# Ask The Liquor Store Clerk! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 21, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316 "2007-08-21T00:17:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/61 "2007-08-22T18:58:08Z")
[QUOTE=Bearflag70] I think you may have skipped over my question. ☹ [/QUOTE] I was trying not to horn in on the OP’s thread, but I’ll answer. We don’t sell them. No mags, no peekers. But I haven’t seen a store (other than a dedicated porn store) in years that had porno mags out in the open, for customers to peruse - they’re ALWAYS behind the counter, in my recent experience. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/62 "2007-08-22T19:04:14Z")
[QUOTE=Leiko] If you’re in a state that allows underage people into the liquor store, are you supposed to refuse service to someone over 21 if they have someone underage with them? [/QUOTE] Since I’m a c-store, not a dedicated liquor store, it’s much more a judgment call. If the over-21 has one beer, and the minor has chips, I’ll sell. If it’s likely a parent-child situation, I’ll sell. But if multiple young people go to the beer coolers, huddle up and discuss their purchase, but only ONE person brings the beer up, I must ask for all IDs, not just the purchaser. If I have reason to think the beer will go to a minor, I can’t sell it legally. This situation causes the most shit hurled may way, more than simple one-person no ID stuations. Last week, I had this situation happen, and I asked the kid in the background for ID, and he said matter-of-factly, “Oh, I don’t have ID, I’m from Sacramento.” Like there’s a black hole in the state capital, where they JUST DON"T ISSUE IDs. Joe ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/63 "2007-08-22T19:05:32Z")
**Woody** , great thread. What do _you_ drink? ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/64 "2007-08-22T19:08:05Z")
[QUOTE=Leiko] One of my friends is convinced that she won’t be sold to if I’m in the store with her or even in a car parked nearby. I’m 19, but in my two main states of dwelling I’m old enough to go into the stores. I like to look for hard ciders for cooking (mussels steamed in hard cider, pork shoulder braised in hard cider, that sort of thing) so I usually go in to the store anyway. When I was younger, if my dad needed to buy something (Pernod, usually, which mom uses instead of cough syrup for herself on occasion), I’d be in the store with him since we’d just done the grocery shopping across the parking lot. Yet she’s absolutely convinced that just for having me in the store, even though she’s buying liquor just for herself, she’ll get charged with providing alcohol to a minor. [/QUOTE] Well, your friend won’t actually be charged unless she actually IS providing alcohol to a minor. But where I live, she may well be refused service. And put simply, providing alcohol to a minor IS a crime. Even if you just want to cook with a bottle of Woodpecker cider. The USA is pretty tight-assed about this stuff :rolleyes: Joe ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/65 "2007-08-22T19:37:50Z")
[QUOTE=wheresgeorge04] Last week, I had this situation happen, and I asked the kid in the background for ID, and he said matter-of-factly, “Oh, I don’t have ID, I’m from Sacramento.” Like there’s a black hole in the state capital, where they JUST DON"T ISSUE IDs. Joe [/QUOTE] There is, didn’t you know that? I thought it was common knowledge that there is a black hole that our elected reps throw money into on a regular basis. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/66 "2007-08-23T01:47:22Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] -snip- I guess this is as good a time as any to mention the difference between a drunk and an alcoholic. Alcoholics go to meetings. [/QUOTE] AA is for quitters. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/67 "2007-08-23T01:58:46Z")
[QUOTE=wheresgeorge04] Well, your friend won’t actually be charged unless she actually IS providing alcohol to a minor. But where I live, she may well be refused service. And put simply, providing alcohol to a minor IS a crime. Even if you just want to cook with a bottle of Woodpecker cider. The USA is pretty tight-assed about this stuff :rolleyes: Joe [/QUOTE] Some states allow parents/spouse who are of age to give alcohol to their underage child/spouse. Some states also have exeptions for culinary education. In my high school gourmet food class we were allowed to cook with real (not cooking) wine. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/68 "2007-08-23T02:55:21Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Goob] AA is for quitters. [/QUOTE] F’in pussys. 😃 Sauce is like everything else in life. You run it or it runs you. No offense to those who go to meetings. If it works for you, for you and those you loves sake, do it. It’s a slow hard death, sauce. So many better ways to meet your maker. How does it go? Better to die on your feet than live on your knees. K sarah, sarah. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Woody\_Mellor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/35a633/32.png) [@Woody\_Mellor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Woody_Mellor)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/69 "2007-08-23T03:37:56Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] **Woody** , great thread. What do _you_ drink? [/QUOTE] Well right now since I’m in savings mode(moving to Chicago in less than a month) I’ve been taking it easy, Fosters,Rolling Rock, Old Style if I need beer in quantity. As for liquors, Sailor Jerry’s rum, Grey Goose, Makers Mark, Dewar’s, Jameson,Capt. Morgan, and many many more. I don’t like one thing in particular but I can be picky if I feel like it. Oh but no gin whatsoever. Worst Booze Ever. On an upside I put my 2 weeks in today. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/70 "2007-08-23T05:15:37Z")
[QUOTE=Woody Mellor] Oh but no gin whatsoever. Worst Booze Ever. [/QUOTE] Agreed - gin tastes like ass. Yuck!! p.s. I was surprised that you listed peppermint schnapps as one of the most popular alcohols. I thought it was just used as a mixer - do people drink this straight up or what? ---
**Author:** ![Woody\_Mellor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/35a633/32.png) [@Woody\_Mellor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Woody_Mellor)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/71 "2007-08-23T05:18:32Z")
[QUOTE=nyctea scandiaca] Agreed - gin tastes like ass. Yuck!! p.s. I was surprised that you listed peppermint schnapps as one of the most popular alcohols. I thought it was just used as a mixer - do people drink this straight up or what? [/QUOTE] Yeah straight up, its an 80 proof liquor without the liquor taste. Also helps if you are driving. God I can’t wait to quit this job ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/72 "2007-08-23T05:30:41Z")
Could you ball park what percent of your daily gross is from hardcore alkies? ---
**Author:** ![Woody\_Mellor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/35a633/32.png) [@Woody\_Mellor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Woody_Mellor)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/73 "2007-08-23T05:41:51Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Borgia] Could you ball park what percent of your daily gross is from hardcore alkies? [/QUOTE] surprisingly little. I would imagine since their purchases don’t usually leave the 5-20 dollar range. Most of our real business comes from the middle-upper class people (Whirlpool world HQ is in my town so we get a lot of that). They’re the ones dropping 20-50 every day. Some of them are hardcore drinkers but they manage to be much classier about it. ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/74 "2007-08-23T19:19:45Z")
Mmmm, Founders. Try their Breakfast Stout. They have lots of good ones, though, in all kinds of varieties. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/75 "2007-08-24T00:22:32Z")
[QUOTE=alphaboi867] In my high school gourmet food class we were allowed to cook with real (not cooking) wine. [/QUOTE] But cooking wine _is_ real wine. Personally, I won’t put any wine I wouldn’t drink into a recipe. To many of my friends, “cooking wine” is just whatever happens to be cheap and is approximately the correct color. Either way, it’s still “real” wine, made with grapes and fermented. ---
**Author:** ![Nekosoft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c2a13f/32.png) [@Nekosoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nekosoft)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/76 "2007-08-24T02:25:30Z")
Cooking wine generally has salt added as a preservative. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/77 "2007-08-24T02:35:05Z")
[QUOTE=Nekosoft] Cooking wine generally has salt added as a preservative. [/QUOTE] I thought the salt was to prevent cooks from nipping from the bottle. I can’t imagine something that can be successfully cellared for decades needs additional preservatives. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/78 "2007-08-24T03:38:18Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] I thought the salt was to prevent cooks from nipping from the bottle. I can’t imagine something that can be successfully cellared for decades needs additional preservatives. [/QUOTE] Probably not, but by rendering it basically undrinkable with salt, this cooking wine can be sold in supermarkets in jurisdictions that only allow beverage wine sales in government or specifically-designated liquor stores. It is also likely that this salted cooking wine is is not subject to beverage alcohol excise taxes. Just a WAG, but that may be the reason for the salting. ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/79 "2007-08-24T07:25:31Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Goob] AA is for quitters. [/QUOTE] For Mr. Goob and the others upthread, I present to you: [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0801071drunk1.html](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0801071drunk1.html) I was perusing [thesmokinggun.com](http://thesmokinggun.com) website the other day and saw this photo. Funny shirt for someone getting their 2nd DUI. Except that wasn’t the funniest part. I know her. I’m tempted to make a blog post of all the mug shots of people I know. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316/80 "2007-08-24T07:48:50Z")
[QUOTE=Auntbeast] For Mr. Goob and the others upthread, I present to you: [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0801071drunk1.html](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0801071drunk1.html) I was perusing [thesmokinggun.com](http://thesmokinggun.com) website the other day and saw this photo. Funny shirt for someone getting their 2nd DUI. Except that wasn’t the funniest part. I know her. I’m tempted to make a blog post of all the mug shots of people I know. [/QUOTE] What is her phone number? (In the interest of science of course). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-liquor-store-clerk/416316.md?page=5)