liquor stores used to be run by the province so you had to buy everything a one government controlled store. That meant no cold beer - lame! About 20 years ago they privatized everything so now you can buy beer and hard liquor at stores that only sell those things. Definitely no booze to be found at supermarkets and convenience stores. I always marvel at that when I visit the states.

There is always talk about privatizing in Ontario like you did in Alberta but so far nothing has happened. I'm curious, what happened to liquor prices after privatization in Alberta?

[DocDrako]

Growing up in Reno, Nevada, there wasn't any restriction on alcohol as far as I know. I don't drink so I don't know what the laws are here in Temecula. I can remember when my uncle used to work at Holcomb Construction in Reno, him and his co-workers would always be drinking all day at work. It's kind of funny and somewhat scary to think that they were building the bridges and such that we drove on. Hammered guys building bridges. Of course, he's sober these days. One day last Christmas season, a co-worker of mine made rum balls and brought them to work. I ate one and got smashed at work. I can drink a single beer and be drunk, so I was wasted by a single rum ball. I'm what you'd call a "lightweight". She forgot to tell me that the rum doesn't cook off, since rum balls aren't cooked. And she doubled the amount of rum in the recipe. That was an interesting day. One I don't wish to repeat.