tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post368595522195402602..comments2024-03-13T11:10:25.333-04:00Comments on Why The PLCB Should Be Abolished: Why Is The PLCB Lowering Spirits Instead of Selling Them?Lew Brysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-23007587385471118502020-04-14T16:24:12.651-04:002020-04-14T16:24:12.651-04:00This situation is mind boggling. My brother in law...This situation is mind boggling. My brother in law just bought three cases of beer from the beer distributor. I guess that is considered essential, even though you can buy “wine and beer” at the grocery store. It is so obvious the entity that is pulling the strings. My husband and I didn’t think to stockpile before the Governor decided to close all stores and who knows for how long. We don’t drink much beer, but do like a Manhattan or whiskey here and there. Now we are rationing our Italian vermouth, bourbon, whiskey, and gin ( my husband enjoys that on the weekends ). People we know from other states are dumbfounded by this situation in PA. In this stressful time it is so nice to have a drink and relax a bit.<br />I agree completely that PA should open the door for restaurants and grocery stores to sell spirits, even if in limited quantities. We can’t go to the restaurants which we love to do, but at least we can support them if the idiotic state will allow us to.<br />This monopoly has to stop.<br />I’ll do what I can.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150652300790118659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-40492161197377038392020-04-02T16:06:27.858-04:002020-04-02T16:06:27.858-04:00Great post Lew, though depressing. Where I am (Mai...Great post Lew, though depressing. Where I am (Maine, another control state), the liquor stores are still open, at least as of today. They sell beer and wine too (sorry to rub it in!!)...stores here are licensed through the state but are privately owned. Up until about 10-15 years ago the state owned and ran them directly as "agency stores". I can't recall whether they sold wine and beer then. Now stores are still at the mercy of the state liquor board and can only sell what the board tells them to and what gets to distributors. Upside is prices are uniform all over and not too unreasonable, downside is lack of choice and any allocated stuff is real thin on the ground, unless a store is able to wangle something with a distributor (trying to figure out how they do that).<br />Next door in New Hampshire the stores are state-owned/operated like in PA but they're still open, with limited hours. Their web site says they're an essential business, YAY!! -- so what is the deal with PA?!! (I think your blog answers that question very nicely and succinctly, keep up the good work!)Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00374347904419815835noreply@blogger.com