PLCB spirits catalog changes for the week of September 6th:
Discontinued Products:
Relisted:
New Products:
For some reason, Majestic entered a second listing for Pikesville Supreme Rye, this one $4 more than the existing one. I wouldn't be surprised if Heaven Hill was trying to push up the price on this rye like they did with Rittenhouse Bonded, which jumped from $12 to $20 last year.
Discontinued Products:
- Absolut Pears Vodka Pear Flavored 1 L (#005628, One Time, $21.99)
- Caol Ila Scotch Single Malt 12 Years Old 86 Proof 750 ML (#009778, Closeout, $29.69)
- DeKuyper Hot Damn! Hot Cinnamon Schnapps 750 ML (#005380, Closeout, $7.49)
- Devonshire Irish Cream Liqueur 750 ML (#008996, Closeout, $7.99)
- Finlandia Wild Berries Fusion Vodka 750 ML (#005740, Closeout, $11.99)
- Fragoli Liqueur with Whole Wild Strawberries 750 ML (#505575, SLO, $17.59)
- Gaetano Vanilla Schnapps 750 ML (#006509, Closeout, $4.99)
- Hangar One Chipotle Chili Vodka 750 ML (#504253, SLO, $38.59)
- Mernaya Vodka On Milk 1 L (#005570, Closeout, $10.99)
- Old Overholt Straight Rye 80 Proof 750 ML (#006242, Closeout, $8.89)
- Pebble Beach 12 Yr Speyside Single Malt Scotch 750 ML (#009486, Closeout, $35.99)
- Purple Wave Vodka Grape Flavored 50 ML (#009934, One Time, $0.99)
- Sartori Limonciello Villa Marzia 750 ML (#067943, SLO, $25.79)
- Suntory Hibiki Whiskey 750 ML (#500212, SLO, $67.89)
- Tuthilltown Baby Bourbon 375 ML (#069076, SLO, $62.79)
- Tuthilltown Manhatten Rye 375 ML (#069014, SLO, $62.79)
- Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit 750 ML (#059718, SLO, $50.89)
Relisted:
- Dom Benedictine Liqueur 750 ML (#005501, Closeout, $19.99)
- Pearl Lococo Coconut Flavored Vodka 750 ML (#006302, One Time, $7.99)
New Products:
- Bacardi Rum Coco Puerto Rico 1 L (#004345, Closeout, $9.99)
- Ilegal Mezcal Anejo 80 Proof 750 ML (#505847, SLO, $117.59)
- Ilegal Mezcal Joven 80 Proof 750 ML (#505845, SLO, $55.99)
- Ilegal Mezcal Reposado 80 Proof 750 ML (#505846, SLO, $72.19)
- Mito Plum Liqueur 750 ML (#505836, SLO, $25.19)
- Pearl Vodka Caramel 70 Proof 750 ML (#505850, SLO, $14.79)
- Pearl Vodka Cucumber 70 Proof 750 ML (#505849, SLO, $14.79)
- Pikesville Rye 750 ML (#505889, SLO, $18.79)
- Ty Ku Soju 750 ML (#003346, Regular, $27.99)
For some reason, Majestic entered a second listing for Pikesville Supreme Rye, this one $4 more than the existing one. I wouldn't be surprised if Heaven Hill was trying to push up the price on this rye like they did with Rittenhouse Bonded, which jumped from $12 to $20 last year.
I really appreciate the effort you put into this site. It saves me a lot of navigation on the PLCB site!
I'm curious why products like Old Overholt and Wild Turkey Rare Breed continue to show up as closeouts when they have been sold out of the system for a year or more. When will their listings finally disappear? It's unnecessarily confusing. It used to be that when they were sold out, the closeout listing disappeared in a timely manner.
Thanks again!
Sam,
Products are listed in the public catalog when the inventory system shows stock in at least one store. For some reason, a single bottle of this or that will inexplicably appear in a store's inventory, which means a sold-out product like Overholt will reappear in the catalog at random, and when this happens, it gets automatically posted in my weekly update. Benedictine has come and gone ten times over the last 12 months, even though it was put on close-out more than three years ago.
Keeping track of spirits in PA is about to get a bit more complicated as the PLCB rolls out their new specialty spirits program, so I'm going to be changing the format of my weekly blog posts soon anyway. This should take care of the flip-flopping close-out items.
Yeah, I figured that was it but it's also the PLCB's own stubborn fault. I've shown up at a store where a single bottle of a closeout was listed and they said the bottle had been broken and couldn't be removed from the inventory (no idea why they can't). I guess precision (or at least eventual surrender on a particular product) is just too much to ask from an incredibly ingrained bureaucracy.
Can't wait for them to be eliminated, some sweet day. Sorry. At least the American whiskey selection is finally increasing slightly after years of relentless elimination.