Bailey Loosemore

@bloosemore

If you're ever lucky enough to get your hands on a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle whiskey, don't try selling it on Craigslist.

A Pennsylvania man learned the hard way that trying to do so without a liquor license can land you with a misdemeanor charge.

According to the York Dispatch, state liquor control enforcement agents issued a news release Friday stating that 45-year-old Wade Collingsworth had been charged with selling liquor without a license after he'd advertised a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle's Family Reserve 20-year bourbon on the classifieds website.

State liquor agents met Collingsworth in Columbia, Lancaster County, on Dec. 29 and bought the bourbon for an undisclosed price, the paper stated.

The whiskey has a suggested retail price of $169.99 on the producer's website.

Collingsworth is at least the second Pennsylvania resident to get caught selling a Van Winkle whiskey on Craigslist in the past few years.

According to website Inside Hook, Bob Monk faced misdemeanor charges and an $1,800 fine in December 2015 after selling a bottle of 12-year Van Winkle Special Reserve to an undercover officer for $500.

Monk had purchased the bottle himself for $59.99 plus tax, Inside Hook stated.

Reach reporter Bailey Loosemore at 502-582-4646 or bloosemore@courier-journal.com.

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