Could convenience store liquor become a thing in Pennsylvania?

York County-based Rutter’s is opening a door.

Its parent company applied to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to open 64 “limited distilleries” at its stores.

That application was denied, but Rutter’s is appealing, writes Steth Kaplan for WHTM, as reported at Yahoo! news.

Rutter’s already sells beer and wine at most of its stores and opened a sports bar inside a Johnstown store.

The convenience store chain figures Pennsylvanians would have no problem procuring liquor as well.

Pennsylvania law allows distilleries to sell other liquor made in the state in addition to what they distill.

Pittsburgh lawyer Daniel Conlon said Rutter’s could be testing the limits of what might be allowed with its “limited distillery” approach.

Conlon, with the law firm Tucker Arensberg, is not involved in the Rutter’s case.

“The liquor code only says up to one hundred thousand gallons, but we could produce two gallons in a year,” Conlon said.

Rutter’s argued at a September hearing that its proposed distilleries are legally similar to others that have been approved.

Right now, the majority of hard liquor in Pennsylvania is sold through state liquor stores.

Read more about the concept of convenience store liquor sales in Yahoo! news.