Beer Radar

Yesterday’s report about the State Police beer raid drew an incredible amount of response. Last time I checked, my Day 1 story had drawn more than 350 comments.

 Here’s the Day 2 report from my colleague, Bob Warner, in which the state’s ranking Republican on the House liquor committee calls  it “a ridiculous use of manpower.”

Here’s  my latest take on the raid, which echoes some of the observations I shared yesterday - mainly that beer has changed, and the laws haven’t kept up.

I did a live studio interview about it all with NBC10 yesterday afternoon, but I can’t find it online. Maybe somebody’ll send me a link.

Fox29 chimed in here. Note Sgt. William LaTorre suggesting that if his guys  confiscated any properly registered beer, it was the PLCB’s fault. He also claims the beer is being kept at “cellar temperature.” And Action News does a spot here, with Sgt. LaTorre basically agreeing that the bars are guilty until they prove themselves innocent.

If you have the time to read, there are some pretty good discussions about the episode at Beer Advocate and Lew Bryson’s NOPLCB and Jack Curtin’s Liquid Diet, especially in this post.

Other bloggers have noticed, including Jay Brooks out in Californy. Here’s the chatter at the Brew Lounge, FooBooz,  Philly Speaks/West Philly & /Food & Drink.

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