Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

-_Stove_- t1_j24vfby wrote

I've heard this before, both within Vermont and in other places. I can't find the exact law

https://www.reddit.com/r/bartenders/comments/7jf6lh/bartender_refused_to_make_me_a_long_island_iced/ (From Mass, but sounds like same thing)

It's not just a Vermont thing.

1

paxweasley t1_j24vkm8 wrote

So that means all the other bars/restaurants in my town are breaking the law? That seems unlikely to be true. Mass has the notorious blue laws around liquor- Vermont is not the same state

−1

Optimized_Orangutan t1_j24y9gx wrote

Vermont does have a limit on the "number of drinks" a bar tender can hand to a single customer in a single transaction. The "number of drinks" is not determined by the number of glasses or bottles but by the number of individual servings of alcohol. Long island ice teas can contain 4-5 servings of alcohol. They might actually be illegal for bars to serve in Vermont. Like with any liquor license/regulation enforcement can vary wildly from area to area. Bars/restaurants that have strikes on their records are far more likely to follow the law to the letter due to higher levels of scrutiny.

4

Vermontess t1_j254gjx wrote

This is the answer. A properly made LIIT has more than the legal number of servings of alcohol

2

-_Stove_- t1_j24woop wrote

Which is more likely: That your local bars and restaraunts are openly breaking the law and risking their liquor license, or that they're making a Long Island Iced Tea with less alcohol than "normal"?

3

paxweasley t1_j24wtjg wrote

Lol I promise they aren’t doing that 😂

But even then that’s fine by me. Just super weird and confusing.

I don’t think you or the waitress are factually correct. It’s not likely either that every bartender in my town is just sneakily reducing the liquor, which again would still be fine by me. This is sounding more like a weird restaurant policy.

−1

-_Stove_- t1_j24y221 wrote

If you think you more about what is going on at your local bar than random strangers on the internet, why bother asking on reddit?

1

paxweasley t1_j24ygkz wrote

Okay bye dude not interacting with someone trying to start a fight.

Happy new year

−1