Did you know you can have beer delivered to your door?

No? Well, you’re not alone.

A decision earlier this month by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board sparked interest when it provided more clarity to a rule few local business owners — and beer drinkers — knew ever existed.

The board issued an advisory opinion stating that it’s legal for beer-serving establishments — restaurants, pizza shops and taverns — to deliver up to two six-packs, granted the customer is over 21 years of age and pays before delivery by credit card.

A transporter-for-hire license, which costs $160 — plus a $700 filing fee, authorizes the transport of malt beverages and beer that is not allowed with regular liquor licenses.

No Lancaster businesses have the licence, according to the PLBC's website.

Angelo Disomma, owner of Rosa Rosa Pizzeria on Harrisburg Avenue in Lancaster, never heard about this license. But he’s looking into it now.

“This is something we would definitely be interested in doing,” he said, adding that out-of-state students from Franklin & Marshall College inquire about beer delivery regularly.

Stacy Kriedeman, spokeswoman for the Liquor Control Board, said the transporter license is something that rarely is addressed.

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But just because these businesses can apply for the license, it doesn’t mean that they will.

Brothers Kirk and Greg Firoglanis, two of three owners of Hot-Z-Pizza in Landisville, said they won’t be applying for a license anytime soon.

“It seems like a good idea because people always ask for it but, in the long run, I can see this being dangerous,” said Kirk Firoglanis.

And, Greg Firoglanis added, the liability costs associated with the delivery of alcohol would probably be hard to get their insurance company to approve.

Frank Conigliaro, the owner of Two Cousins Family Restaurant in East Petersburg, said it would hard to place that responsibility on the drivers.

“It would be hard to oversee those situations — to make sure they are selling to people who really are 21 and not just have a fake ID,” he said. “A lot of these drivers are young people who may not be much older than the people they would be serving.”

Disomma said he’s confident the restaurant would see sales and customer satisfaction rise if they started delivering. He’s also confident that his staff could do it safely and responsibly.

“We would make sure our drivers had the necessary training to make good decisions about who they were selling it to,” he said. “And we would probably get portable ID scanners for extra protection.”

While Disomma acknowledges that it would be impossible to ensure that minors were not waiting nearby when the delivery is made, he said there's also no way to know what customers do with a six-pack once they drive away.