Sixpack sales in Penna.?
State Sen. John Rafferty (R-Montco) is taking another shot at Pennsylvania’s Byzantine sixpack law. His proposal announced yesterday would give distributors the right to sell sixpacks (not just full cases) while creating a new F license for grocery stores. Here’s the press release with fact sheet.
If I’m reading it correctly, it looks like the proposed regs would allow one to purchase any beer amount at any licensed location.
In an attempt to placate the nanny crowd, Rafferty’s proposal also calls for 100 percent carding, which means that - regardless of adult’s legal right to drink - authorities will be able to track their consumption.
February 16th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
I like it. Hopefully it makes it through the sausage-grinder intact. 100% carding is an annoyance, but if it means I get my hands on better beer in more places, it’s worth the extra 10 seconds.
February 18th, 2010 at 6:52 am
I think this will be a great law but I dont understand the need to track consumption! How is that the government’s business? Why take a progressive step forward and then include this caveat? I don’t care about the 10 seconds. I care about my privacy. Does tracking this at some point lead to my insurance premiums changing as a result of how many six packs I consume? You know what. I don’t want to buy sixpacks that badly.