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The 1963 act formalized the legal measures by which spirits and other alcoholic beverages should be dispensed, namely 1 ⁄ 4, 1 ⁄ 5 or 1 ⁄ 6 gill (36, 28 or 24 ml), but this was replaced in 1985 when 25 ml or 35 ml were permitted. [5]
Legal serving of spirits (gin, rum, vodka and whisky) defined in the Weights and Measures Act of 1963 (1963-1984). Rounded up to 25 mL in 1985. Rounded up to 25 mL in 1985. Scotland and Northern Ireland (and British premises grandfathered in before the act was enforced) were allowed to keep their larger measures, as long as the glassware was ...
Oregon Ballot Mesure 7 (1940) was an initiative proposed for the general election on the November 5, 1940, ballot to repeal the present liquor law, and allow private sales, with regulation and tax. The official ballot title states its intention as "BILL REPEALING PRESENT LIQUOR LAW; AUTHORIZING PRIVATE SALE, LICENSED, TAXED."
The bill gave regulatory power to the OLCC over hotels, restaurants and private clubs where liquor was served. Lobbyists then succeeded in having the bill referred to the voters in 1940. Voters passed the bill in 1940. [18] In 1944, the "Burke Bill" became law: wines with more than 14% alcohol could only be sold by Commission stores and agencies.
A bottle of the traditional Tunisian Boukha Tequila, a national liquor of Mexico, is a spirit made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila, 65 kilometres (40 mi) northwest of Guadalajara, and in the highlands (Los Altos) of the western Mexican state of Jalisco. Turkish Rakı Georgian chacha Italian fernet
in 1690, England passed "An Act for the Encouraging of the Distillation of Brandy and Spirits from Corn" [27] Alcoholic beverages played an important role in the Thirteen Colonies from their early days when drinking wine and beer at that time was safer than drinking water – which was usually taken from sources also used to dispose of sewage ...
21 (exemptions: (1) a person over age eighteen who is an employee or permit holder under section 30-90a and who possesses alcoholic liquor in the course of such person's employment or business, (2) a minor who possesses alcoholic liquor on the order of a practicing physician, or (3) a minor who possesses alcoholic liquor while accompanied by a ...
Bottle and shot of Desert Door Texas Sotol, a sotol sourced and distilled in Texas Dasylirion wheeleri. Sotol is a distilled spirit from the Chihuahuan desert (northern Mexico, western Texas) sourced from the plants of the genus Dasylirion, most commonly: Dasylirion wheeleri, Dasylirion durangense, Dasylirion cedrosanum, and Dasylirion leiophyllum, less commonly with Dasylirion texanum and ...