Not sure if it has been changed. In 2000, I went to Connecticut for work. Was there 9 months.
I went to a convenient store to get a 6 pack of beer. So I could look through the apartment ads at the hotel I was at. The clerk was in front of the cooler. I was waiting for him to move as he was mopping the floor. Then he went to cover the cooler with a tarp.
I asked, to get some beer. He looked at me like I was trying to pull something over on him. This was 8:05 PM. He said you know I can't sale after 8:00. Told him I just got there that day, so he explained the laws there, can't sale after 8:00 PM. So kids can't come in and try to buy it. He said if you want a beer, go to a bar.
I just shook my head, said, well they like to promote drinking and driving here I guess. I went back to the hotel.