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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Oh now you get to learn all the WABC rules. Or I am assuming that Wisconsin has an Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
An old friend is a former trade book editor and current full time writer. She moved to Seattle, and has a part time gig as a presenter for a wine outfit. (She is deeply into and highly knowledgeable about wine, and had been a sales person in an NY shop, so this was a case of turning pro in something she was involved with as an amateur.)
She's licensed too, and described the process as requiring passing a test, which was mostly about recognizing when a patron had too much and cutting them off, and understanding how screwed she would be if drunken patron did something like climb into a car and get into a serious accident after she'd served him one too many...
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Dennis
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I was mainly amazed at how easy it was to get the license. In Wisconsin there is no specific agency or board. The Department of Revenue regulates everything related the manufacture, wholesale, and sale in stores and places that serve alcohol on site. Damn Revenuers.
I did learn a lot about some of the regulations and liabilities of the pub and being a bartender. I'm not looking forward to the first time I will not only have to refuse service to an underage person, but also have to confiscate their fake ID.
Fortunately in Wisconsin there is no law that exposes a bartender to criminal penalties or civil liabilities for anything a patron might do after leaving the place impaired.
I was already familiar with one regulation. I learned this from talking to an owner of another local bar. Turns out that in this same area another bar lost its liquor license for not properly disposing of empty liquor bottles. Actually they were refilling bottles of expensive brands with cheaper brands; eg. filling a Grey Goose bottle with Smirnoff.