Well, after an emotional day (for those watching) 3218 heads to the Governor!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was delayed and we all thought it was a bad sign and the day was over. But Dan hung on and watched and sure enough, 3218 was brought up again and PASSED! It has to be ratified (just an administrative step). Then to the Governor, he has 3 choices. He can veto it, sign it immediately, or sit on it (his official position would be neutral)- it would then become law after 5 days. I really don’t see him vetoing this. This could all happen with 2 weeks, depending on how long it takes to get ratified.
I think we’ve got it! They were inundated with emails by the way. Thanks Everyone!
Here is a link to the bill and it’s timeline: HB 3218
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April 18, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Bobby
Hearing them introduce H.3624 with “You’ve all probably received 50 emails in the last day about this bill from a group called Pop the Cap” was music to my ears. Today is a great day for South Carolina beer lovers.
April 18, 2007 at 5:29 pm
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[…] April 18, 2007 Is Alabama going to be last again? Dan on 2007-04-18 @ 5:28 pm South Carolina has lifted their cap on beer. Their grassroots movement, Pop the Cap SC, sucessfully lobbied for them to raise their 5% […]
April 18, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Pierce
Great job everyone! Thank you for your hard work! I can’t wait until the day I can get a 6-pack of Dale’s Pale Ale, the best canned beer ever produced, without having to drive to Charlotte!!
April 18, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Billy Cook
Big thanks to the Pop the Cap organizers and all who participated. Now I can spend my $$ in SC.
April 19, 2007 at 9:15 am
Rev. BigDumbChimp
Awesome. Already sent an email to Dogfish Brewery just to make sure they know…
April 19, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Hops and Smiles
This is fabulous. Does anyone know of particular restaurants / bars / taprooms that will likely pick up on this as soon as they can to start selling Hi-Gravity? I am just eager to be able to purchase it in SC and want to know where the first wonderful “Sips” (or gulps) can be had – Thanks!
(Specifically Columbia & Greenville)
April 19, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Bobby
Hops and Smiles–
I think Barley’s in Greenville is a good bet. I’m sure they’ll be getting lots of new stuff as fast as they possibly can.
April 19, 2007 at 5:25 pm
postpolitical » The Fun Side of Conservatism
[…] The bill allows breweries to exceed the 5% alcohol content limit, of beer sold in the state. Thus is represents yet another solid defeat for the proponents of the excessively regulated society in SC. How we even got to a point, where it is permissible for the government to dictate to us what the alcohol content of our beer is of course, is mind-boggling. South Carolina blogger PopTheCap is pretty excited: Well, after an emotional day (for those watching) 3218 heads to the Governor!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was delayed and we all thought it was a bad sign and the day was over. But Dan hung on and watched and sure enough, 3218 was brought up again and PASSED! It has to be ratified (just an administrative step). Then to the Governor, he has 3 choices. He can veto it, sign it immediately, or sit on it (his official position would be neutral)- it would then become law after 5 days. I really don’t see him vetoing this. This could all happen with 2 weeks, depending on how long it takes to get ratified. (PopTheCap) […]