PLCB closeout products and you: a quick, sober primer

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PLCB closeout products and you: a quick, sober primer

POSTED: Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 2:15 PM

Filed Under: Booze | Dealage

Photo | Neal Santos

Every season or so, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board trims the fat -- the fat being wines and spirits stocked at PLCB boutiques that simply aren't selling. So they lump everything they're getting rid of into a big-ass spreadsheet (PDF), complete with their "delisted" codes, and slash prices dramatically in an effort to get the stuff off state-store shelves to make room for new booze. While it's easy to understand why some items end up on this death list (shoutout to Ed Hardy Vodka, Bailey's Chocolate Mint and Danny DeVito limoncello!), this also translates into insane savings on many notable labels (say it ain't so, liter of Courvoisier). The important thing to remember, however, is very few, if any, of these deep-discount wines and spirits will be labeled with the sale price on PLCB shelves; it's up to you to figure out which bottles are at what stores and how much they're running (use the search engine on the PLCB's site for that). If it's on the closeout list, it should ring up for the closeout price at the register. Time to bust out a highlighter, scrape some change together and bolster the home bar, yeah?

rory

Posted 2011-03-02 18:05:35

i now feel extra cheap having purchased 3 bottles of four roses and 2 bottles of barranc del closos. TIME TO GET MORE!

Dan

Posted 2011-03-02 17:03:45

I scored the last George T. Stagg bourbon in the state system at the Society Hill store yesterday. Pretty tickled at the $38 price point on a $100 plus bottle. 



Herbisant eh? I have a bottle of Vieux Carre, is Herbisant substantially different/better for sazeracs?

Drew Lazor

Posted 2011-03-02 16:36:59

Same here, Lew. I got 2 bottles of Herbsaint and 2 bottles of Glenrothes Select Reserve SM earlier!

Lew Bryson

Posted 2011-03-02 16:18:58

Hey, I despise the PLCB, but I got my butt out there and bought some cheap booze yesterday: you BET I did.

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