Alabama code section 28-3A-25(a)(9) which says it is unlawful:
To most of us, this code section looks like a provision to prevent people from watering down booze or selling knock-off versions--for example cutting a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon with inferior spirits and selling it to unsuspecting customers. The last part with the clear exception for preparing a cocktail for on-premises consumption would seem to remove any doubt.
Yet to the ABC, this provision apparently means that pitchers of margaritas adulterate the tequila in such a manner that renders it a hazard for unsuspecting consumers of tacos and burritos.
According to ABC's Dean Argo, a rather nice gentleman tasked with explaining ABC's silliness, the alcohol in a pitcher tends to settle over time. "The person who is poured the first or second drink may receive only a .25 to .5 ounce of alcohol," he noted, "where a person receiving the third, fourth or even fifth pour may receive much more alcohol than mix."
In short, a group of legal adults can't figure out how to handle a pitcher of margaritas shared among them. If you didn't hear about the bedlam recently caused by Taco Mama in Homewood, Alabama serving pitchers of margaritas, it's because some adults in Alabama are capable of sharing a beverage in a manner that actually avoids Margarita Madness. Don't worry though; the ABC has put an end to the restaurant's perilous pitchers.
http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/07/alabama_abc_says_no_to_margari.html
the gov is here to save you from getting the 1st 'Rita out of a pitcher with little or no alcohol
For any person to fortify, adulterate, contaminate, or in any manner change the character or purity of alcoholic beverages from that as originally marketed by the manufacturer, except that a retail licensee on order from a customer may mix a chaser or other ingredients necessary to prepare a cocktail or mixed drink for on-premises consumption.
To most of us, this code section looks like a provision to prevent people from watering down booze or selling knock-off versions--for example cutting a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon with inferior spirits and selling it to unsuspecting customers. The last part with the clear exception for preparing a cocktail for on-premises consumption would seem to remove any doubt.
Yet to the ABC, this provision apparently means that pitchers of margaritas adulterate the tequila in such a manner that renders it a hazard for unsuspecting consumers of tacos and burritos.
According to ABC's Dean Argo, a rather nice gentleman tasked with explaining ABC's silliness, the alcohol in a pitcher tends to settle over time. "The person who is poured the first or second drink may receive only a .25 to .5 ounce of alcohol," he noted, "where a person receiving the third, fourth or even fifth pour may receive much more alcohol than mix."
In short, a group of legal adults can't figure out how to handle a pitcher of margaritas shared among them. If you didn't hear about the bedlam recently caused by Taco Mama in Homewood, Alabama serving pitchers of margaritas, it's because some adults in Alabama are capable of sharing a beverage in a manner that actually avoids Margarita Madness. Don't worry though; the ABC has put an end to the restaurant's perilous pitchers.
http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/07/alabama_abc_says_no_to_margari.html
the gov is here to save you from getting the 1st 'Rita out of a pitcher with little or no alcohol
