Comments on: America’s Beer Belt

By: Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:52:41 +0000

Ah, Louisiana. Drive-through daiquiri shacks.

By: Lucy Foley

Lucy Foley — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:18:50 +0000

Ditto New Orleans. Also in 24 hour pharmacies in New Orleans.

By: Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:12:05 +0000

But you can buy booze 24hrs a day in grocery stores in California.

By: Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:35:00 +0000

Starting in Illinois, the beer belly expands up into Wisconsin and first spreads westward through Iowa/Minnesota and then engulfs Nebraska, and the Dakotas before petering out (like a pair of love handles) in Wyoming and Montana.

By: Phil Bebbington

Phil Bebbington — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:33:08 +0000

I thought Wisconsin looked rather red – mental note made.

By: Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:28:54 +0000

Here in the Driftless Region, you may note, a man can always find himself a drink.

In fact, there are loads of little Wisconsin towns comprised of one church and five taverns.

By: Phil Bebbington

Phil Bebbington — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:52:06 +0000

In fact everywhere I went I seem to have been up against it! I need to examine this map closely before my next trip.

Hey, Cooper, it seems down your way there is neither!

By: Phil Bebbington

Phil Bebbington — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:35:19 +0000

Well, there certainly were not any bars when I landed late one night in Mena, Arkansas! In fact, I very quickly learned the whole of Polk County was dry! It's a good job I don't wet shave or I swear I would have slit my throat. Eating in an Italian restaurant with water drink was one of the more surreal evenings of my life.