I'm proud to announce a major new feature on the PLCB Users Group website: the PLCB Spirits Product Guide. This is a searchable database of all the spirits available in PLCB retail stores, in the online store and by SLO. The data is synchronized with the official PLCB catalog thrice weekly, so the information won't grow outdated.
The guide is accessible from the main PLCB Users Group website in the left-hand sidebar, searchable by name or PLCB code, or browsable by spirit category or SLO distributor.
You'll find the guide to be much nicer than the official PLCB product catalog. Specifically:
Take a look and let me know what you think!
The guide is accessible from the main PLCB Users Group website in the left-hand sidebar, searchable by name or PLCB code, or browsable by spirit category or SLO distributor.
You'll find the guide to be much nicer than the official PLCB product catalog. Specifically:
- Almost 90% of the product names have been verified and in many cases corrected. Most corrections are for simple misspellings, but I've also fixed up the product names that are ambiguous or completely unrecognizable. (A big thank-you to the distributors that helped me out with this!) Over the next couple months I'll finish verifying the names of the remaining 10% of the catalog.
- Different packages containing the same spirit have been correlated together. Instead of four listings for "BACARDI SUPERIOR P.R. RUM", two for "BACARDI LIGHT-DRY P. R. RUM" and one for "BACARDI LIGHT P. R. RUM", the guide has one listing for "Bacardi Superior Silver Rum" with seven different-sized bottles.
- Spirits are sorted into sensible categories. Instead of randomly filing cachaças under "Specialties", "Rums", "Distilled Spirits - Other" or even "Cordials", they are all filed under a single category named "Cachaça".
- The search engine will correct your spelling for you, so feel free to butcher the brand name. Especially those hard-to-spell scotches.
- In many cases, if the spirit you're looking for isn't listed in Pennsylvania, it'll be returned in your search but labeled "unavailable". No more wondering if "0 results" means it's not available here or if you're just not looking hard enough.
- Finally, you'll notice that a few spirits are graced with product photos and descriptions. Not many yet, but the number will grow over time.
Take a look and let me know what you think!
Congrats on the launch!!!
Thanks! And thank you for your constructive feedback in beta! The rest of your ideas are definitely on my to-do list...
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We are happy to say that we have been contacted by a few bars in PA that are looking for exceptional 100% Agave Brands in larger sizes. We are now in the process of bringing in some of the more value priced of these brands that are rated in the 90's on Tequila.net. You can find them on our sister site, www.DiscoverTequila.com