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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9027695" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>Likewise, I'm in the States. There are private liquor stores in my state, but they're <em>heavily</em> regulated, with price guidelines, expensive licenses, and other standards. Regular grocery stores cannot sell high-proof alcohol, for example; wine, beer, and relatively low-proof miscellaneous things (e.g. "margarita mix" or hard cider) are sold in regular stores, but if you want proper spirits of any kind, you have to go to a proper, licensed liquor store.</p><p></p><p>We also have the highest (or perhaps near-highest, these things change) density of microbreweries per capita in the nation due to the excellent growing conditions for hops and wheat (and also grapes), and the unusually soft, naturally-filtered water in our area. Hence why I say our prices may be low relative to (say) New York or LA, where good beer production is hundreds of miles away as opposed to <em>all over the place.</em></p><p></p><p>It also helps that we don't have certain taxes in my state, which would raise prices further if they were present.</p><p></p><p>Edit: To keep things on track, I've always thought of halflings as being the type to truly <em>use</em> things (foodstuffs, beer/wine/spirits, resources), not in an industrial way but an artisanal way. Humanity has the pride and presumption of the elves and the greed and consumption of dwarves, but halflings are down to earth with a domestic bent. Samwise isn't <em>impossible</em> for the ring to tempt, but he carries its burden lightly because it thinks like men and dwarves and elves, and struggles to grapple with a mind that simply <em>rejects</em> power and control as too much hassle and too little personal engagement. Bilbo becomes somewhat deceitful, but beyond that, he remains almost unchanged for decades. Frodo only succumbs to the ring after months (perhaps years) of it actively wearing him down and taking every opportunity it can to poison his mind. Faramir is corrupted so quickly he doesn't even make it to the halfway point of the trilogy.</p><p></p><p>Thorin was exceptionally clear-eyed on his deathbed, when he said, “There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell!” That's the spirit to capture with halflings, and it really <em>does</em> tie into beer and brewing.</p><p></p><p>Dwarves brew for the alcohol, and for the tradition. "My father brewed this beer, as his mother before him, and her mother before her, on down the generations to the days when Durin himself graced the Halls that bear his name." It's about clan and symbol, and about cutting loose a little beneath the stuffy blanket of clan expectations. Elves practice vintnery because it is beautiful, because it is skillful, because it is decadent. Humans, well, we do these things for all sorts of reasons, no shock there. But halflings? The spiced wine is for family gatherings and the best ham you'll ever taste. The mulled mead is for birthdays and anniversaries, the sweetness of another's company. The beer, oh, so many recipes that only take on their true flavor with a dark stout or a fruity hefeweizen backing them up, whether in the cooking or in the glass.</p><p></p><p>Food and drink, not as expressions of austere symbol or tradition, nor as raucous party, but as a tool for how they bring us together and enrich the experience of one day to the next. That's the spirit of the halfling.</p><p></p><p>One might say that halflings are inclined toward being the Heart of their groups: the one everyone likes, because they care, because they lack the pretense and pride found in most others, because they are, quite often, exactly what they appear to be, but with hidden depths of courage and wisdom that want only for a moment of crisis where they may be revealed.</p><p></p><p>That lack of flashy stuff is probably why they aren't as popular as other things, and probably won't rise all that far. But the special thing they <em>do</em> bring is special enough that they probably won't fall further, either. They're the type to be quite comfortable with 7th place anyway. "A lucky number!" I imagine they would say.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9027695, member: 6790260"] Likewise, I'm in the States. There are private liquor stores in my state, but they're [I]heavily[/I] regulated, with price guidelines, expensive licenses, and other standards. Regular grocery stores cannot sell high-proof alcohol, for example; wine, beer, and relatively low-proof miscellaneous things (e.g. "margarita mix" or hard cider) are sold in regular stores, but if you want proper spirits of any kind, you have to go to a proper, licensed liquor store. We also have the highest (or perhaps near-highest, these things change) density of microbreweries per capita in the nation due to the excellent growing conditions for hops and wheat (and also grapes), and the unusually soft, naturally-filtered water in our area. Hence why I say our prices may be low relative to (say) New York or LA, where good beer production is hundreds of miles away as opposed to [I]all over the place.[/I] It also helps that we don't have certain taxes in my state, which would raise prices further if they were present. Edit: To keep things on track, I've always thought of halflings as being the type to truly [I]use[/I] things (foodstuffs, beer/wine/spirits, resources), not in an industrial way but an artisanal way. Humanity has the pride and presumption of the elves and the greed and consumption of dwarves, but halflings are down to earth with a domestic bent. Samwise isn't [I]impossible[/I] for the ring to tempt, but he carries its burden lightly because it thinks like men and dwarves and elves, and struggles to grapple with a mind that simply [I]rejects[/I] power and control as too much hassle and too little personal engagement. Bilbo becomes somewhat deceitful, but beyond that, he remains almost unchanged for decades. Frodo only succumbs to the ring after months (perhaps years) of it actively wearing him down and taking every opportunity it can to poison his mind. Faramir is corrupted so quickly he doesn't even make it to the halfway point of the trilogy. Thorin was exceptionally clear-eyed on his deathbed, when he said, “There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell!” That's the spirit to capture with halflings, and it really [I]does[/I] tie into beer and brewing. Dwarves brew for the alcohol, and for the tradition. "My father brewed this beer, as his mother before him, and her mother before her, on down the generations to the days when Durin himself graced the Halls that bear his name." It's about clan and symbol, and about cutting loose a little beneath the stuffy blanket of clan expectations. Elves practice vintnery because it is beautiful, because it is skillful, because it is decadent. Humans, well, we do these things for all sorts of reasons, no shock there. But halflings? The spiced wine is for family gatherings and the best ham you'll ever taste. The mulled mead is for birthdays and anniversaries, the sweetness of another's company. The beer, oh, so many recipes that only take on their true flavor with a dark stout or a fruity hefeweizen backing them up, whether in the cooking or in the glass. Food and drink, not as expressions of austere symbol or tradition, nor as raucous party, but as a tool for how they bring us together and enrich the experience of one day to the next. That's the spirit of the halfling. One might say that halflings are inclined toward being the Heart of their groups: the one everyone likes, because they care, because they lack the pretense and pride found in most others, because they are, quite often, exactly what they appear to be, but with hidden depths of courage and wisdom that want only for a moment of crisis where they may be revealed. That lack of flashy stuff is probably why they aren't as popular as other things, and probably won't rise all that far. But the special thing they [I]do[/I] bring is special enough that they probably won't fall further, either. They're the type to be quite comfortable with 7th place anyway. "A lucky number!" I imagine they would say. [/QUOTE]
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