City of Portland: No Big Beers Downtown

In the annals of poorly-considered public policies, this one should should at least get special mention: the city of Portland wants to eliminate the sales of high-alcohol beer (which in this case means anything north of 5.75%) in the downtown core:

The change would limit what beer customers could buy in convenience stores and would prohibit stores from selling single containers of malt liquor or domestic beer of more than 22 ounces.

It would also prohibit the sale of malt liquor or domestic beer with more than 5.75 percent alcohol, box wine, and multiple alcoholic beverages larger than 12 ounces....

The higher-end microbrews would be eliminated because of their alcohol content.

Hey, it's not like this is Beervana or anything. Oh, wait...