The Washington State Liquor Control Board will implement a year-long spirits tasting pilot in 30 state, contract and tribal liquor stores statewide beginning Sept 1.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Sampling will be limited to a 1\/4 ounce with four samples maximum.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Store in Auburn and Renton are included in the list participating.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Only product sponsors, such as a distiller representative, may serve samples.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Servers must have Mandatory Alcohol Server Training permit.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Stores are permitted one tasting event per week, which will be either Fridays or Saturdays from 4-6 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Upcoming tasting events will be posted at the 30 stores, as well as on the events page of the stores and products section of the WSLCB website at www.liq.wa.gov.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The enabling legislation was at the request of the Distillery Representatives Association of Washington as a way to introduce premium products to store customers.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The board considered retail sales volume, locations and appropriate in-store space for sampling as it selected the 30 pilot stores. Consideration was also given to traffic accident data and proximity to churches and schools.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The pilot was established by Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1202 during the 2011 legislative session.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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The 30 Participating Stores in the Spirits Tasting Pilot<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Washington State Liquor Control Board will implement a year-long spirits tasting pilot in 30 state, contract and tribal liquor stores statewide beginning Sept 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-17200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17200"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17200"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=17200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
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