Cigar Club of Lake Charles

Originally Posted by macpappy

No Booze? In Louisiana? You must have been in some parishes north of the I-10. Most of this southern part of the state have drive-thru daiquiri shops, and you can buy beer, wine and liquour at gas stations, drug stores, grocery stores, etc. That's not saying there are some areas that are still technically dry, but for the most part, this state is about as wide open as you can get.

Oh yes, I know. I live south of I-10, and enjoy drive through daiquiris quite often.

I was referring to Alabama. I was on a road trip last summer with my brother and we stopped the night in a town called Cullman. We went driving around looking for a liquor store so we could get a sixer for the night. No luck. We couldn't even find a grocery store, so we had to go to Wal-Mart. Know, I know I should have just stopped while I was ahead, because what good beer do they have at Wal-Mart, but I had been driving all day and wanted to relax in the motel room.

Well, we get to the place where the beer usually is to find nothing. In fact, we found a whole wall of mixers (grenadine, margarita mix, etc) but no alcohol. I asked my brother, "Where's the booze?" Some lady behind me replied "Oh you can't get that here. You could always pour that over ice and pretend!". I said, "I don't want to pretend, I want to get drunk." She just laughed and walked away.

Thankfully, we still had a couple in the ice chest from the night before, although technically, that was probably bootlegging.

Originally Posted by auburnfan1980

What you say is true, though....not of my city. They waited til about a year and a half ago to finally make draft beer legal here, though. Apparently, bottled beer is ok w/ the religious zealots, but draft beer is the devil.

Jason

That is absolutely ridiculous. But what can you do, right?