On-premises retail licenses and off-premises wholesale licenses are apportioned through a quota system (see below) established by the Pennsylvania Liquor Code. The agency has its headquarters in the Northwest Office Building in Harrisburg. ![]() Governor Gifford Pinchot is often inaccurately quoted as having stated that the purpose of the Board was to "discourage the purchase of alcoholic beverages by making it as inconvenient and expensive as possible," (probably because of the quote's former misattribution on this very page), while in reality he believed that state control was the best way to move forward from Prohibition. In 1933, just four days before the sale of alcohol became legal in Pennsylvania, the Board was officially organized. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board was established in conjunction with the 21st Amendment and the repeal of prohibition. 5 Board members and their terms of service.
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