A new proposal swirling around in the state legislature will finally make the ability to buy a six-pack convenient.

Currently, at distributorships, consumers can buy beer only by the case: 24 bottles, or four six-packs. At bars or taverns, they can buy up to two six-packs at a time, often overpriced.

The new measure would allow distributors to sell six-packs, 12-packs, 18-packs, and any other configuration up a case. It also allows restaurants and taverns (and convenience stores and supermarkets with liquor licenses) to sell up to three six-packs at a time, or any other configuration up to 18.

The sponsors of the bill are planning to slip it into another bill, as well as earmark donations to local small breweries to help them buy machines to package 12- and 18-packs, in the next few weeks.

Source: A six-pack of controversy to go
Photo courtesy of philly.tribe.net

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