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 State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA]
#11484958 - 11/19/09 10:38 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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State May Move to Ban Everclear 151
By Jordan Fries | November 19, 2009 7:21 AM
http://dailyiowan.com/2009/11/19/Metro/14493.html
State officials will meet today to discuss whether to halt sales of Everclear 151 in Iowa in response to an incident last week at Drake University, when a 19-year-old student ingested cups of Everclear — the strongest liquor available on store shelves — as part of an alleged fraternity hazing event.
The event lead to an emergency room visit at a Des Moines-area hospital, where the student registered a blood-alcohol content of nearly 0.50. Police have charged two Phi Delta Theta members with hazing, and the fraternity’s Drake charter was revoked on Monday.
Everclear with 190-proof content — or 95 percent alcohol — was banned from Iowa liquor-store shelves six months ago, said Lynn Walding, the administrator for Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division, which regulates how much and what kind of alcohol is sold in the state. He said the only function of Everclear 190 now is to clean petri dishes and other items.
Walding will meet with other division officials at 1:30 p.m. in Ankeny, Iowa, to discuss banning the high-proof liquor.
“The Drake incident hasn’t been our first occurrence,” Walding said.
Doug Alberhasky, the manager of John’s Grocery, 401 E. Market St., compared Everclear to “going out and drinking diesel fuel” and said drinkers “can’t really do anything worse.”
“There are a number of ways to drink yourself to death,” Alberhasky said. “But Everclear is the surest way to do that.”
He thinks that banning Everclear, a neutral grain spirit that contains twice as much alcohol as standard vodka, would mean state regulators are missing the point entirely, he said.
“It’s common sense that you shouldn’t drink that much, and the state cannot ban stupidity,” Alberhasky said, noting he believes most people drink responsibly. “Banning something like this because of one bad judgment is asking for trouble.”
Matt Fitzgerald, a UI junior, said he thinks Everclear’s effects are potentially dangerous.
“I have drank it a few times with juice,” Fitzgerald said. “The scary thing is I only remember one or two of those times when someone told me in the morning.”
Darrin Aisenbrey, the owner of Liquor Downtown, 315 S. Gilbert St., said the establishment hardly sells any of the spirit. Alberhasky echoed that sentiment, emphasizing he’s sold less than a case in the past month.
“Besides the Everclear, we also have Bacardi that is 151-proof,” Aisenbrey said. “But we don’t see the demand for either one like we have for vodka. We will sell the occasional pint each month, but that’s not much at all.”
As of October, Iowa businesses had purchased about 2,500 cases of Everclear 151 this year, according to the Alcohol Beverages Division. Everclear 151 costs around $15 per bottle.
Alberhasky, for one, isn’t too concerned about what decision state officials make at Thursday’s meeting. He said his alcohol business does not cater to the crowd who wants to “get drunk” but rather to older people who appreciate the taste of good alcohol.
“We really strive for the mantra that less is better with alcohol,” Alberhasky said. “We know that there is a herd mentality in college, and kids will do almost anything for acceptance.”
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Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: Ythan]
#11485047 - 11/19/09 11:00 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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as part of an alleged fraternity hazing event.
maybe it was because of HAZING which is banned btw. Man, people are fucking stupid.
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Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: learningtofly]
#11485060 - 11/19/09 11:02 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Did the jounalist confuse/combine Everclear and Bicardi 151? The article says Everclear is 190 proof which is correct, but calls it Everclear 151.
Why are people so dumb?
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motaman
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Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: RoosterCogburn]
#11485072 - 11/19/09 11:05 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Everclear 190 is already banned. They are trying to ban Everclear 151 as well.
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Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: RoosterCogburn]
#11485077 - 11/19/09 11:06 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Everclear is sold in both 151 and 190 strengths.
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Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: motaman]
#11485086 - 11/19/09 11:08 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Ah, I didn't realize Everclear made a 151 version... it shouldn't be called everclear! 
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 Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: RoosterCogburn]
#11485087 - 11/19/09 11:08 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Some states don't allow the sale of 190 proof Everclear...
so they made a lower proof version of it.
Washington State was one of the States that wouldn't allow the sale of the 190 proof stuff...
I noticed the lower version of Everclear in the Liquor Store last week, but I can't remember the proof of it....
I think it was 151.
I'll go look today and post an update.
tc
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Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: RoosterCogburn]
#11485133 - 11/19/09 11:19 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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RoosterCogburn said:
Did the jounalist confuse/combine Everclear and Bicardi 151? The article says Everclear is 190 proof which is correct, but calls it Everclear 151.
Why are people so dumb?
Hey man, he's a journalist. He lives off of making otherwise ordinary occurrences in life into sensationalized events.
WHY CAN'T YOU LEAVE THE NEWS MONGERS ALONE?!?!?!
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Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: DragonChaser]
#11485155 - 11/19/09 11:24 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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jeez they shouldnt ban the everclear, just the freakin hazing. It seems stupid to me to ban something just bc some people mess up, then we would have to ban all alcohol bc there a ton of addicts and drunks out there. The mistakes of a few, shouldnt affect the whole. let them be in trouble for hazing. good grief.
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Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: faeriechild86]
#11485170 - 11/19/09 11:26 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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The hazing is already banned. These politicians need something else to ban, they're like the moderators here. They feed off of bans.
WHY CAN'T YOU PEOPLE JUST LEAVE THE POLITICIANS ALONE!?!?!?!
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Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: Ythan]
#11485323 - 11/19/09 11:47 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Let's ban bridges because people jump off of them sometimes.
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Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: DragonChaser]
#11485345 - 11/19/09 11:50 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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 Ban all alcohol, tobacco, coffee, cheese, fried chicken, french fries, and any other dangerous thing.. We'll all live forever!!!!
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Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: smokescreen]
#11485351 - 11/19/09 11:52 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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I smashed my finger with a hammer once, so please get rid of those too.
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Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: smokescreen]
#11485361 - 11/19/09 11:53 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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They just have to ban death.
Then make little bylaws that make a homeowner liable and subject to heavy fines if someone dies on their property.
Pretty soon, people will be dragging their old or sick relatives out into the woods to die.
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Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: DragonChaser]
#11485462 - 11/19/09 12:11 PM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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everclear sucks anyways, i wouldnt be phased by this
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Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: hockeyplyr1057]
#11485507 - 11/19/09 12:18 PM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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hockeyplyr1057 said:
everclear sucks anyways, i wouldnt be phased by this
I doubt most of the people on this forum are annoyed with this because they were drinking the stuff. It's often used for extractions.
Not to mention that the principle of banning something for everyone because of one person's stupidity is ridiculous.
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Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: sorahtak]
#11485596 - 11/19/09 12:33 PM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Who the fuck drinks it straight? 
Green Dragon all the way. 
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Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: RoosterCogburn]
#11485689 - 11/19/09 12:50 PM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Rooster--got some brewing right now :p. Thank god the Rocky Mountain West is still hardcore lib and I can get 190 Everclear at liquor stores here.
Overall, this story just makes me sad: college kids die from drinking too much every year, I don't think every single one of them were drinking everclear (or a 151 proof vodka, for that matter).
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He thinks that banning Everclear, a neutral grain spirit that contains twice as much alcohol as standard vodka, would mean state regulators are missing the point entirely, he said.
Ok, good on the old liquor-store-owning coot. But notice what the journalist gets away with saying (in between the commas)? 151 proof IS NOT DOUBLE 80 PROOF. It's damn close, sure. 190 proof is a lot more than double 80 proof. There's also vodka that, to quote this fucktard, "contains twice as much alcohol as standard vodka."
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Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: Drizzt396]
#11485741 - 11/19/09 01:02 PM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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A BAC of 0.5 is just insane.
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Re: State may move to ban Everclear 151 [IA] [Re: caphillkid]
#11485844 - 11/19/09 01:20 PM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
caphillkid said:
A BAC of 0.5 is just insane.
Yeah, you have to be really stupid to drink enough to get to 0.5.
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