A conveyer belt carries newly-filled and labeled bottles of Blue Moon beer, a craft-oriented label produced at the MillerCoors Brewery in Golden. Some Colorado grocery chains that want to sell wine and full-strength beer will lobby lawmakers to change state law on approved places of purchase. Colorado is among a handful of states were where gas stations, grocery stores and convenience stores are only allowed to sell beer with an alcohol content of 3.2 percent or less. (Brennan Linsley, Associated Press File)
I almost spewed my beverage when I saw an ad arguing that Colorado needs to get rid of 3.2 beer and give people the higher-alcohol beer they really want. They do? Are marketing-savvy grocery stores selling 3.2 beer because no one wants it? I don t see a lot of it gathering dust.
Personally, I m a fan of lower-alcohol beer because a few of those don t affect my functioning, whereas the same number of higher-alcohol beers can fool me into thinking that, for example, Glendale is a fashionable tourist destination.
You want to get 6 percent or 12 percent beer or malt liquor that renders your legs inoperable, go right ahead, but don t make it so the rest of us can t have the weaker stuff.
Dan Danbom, Denver
This letter was published in the March 28 edition.
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