New Sam Adams Beer banned in 13 states

It's not so much about restricting the alcohol content of beer as restricting access to high alcohol drinks. States usually have different laws for beer and for everything else. In NH, beer and wine can be sold in any convenience store, but you have to go to the liquor store for anything else. These laws exist so I can't just label my vodka as "beer" and sell it at 7-11. I suspect that liquor stores in NH will be able to sell this stuff.

New Hampshire is a surprise. What happened to LIVE FREE OR DIE?

Excellent question. NH is just as free as the rest of the country but if you repeat something many times you may believe it.

I am from NH and believe me, the state motto is a joke. "Free" is meant in the Republican sense. It refers only to income taxes, which are nil. The state has very authoritarian laws. Pot laws, alcohol laws and traffic laws are particularly harsh.

tru dat. everything is a marketing tactic today.

Good answer. :)

"Thirteen states prohibit its sale because its alcohol content exceeds the legal limit for beer: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont and Washington".----they must still label it "beer", call it something else,....they could sell it. But hey,....this is "Sam Adams",...the beer guys. The whole POINT is that it is "beer".

Because, all of those States are full of heavily armed, drunk ass rednecks.

Yeah all those damned rednecks, especially the ones in Vermont and Montana. Man I hate those guys.....

@bansheewail, not all of us are "heavily armed, drunk ass rednecks." Some of are heavily armed, drunk ass intellectuals.

And those laws exist because of religion. Hell, you can't even buy alcohol on Sundays here in Georgia let alone a high gravity beer. You can't buy beer cold in Mississippi because of a law that is intended to keep people from drinking the beer while they drive home. Banned because of the law that was created by religious christians to keep us heathens from enjoying the devil's juice.

Hmmm, Devil's Juice ::Homer Simpson drool::

the technical term for beers over the limit is "malt liquor". They don't want to call it that because who the hell would pay 150$ for a forty?

Thank you everyone for responding to my question.

it might not actually be banned, It could possibly be it's just not allowed to be called beer. In some places part of the definition of beer is that it be 5% acohol or less. Everything else is malt liquor.

I bet it's cheaper too.

also has a better name.