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Out-of-state craft beer just got substantially easier to obtain. You can thank Sean Nevins, who dreamt up Philadelphia-based Beerjobber.com, an online marketplace and home delivery service for brewery-fresh craft beer. On Feb. 13, consumers can begin creating Beerjobber accounts, profiling their personal tastes by way of a survey. After that, the site automatically generates a list of brews that align with the surveyed drinker's palate. Once clicked and paid for, your order will show up on your stoop in five or fewer days.
It's taken Nevins and his team years to wade through the mire of state beer laws, but they've been met with success — as of this week, consumers from 35 states are legally able to have beer shipped directly. And Nevins, a Philly native, made sure Pennsylvania was one of them.
Beerjobber has worked worked all those intricacies out for those who prefer drinking to parsing legalese. All you have to do is enter your shipping ZIP code and Beerjobber's internal rule engine will automatically sift through the laws of your state, the state of the brewery you're buying from and all the states in between. (In-state shipping is not allowed, so no go on getting Yards or Victory delivered through Beerjobber.)
Since PA alcohol laws are so nebulous and antiquated, we were surprised to learn that Commonwealth residents could have beer shipped to them. This is because the PLCB only controls the movement of wine and spirits, so while Cabernet or bourbon would be illegal to direct-ship, beer is legit. Accordingly, Beerjobber has infiltrated the market, undercutting prices at most beer distributors. Typically, beer goes from the brewery to a wholesaler, and then to a retailer before finally landing with a consumer. By skipping the wholesale step (and subsequently eliminating the weeks that beer usually sits in a warehouse), Beerjobber is able to drop its prices, using some of that margin to subsidize shipping. It's worth noting, though, that it still costs a rather pretty penny to ship — somewhere in the $14.95 to $24.95 range per case.
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