dontman
Well-Known Member
So I went to N.C. to visit my dad for the past week and I had the pleasure of shopping for beer at the supermarket. (In PA, You can only buy liquor at state-run package stores or at specially licensed bars. )
The had a wonderful selection. I bought Stone Ruination, Dead Guy and Mothership Wit and the New Belgian Summer Ale. They had 20 or 30 beers that I have seen discussed at length on this site but have little chance to try because in stupid PA I can only buy them by the case or by paying 3 times the price for a six pack.
Example: In NC I paid $8 for a six of Dead Guy, in PA the same six costs me $22!
I also bought a couple cases of wine. Another example of usurious PA laws: In PA I paid $13.99 for a particular bottle, in NC I found the same exact bottle for $4.99!
I knew it was a pita to shop in PA AND I knew I was paying extra for the hassle, but I didn't realize how absolutely ridiculously PA is gouging their residents.
Not only that, but because it is a pita for the producers to do business in PA, there is an absolutely abysmal selection available.
The government has no business being in business. There is way too much evidence of it's inability to do it efficiently.
Screw PA liquor laws.
The had a wonderful selection. I bought Stone Ruination, Dead Guy and Mothership Wit and the New Belgian Summer Ale. They had 20 or 30 beers that I have seen discussed at length on this site but have little chance to try because in stupid PA I can only buy them by the case or by paying 3 times the price for a six pack.
Example: In NC I paid $8 for a six of Dead Guy, in PA the same six costs me $22!
I also bought a couple cases of wine. Another example of usurious PA laws: In PA I paid $13.99 for a particular bottle, in NC I found the same exact bottle for $4.99!
I knew it was a pita to shop in PA AND I knew I was paying extra for the hassle, but I didn't realize how absolutely ridiculously PA is gouging their residents.
Not only that, but because it is a pita for the producers to do business in PA, there is an absolutely abysmal selection available.
The government has no business being in business. There is way too much evidence of it's inability to do it efficiently.
Screw PA liquor laws.