{"id":249,"date":"2016-03-31T20:15:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T00:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/beerme\/?p=249"},"modified":"2016-04-01T10:44:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T14:44:23","slug":"a-smaller-package-but-a-huge-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/beerme\/region\/a-smaller-package-but-a-huge-change\/","title":{"rendered":"A smaller package, but a huge change"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cases and 12-packs sit together on the shelves at Beer Express in Robinson.<\/p><\/div>\n

It sort of came out of the blue a year ago. First, there was word that the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board might issue an opinion that\u00a0would change the legal definition of a package — as it pertains to the sales of beer — and that the change would allow distributors to sell 12-packs, for the first time ever in the state<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The following day, it was official<\/a>, and the ruling set off a scramble on the part of distributors<\/a> that wanted to take advantage of the newfound flexibility … and on the part of breweries that wanted to get the smaller packages into the hands of consumers.<\/p>\n

The change came about largely because of an effort here, a push by Pistella Beer Distributors, Save-Mor Beer, Rivertowne Brewing, and the Malt Beverage Distributors Association of Pennsylvania. And the smaller packages have made a difference here as well, from\u00a0the distributors that sell to the distributors — think the Vecenie Distributing<\/a> warehouse in Millvale — and the distributors we visit when we want to take home some beer — think Beer Express<\/a> in Robinson.<\/p>\n

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