All Glass wanted to do was to open up a craft brewery but, because of Wisconsin’s archaic three-tier law, he would have needed to dissolve his marriage first and sever all existing business ties. Regulations like these have long stood in the way of innovators like William Glass from living out their dreams. Quite frankly, that these bureaucratic boxes were among the first to cave when the entire state moved home brings me some joy. For that delay, look to Wisconsin’s three-tier system, a regulatory scheme that keeps alcohol producers, distributors, and retailers split apart into supposedly neat little boxes. We all know how much the Badger State loves its alcohol, so perhaps we should be surprised that it took a global pandemic to let us order drinks to our doorsteps. If the public can’t go to bars, why not bring the bars to the public? Customers can order by phone and have their alcohol delivered alongside several jars of mixers.

In Madison, many of the city’s best restaurants are adapting by moving their menus to Instagram, where they tout daily rotating cocktail kits. Instead, I want to raise a glass to one of the things that has made life a little rosier since March: take-home cocktail kits. Navigating a new reality is not easy, and I’m not here to minimize any of the hardships around me. As a constantly over-extended student, a writer, and a bartender, it’s been quite the shift. Like most people I know, I’ve spent the majority of the last six weeks in my apartment. I’ll Take My Bloody Mary Delivered To My Door Pleaseīy Ola Lisowski for the MacIver Institute

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