High hilarity from the House

I somehow missed this last week when the bill to raise the allowed ABV level passed the Alabama House. A Free the Hops member recorded the live audio feed of debate from the House floor, overlaid photos of the Legislators and FTH-related events, and added lots of text commentary - responses to what legislators were saying and notes on FTH and beer in general. The results are available for your viewing and listening pleasure on YouTube. The video's embedded below.

The legislators you'll hear include both supporters and opponents of the bill. The most entertaining of all is Rep. Alvin Holmes, a Montgomery Democrat, who rails against the bill, saying "The beer we got drinks pretty good, don't it? I ain't never heard nobody complain about the beer we have." He lists Budweiser, Miller and Coors, asking again, "It drinks pretty good, don't it?" (This is before he dragged the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks into his argument, a segment that, sadly, is no included in the video.)

Rep. Holmes, I'd like to officially go on record as complaining about the beer we've got. They may be fine for some, but no, the beers you listed "don't drink too good" as far as I'm concerned. I'm also not sure why you and the rest of the Legislature should get to decide which brews are good enough for me.

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