"beer ban" news and stories

Last week, a number of news sources reported that Nashville, Tennessee was the latest city debating a single-bottle beer ban. Similar bans already exist in major cities like Washington, D.C. and Detroit, and similar proposals have been discussed in recent years in places such as Seattle.

Many states have strict laws regarding the sale of alcoholic beverages, and plenty of dry counties and cities exist across the U.S. where alcohol sales are prohibited entirely. But what sets apart Nashville's proposed ban and others like it are that these single-bottle bans typically target only specific neighborhoods and specific types of beer. Most single-bottle bans provide loopholes for upmarket craft and imported beers or fancier beer sellers such as Whole Foods, leading many to label these laws as economic discrimination.