This line comes to us from that Cinematic blockbuster of a movie that was Revenge of the Nerds II. In an opening scene a few of the young college Nerds head to Florida for Spring Break. One of the youngest members of the group purchases beer with a fake ID only to be busted as he’s heading out the door. For some reason, I can’t seem to shake that scene from the movie.
It could be because my friend Brendan Hartranft (who owns three great beer bars in Philadelphia) was raided by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PCLB) last week. Apparently, the “Fuzz” was working on an “anonymous” tip that his bars Memphis Tap Room, Local 44 and Resurrection were stocked with illegal beers.
What made them illegal? That’s a good question.
Apparently, many of the beers that were deemed illegal were unregistered in the state of Pennsylvania. Essentially, we’re talking about a paper pushing incident. It must have been some sight to see as all three locations were simultaneously “raided” at the same time by officers packing heat.
I got word of this bust on Friday when we landed in Oakland for the Wine Warehouse meeting. Apparently, our beers were part of the contraband seized (it sounds way cooler than it is). It seems that we have neglected to register a couple of our brands and have been “breaking the law…”
So today, I am in registration mode.
It also means that I get to cut a check for $75 per brand of beer for which we’re missing registration.
God, I love a good registration day. NOT!
Hopefully, things for Brendan and Leigh (His wife and business partner) will settle down. It sucks that this happened. They say any press is good press but in this case, I’m inclined to believe that being raided by the PLCB isn’t what most of us would want.
Here’s a link that has many of the bloggers from Pennsylvania discussing what went down. Check out their webpages for detailed accounts.
As for me, I have to go register our beers. I don’t feel the need to be busted anymore for breaking the law.
I can’t believe they (PA) wasted so much money and resources to bust a small business owner for such a minor offense. They confiscated what? Less than $10k of “illegal” beer. I’ll bet they spent way more than that on the “raid”. So much for a free country. I understand blatantly disregarding the law, but from what I understand, a lot of this involved small nomenclature inconsistencies on the state’s behalf.
To quote one article: “For instance, the cops grabbed Monk’s Cafe Sour Flemish Red Ale.
The beer has been sold throughout the state at dozens of restaurants and distributors for the last seven years. The brand appears on the state’s online list as “Monk’s Café Ale.” It’s on tap seven days a week at the Center City bar after which it was named: Monk’s Cafe, at 16th and Spruce streets.”
So because it says “sour Flemish red” on the label, it somehow is not Monk’s Cafe Ale? This makes no sense to me.
매번 새로운 감동을 주는 강남호스트바.
피곤에 지쳐 무기력하던 저에게 여성전용마사지는 잠시나마 온전한 쉼표가 되어주었고,
다시 살아갈 힘을 불어넣어 주었어요.
You won’t regret choosing 토닥이.
My sensitive body and mind both felt at ease after a massage at 강남여성전용마사지.
Being women-only really helped me relax.
부드러움과 강함이 공존했던 부산여성전용마사지.
Refresh your whole self through the healing care of 토닥이.
여성전용마사지 덕분에
다시 나다워졌어요.
The energy at 인천여성전용마사지 was calm and grounding.