9 Weird Alcohol Laws
At BASSET On The Fly, our BASSET online course focuses on everything you need to know to get your BASSET card. In other words, it teaches you how to responsibly and legally serve alcohol. Because we want to make our BASSET course as easy to remember as possible, we don’t focus on information you won’t ever use.
Of course, that doesn’t mean there’s not a lot of useless information out there about alcohol. We’ll keep it out of our course, but we’d hate for you to miss it entirely. So, here are 9 weird alcohol laws that you’ll never need to know. We can’t vouch for whether these laws are still on the books, but they reportedly have been at some point.
Alaska, Missouri and Ohio
Giving beer to a moose is prohibited in Fairbanks, Alaska. In Natchez, Missouri, it’s elephants that are protected from beer. In Ohio, it’s fish. You know there’s some weird story explaining each of these…
Ames, Iowa
In Ames, Iowa, it’s permissible for a man to have two swigs of beer while in bed with his wife. But not three.
Woburn, Massachusetts
No walking with a beer in your hand in Woburn, Massachusetts – that’s illegal.
North Dakota
In North Dakota any use of coupons for the purchase of alcohol is banned.
Missouri
Here’s a winner for the kids! In Missouri, it’s illegal for anyone under 21 to take out the trash if it contains empty alcohol containers.
Colorado
No drinking and riding in Colorado. A horse is considered a vehicle.
Arkansas
If you’re 18-20 years old and convicted of minor in possession in Arkansas, you’ll be ordered to write an essay on the subject (among other punishments).
Oklahoma
Liquor stores in Oklahoma can’t sell cold beer if it’s more than 4% alcohol. Who knew Oklahoma was so Euro chic? Warm beer for you!
Newton, Pennsylvania
Sure to be a crowd pleaser – if you’re a married man in Newton, Pennsylvania, you must have written consent from your wife to buy alcohol.
Whether these laws are still on the books or not, we’re reasonably sure none of them are enforced. Luckily, it doesn’t matter in the slightest either way. The only stuff that matters for your BASSET card is what’s in your trusty BASSET On The Fly course. Some of it is as entertaining as this list, and none of it is as useless.
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