Sen. Joey Fillingane says he has no problem with voting for a bill that would increase the alcohol limits for beer in Mississippi, a state where limits are lower than most other states. Doing so would allow a wider variety of beers to be sold in the state.

But, for Fillingane, there is a catch. Only resort types and people who can afford high-end, fancy restaurants can drink the beer:

Sen. Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, said senators from the Gulf Coast counties had brought up the possibility in past years.

“I’d seen a couple of bills about brewpubs and designer-type beers, but none of them has ever gotten through the whole (legislative) process,” Fillingane said. “I just don’t know if there’s enough political will to pass a bill that would up the alcohol content in all beers, where you could just walk down to your local pick-a-pack and buy it.”

Fillingane said he could see a version that would limit high-alcohol beer to casinos or resort areas being more palatable to legislators.

“Even in more upper-scale restaurants, that type of thing,” Fillingane said.

Emphasis was mine. I didn’t want you to miss his snobbish, class warfare statement.