Booze

[elSicomoro]

Kitsune, ABC in VA is the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. You can only buy liquor in ABC stores (though you can buy beer in grocery and drug stores).

We have a similar system in PA called the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. The stores are known as Wine & Spirits Shoppes, though most folks I know call them the "state stores."

The only difference between the two states seems to be that liquor in VA is slightly cheaper.

I hate the PLCB. But it's easy to get around if you live near a neighboring state. Philadelphians go to NJ, DE or MD.

Now, as far as my drinking preferences...

Domestic: Michelob family of beers, Bud Light, Rolling Rock, Yuengling

Micro: Schlafly's Oatmeal Stout (brewed and sold in the St. Louis area)

Import: Guinness (preferably draft), Corona, Moosehead, Newcastle, Harp

Liquor: wine (preferably Cabernet Sauvignon), vodka (Smirnoff or Stoli), Bailey's, Kahlua, whiskey (Seagram's VO)

Mixed Drinks: Margarita, Purple Hooter, Gin & Tonic, Vodka Tonic