The scramble for Pappy Van Winkle’s 23-year reserve bourbon has been a routine occurrence in Utah, with local media coverage that makes it look like the day-after-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy.
Pappy Van Winkle bourbon is very expensive and quite hard to find. These bottles were photographed at Jack Rose Dining Saloon in Washington.
“People would race from store to store,” he said. “There were long lines in cold weather. Some people were trying to game the system or bet on what stores would have it and show up there.” If alcohol is frowned upon in Utah, gambling is even more so. With a criminal code that spends 12 sections detailing all manner of wagering that is illegal, Utah is just one of two states in the country with no lottery. It has no casinos or horse racing, either.Pressure building to take down Utah's 'Zion Curtain' liquor law »Without all the legal wrangling, it turned out. The state simply uses its lottery system to run a liquor lottery.
There were also concerns that a drawing for the right to buy alcohol could open the door to other types of lotteries.
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