Over here you either have a licence to sell alcohol or you don't. As simple as that, although actually getting the correct licence isn't necessarily simple
Oh, getting the license here isn't necessary simple either, but it varies wildly.
But there is some stupid magic "line" between "soft" and "hard" alcohol, as if being 16% is not dangerous and yet 17% needs strict government controls.
Also, I have to correct my earlier posting- it seems that most States do NOT control liquor with ABC stores anymore (mostly State run, anti-capitalist monopolies). They have been slowly going away. Now there are just 17 such States left. The more I researched it, the more complicated it all seems.
http://www.nabca.org/control-state-directory-and-info
https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2010/09/liquor_virginia
"soda" or "soft drink" here
Also remember moving to SC in 1977 and went to a Pizza Hut and wanted to order a beer and couldn't do it.....Sunday beer and alcohol sales were prohibited.
Depends where you live in the States and even within a state.
staying on the drinks front, dedicated shops for buying booze (ass opposed to picking up from a general supermarket/corner shop/convenience store
"Liquor Store" vs "Off Licence"
The word "off-licence" comes from the way premises are licensed to sell alcohol over here.
A bar/restaurant/pub would typically have a licence to sell alcohol either fro consumption "on" the premises or in some cases "on" or "off" the premises.
By an elegant extension of that any place that sells alcohol for consumption "off" the premises is an "off licence"
Technically the supermarkets etc have the same licence however an "offy" is usually reserved for referring to a smaller corner shop type place that sell predominantly alcohol , although it may also sell other goods as well.
As a complete contrast I do find the Swedish "Systembolaget " system interesting. When I was over there back in the 90's if you wanted to buy alcohol (over 3.5% by volume) to consume at home you had to go to one of these state run shops, take a ticket, order your booze & pick it up from a window. They were also only open very restricted hours although I believe that has changed slightly recently.
In an effort to come back from the prestidigital dexterity....
soft drinks such as the Colas etc.
As a generic term we call them "pop" rather than "soda" a;though we do have a variety/flavour of "pop" that is called "american cream soda"
It varies too wildly to give any kind of overall view on how alcohol is sold in the various states and even To the best of my knowledge, no, we cannot mail- order any alcoholic beverages, anywhere. Alcohol is somewhat tightly regulated here in the US and being able to mail- order it would lose all control over distribution.
Brian
What we call that stuff is very regional: here, it is soda. Other places, it is pop and yet other places it is soda pop. The way around all of that is to order a Coke.... :-)
What varies much more is that stuff that is ice cream, milk and syrup all agitated into a creamy liquid. Sometimes called a shake but also called a 'frappe', a 'cabinet' and several other, almost nonsensical names.
Now that I think about it, our regional differences in the names of very common things is probably more diverse than the difference between the US and UK. For example, where I live, we call a 'water fountain' or 'drinking fountain' a 'bubbler'. No [non- local] knows what in the hell that means.
What we call that stuff is very regional: here, it is soda. Other places, it is pop and yet other places it is soda pop. The way around all of that is to order a Coke.... :-)
What varies much more is that stuff that is ice cream, milk and syrup all agitated into a creamy liquid. Sometimes called a shake but also called a 'frappe', a 'cabinet' and several other, almost nonsensical names.
Now that I think about it, our regional differences in the names of very common things is probably more diverse than the difference between the US and UK. For example, where I live, we call a 'water fountain' or 'drinking fountain' a 'bubbler'. No [non- local] knows what in the hell that means.
Brian
Gotta love regional differences.
Take something as simple as this
Depending on where you are in the UK it could be a bun, bap,teacake,breadcake,muffin,stottie, batch,cob or roll (and I may have missed out some)
Looks like a bun to me..... ?
Brian
I don't care what you call it, looks like they would make for some tasty slidersknee slider I presume
knee slider I presume
I hear that they can also be used for that (knee pucks). I just never could determine what the correct attachment adhesive would be.marmite
marmite
Looks like a bun to me..... ?
You had to say it, didn't you? Marmite. Evil, awful stuff. Not as bad as Vegemite but a close second.
Why can't you people just clean out your brewing tanks when you are done making beer? Why do you have to scrap out that, that..... "stuff" and sell it?
Brian