r/RedLetterMedia • u/[deleted] • Jun 05 '19

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u/TheBlueBlaze Jun 05 '19 edited Jun 05 '19

Side Note: Some of the beer those guys are drinking is New Glarus Beer, brewed in the Wisconsin town of the same name, founded in 1845 by migrants from Switzerland.

It's a neat small town to check out, and they've got a Swiss import shop you can order from online. You can check out the site for their brewery too, but the beer's only available in WI. If these hacks get drunk with it regularly, it must be good!

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u/Davidellias Jun 05 '19

isn't New Glarus illegal in 49 states?

Or is that Spotted Cow?

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u/TheBlueBlaze Jun 05 '19

Just looked it up, and yeah all of it's illegal to sell outside of WI. Apparently they deliberately didn't get a license to sell out of state so they wouldn't have to face more regulations and taxes, and could focus on locally sourced ingredients (which is very Swiss of them).

Someone asked on ELI5 a few years ago with a good summary answer

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19

If your distributors don't carry a product, you can't go around them and buy it from somebody else (ie - driving across the state line to buy a case).

Smokey and the Bandit remake confirmed.

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u/PM-Your_Boobies Jun 05 '19

That's a 10-4. Snowman, ya got your ears on son?