Misc News – Mar 1 – SB 75 Supplement

Headline: Senate sends booze reform to Daniels. Stay classy, Indianapolis Star. Here's the complete skinny from the man. Here's the final bill.

One good thing: Sunday growler sales. Up to nine growlers. Or two cases of bottles. Up to 576 ounces. Hey, that is 4.5 gallons. So much for 6th bbls and corney kegs. Sigh.
Must be at the brewery only (by the address of the permit – hope the restaurant part of your brewpub is at the same address). This seems to leave out the tap houses owned by Mishawaka, Mad Anthony, Barley Island, Turoni's, and Upland. And may complicate things at New Albanian – can beer made at the Public House be sold for Sunday carryout at Bank St.?
One good thing: Open on voting days.
One so-so thing: Open until 3am on Sunday nights.
One bad thing: Everyone must be carded for take-out. Even the clerk's mother.
Don't completely drink in the "unless they look over 50" talk. That's true, but you can still get cited and will have to prove your side. "In a criminal or administrative proceeding, it is a defense to a charge under this section that the individual to whom the permittee or employee or agent of the permittee sold, bartered, exchanged, provided, or furnished alcoholic beverages for consumption off the licensed premises was or reasonably appeared to be more than fifty (50) years of age." You conceivably could have to produce the customer or a picture of the customer at the hearing.
Oh, and that server training thing. Mandatory server training for all permit holders and re-training with each license renewal has been put off until May 1, 2011.
Anticipating the normal state-police run courses won't be able to handle the volume, those benevolent and omnipotent folks in downtown Indy have already allowed people to set up private server training schools. There are 67 already. Mainly because this silliness was supposed to go into effect 2 months ago. I wonder how many will be around when the madness starts next year. Or maybe our fearless leaders will just cancel the whole concept.

HBG reviews the new Scotty's Lakehouse out on Geist Resevoir.
parade_05Cincinnati is the home to the world's oldest Bock Festival. And it's this coming weekend. Parades, Tours, Parties, Sausage Queen, Lots of bocks at lots of bars. Even burning snowmen.

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