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Re: Alcohol in Georgia

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From: Net Rider
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 09:54
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In article <rosco29.3.00509C23@mindspring.com>,
Scott Piehler <rosco29@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Many folks mentioned all the absurdities in GA liqour laws, but left out my 
>favorite:
>
>You need an ID to buy *non_alcoholic_beer*. It is classified as a malt 
>beverage, and therefore subject to the same laws...I.E. can't buy it on Sunday.
>
>Gotta love it.

I believe this strange-seeming law is actually due to the vendors *wanting*
the product classified as *beer* so as not to seem in the soda catagory.
They want it to still be percieved as beer from a marketing standpoint.



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