by KYW's Tony Romeo
Too late for this year, but for next year’s Phillies playoff run you may be able to "mix and match" a case of beer for the post-season.
A Pennsylvania state senate committee has approved a bill that would ease Pennsylvania’s strict rules on beer sales.
The Senate Law and Justice Committee has approved a measure that would allow beer distributors to sell six-packs, not just cases, until September of next year. After that, distributors could sell any package configuration.
Restaurants and taverns could sell up to 18 cans or bottles; they are currently limited to 12.
State senator John Rafferty (R-Chester and Montgomery counties), who chairs the Senate committee, says the bill is the product of months of negotiation:
“There are a lot of special interests involved in this bill. There are a lot of people that wanted strictly their own fiefdoms preserved, and could care less about somebody else. We tried to look at number one, the bottom line, the consumer.”
Rafferty says negotiations will continue but he expects the major provisions of the bill will not change and says the measure could get a full vote in the state senate next month.
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