Where to Do Your Weekend Drinking

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Our friends at Foobooz have the unfortunate story of a raid by law enforcement officials last night on three of the cities finest watering holes: Local 44, Memphis Taproom, and Resurrection Alehouse. What dastardly deed were the three bars—all owned by Brendan Hartranft and Leigh Maida—committing? Running a prostitution ring and gambling hall in their dark corners?

Hardly.

No, the three bars were allegedly "selling unregistered beers" (beers not authorized by the PLCB for sale in Pennsylvania). According to Maida, some of the beers on the law enforcement officials' hit-list were "some really commonly poured beers (some local, some regional) as well as some harder to get Belgian, English and German beers." And the best part, in our opinion is that some of the beers that official confiscated as unregistered are, Maida says, "listed plain as day on the PLCB list of registered beers." If Maida is right about that, the PLCB has just hit a whole new level of suckitude.

Head over to Foobooz for Maida's full recap of what went down last night, and when you're done, head to one of the "offending" establishments to get your weekend started off right.