The Alabama non-profit organization dedicated to changing Alabama's archaic laws hindering beer lovers from enjoying beers that contain more than 6% alcohol has called for a boycott of Budweiser.
Free the Hops (www.freethehops.org) called for the boycott because Budweiser has opposed a local Birmingham bill that would allow various "craft beers" and other imports into the city of Birmingham.
Of course, Free the Hops wants a state law allowing this (as do I), but I guess you have to start somewhere.
Budweiser says they want the state law changed and that the local law would be "confusing" as a distributor.
Stuart Carter, president of Free the Hops, says that under current state law, Alabama cannot get 96 of the top 100 beers of the world as rated by www.BeerAdvocate.com because the beers exceed the legal limit.
The irony, or ignorance, of this situation is that you can buy wine in Alabama that can be as much as 14.9% alcohol by volume, and the Alabama Beverage Control (state-owned, mind you) can sell you liquor like Everclear, which is 95% alcohol by volume.
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