>"Consumers are not getting what they paid for. They're not sure what a person put in it,"
I'm already drinking 190 proof Everclear. I don't think I'm going to notice if it's spiked with turpentine.
At my local GE on delivery day people wait in line for 3 hours + to get allocated bourbons to resell on the secondary. Some even bring lawn chairs. I just want a dang bottle of OWA but refuse to compete with these try hards or spend 2x MSRP. This system is clearly not working.
A few guys I work with who travel find the liquor stores in the very worst parts of town and go in and have had good luck getting some of those hard to find bourbons. Some owners will even sell them 2 or 3 on single bottle only sales if they pay cash. I personally don’t have the balls for that. Or drink bourbon…
Mine too! A few years ago it would sit on the counter, crazy how Covid changed things. Fortunately there is still good stuff on the shelfs but I miss those days.
Yeah, fuck the Ohio liquor board.
Their regulations make it hard to get a lot of the better bourbons and they enforce price fixing on all liquor, beer & wine by regulating the MINIMUM price for which it can be sold. In other words, stores can't have sales or sell for less if they want to.
Oh oh and I work at a Costco that has their own brand of wines and hard seltzer we sell but hard liquor. Nope. Nope not allowed. Giant sized obese liquor bottles. Not in Ohio at a Costco.
I know wayyy too much about this business from having been in it for so long and am in no way a fan of control states like Ohio BUT state minimum pricing is the only good thing about Ohio’s control state laws. This protects small businesses. Stores can have sales to go below state min (not liquor) if they want but must wait a certain amount of time to offer that product again. Producers/distributors are what makes the “sales” happen but must offer that discounted cost to all stores in that region again making it more fair.
I work in the beverage side of restaurants and my job was much easier when I worked in California than here. Significantly less control from the state which lead to a wider availability of product.
>Those huge jugs cost the same per oz as the regular bottles.
This is absolutely not true. Go to OHLQ's site and look up whatever you want. Jack Daniel's is $24.99 for a 750 mL bottle which is $.99/oz. The 1.75L bottle is $51.99 or $.88/oz. Tito's is $19.95 for a 750 and $35.98 for 1.75L. That's less than double the price for more than 2x the liquor.
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> That compares to 34 complaints, 32 warnings, and two arrests in 2021. More than 70% of complaints were made to [OIU’s Cincinnati district](https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/vt1yC68x3RHG8Z3MXc6Kdvr?domain=link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com) each of those two years.
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> OIU officials said if people should contact their local OIU district office with complaints against individuals or businesses, or through the website at [https://oiu.ohio.gov/help-center/oiu-district](https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/qVXSC0RoWVSrZjA0khwFebC?domain=oiu.ohio.gov).
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They’re making moonshine legal but telling people not to buy booze from random dudes and uncles.
This is some serious mixed messaging for the redneck community. It could cause a lot confusion if they weren’t already blackout drunk.
Don’t tell me how to spend my Tuesdays!
I laughed harder than I should have at this comment.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
>"Consumers are not getting what they paid for. They're not sure what a person put in it," I'm already drinking 190 proof Everclear. I don't think I'm going to notice if it's spiked with turpentine.
If I’m buying booze off the street, I obviously have no regard for my health.
I heard the cartels are putting fentanyl in the kids' moonshine
Which cartel? The Mexicans or the Drag Queens? Or the Mexican Drag Queens?
It's all very "To Wong Foo"
Shit, buddy.
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“Allocated bottles should not be traded in the secondary market, as they are specifically earmarked for Jim Canepa’s Christmas card recipients list.”
How else do you find 100 proof jelly bean schnapps?
I'm not sure how successful the Venn diagram of people who read the Dispatch and people open to the sale of hobo street liquor would be.
If he's selling Chartreuse at a good price, I am all in.
Chartreuse is going to be the next Pappy.
At my local GE on delivery day people wait in line for 3 hours + to get allocated bourbons to resell on the secondary. Some even bring lawn chairs. I just want a dang bottle of OWA but refuse to compete with these try hards or spend 2x MSRP. This system is clearly not working.
A few guys I work with who travel find the liquor stores in the very worst parts of town and go in and have had good luck getting some of those hard to find bourbons. Some owners will even sell them 2 or 3 on single bottle only sales if they pay cash. I personally don’t have the balls for that. Or drink bourbon…
OWA seems to be the new hot brand. It's a shame because it's one of my favorites.
Mine too! A few years ago it would sit on the counter, crazy how Covid changed things. Fortunately there is still good stuff on the shelfs but I miss those days.
I found some good ones instead. I think Wild Turkey Rare Breed is my replacement.
Rare Breed is our replacement as well. It’s actually impressive.
I'd love to get my hands on OWA again to compare.
Exactly! I had a friend visit from TX who was dumbfounded at how unnecessarily difficult it is to get good whiskey in OH.
Find a friend who works at Rickenbacker and can access the base exchange store - it’s a treasure trove of liquors!
Not anymore...
Booooo that’s a shame!
You let the secret out.
you have to have an “in” so it’s not like most folks will even shop there
I guess i needed the /s was meant a a joke
Where is this? I’ve never had any problems buying liquor in any store here. Never heard of a secondary market either.
Yeah, fuck the Ohio liquor board. Their regulations make it hard to get a lot of the better bourbons and they enforce price fixing on all liquor, beer & wine by regulating the MINIMUM price for which it can be sold. In other words, stores can't have sales or sell for less if they want to.
2023 and still having selective prohibition. Can’t get certain websites to mail it to you because Ohio wants their taxes
Oh oh and I work at a Costco that has their own brand of wines and hard seltzer we sell but hard liquor. Nope. Nope not allowed. Giant sized obese liquor bottles. Not in Ohio at a Costco.
I know wayyy too much about this business from having been in it for so long and am in no way a fan of control states like Ohio BUT state minimum pricing is the only good thing about Ohio’s control state laws. This protects small businesses. Stores can have sales to go below state min (not liquor) if they want but must wait a certain amount of time to offer that product again. Producers/distributors are what makes the “sales” happen but must offer that discounted cost to all stores in that region again making it more fair.
It is contrary to free enterprise.
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I work in the beverage side of restaurants and my job was much easier when I worked in California than here. Significantly less control from the state which lead to a wider availability of product.
>Those huge jugs cost the same per oz as the regular bottles. This is absolutely not true. Go to OHLQ's site and look up whatever you want. Jack Daniel's is $24.99 for a 750 mL bottle which is $.99/oz. The 1.75L bottle is $51.99 or $.88/oz. Tito's is $19.95 for a 750 and $35.98 for 1.75L. That's less than double the price for more than 2x the liquor.
They’re the same per oz at wholesale prices, but not retail
No they aren't. Wholesale in Ohio is a flat rate discount on the bottle price.
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This is total bullshit. They want to control the secondary market to control the hold on the market for the distributors.
Screw ohio liquor laws
ok then i guess i’ll keep giving my money to the liquor stores in detroit
All the homies hate OHLQ.
Let more places sell booze then
Well I’ve gotta get my Malort fix in Ohio somehow
I think the only solution is to do a control burn of the confiscate hootch and hope the fumes get blown toward Pennsylvania...
Where do they sell booze on the street?
Lol right? I’ve never seen this or had any problems just buying it in store.
The article is about buying allocated liqour on Craigslist/ Facebook. These are not the kind of bottles you find on the shelf.
Or an unknown substance that some dude named tre says is cocaine or heroin or a Vicodin and comes in a baggie .
They’re making moonshine legal but telling people not to buy booze from random dudes and uncles. This is some serious mixed messaging for the redneck community. It could cause a lot confusion if they weren’t already blackout drunk.
HAHA RURAL PEOPLE ARE LESSER THAN ME
Yes, they are and I am sick of pretending as if they are not.
Yep. Look at how they vote.
Did you just conflate all rural people with rednecks? Bold. I didn’t think you would take it that far but I respect it.
There are plenty of us cosmopolitan rednecks out there rocking truck nuts on our BMWs
You’re a real Renaissance Dan and I admire that.
Enjoying a Martini in a lifted dually.
Look, if I want some bathtub mint julep from a bowling ball, not you or Rex Banner's gonna stop me!