BERLIN – The gift shop at Ocean City Brewing Company will not be adding its private label beach vodka to the inventory.
The Worcester County Board of License Commissioners (BLC) denied Ocean City Brewing Company’s request to sell its own brand of vodka in the establishment’s gift shop. BLC members told Josh Shores, owner of the brewery, that there were already plenty of retail locations selling liquor in the area.
“We’ve got one six blocks to the south and one 10 blocks to the north,” BLC Chairman William Esham said. “The public is being served well. Nobody’s going to die of thirst.”
Though Shores said he did not want to sell any vodka other than the variety his company was having produced, Thomas Coates, the BLC attorney, said the board couldn’t limit its approval to that one product.
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It sounds to me like Mr. Shores isn't greasing the right palms. Beyond that, I don't see a valid reason to deny him. Graft, greed and gov't is the game.
ReplyDeleteThe commie government of Worchester county wants their cut. Before you know it, they will want to buy all tobacco products from them
ReplyDelete4:54 AM, please it's Worcester County, not Worchester.
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