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Mar 13, 2019

Utah liquor laws are considered some of the wackiest in the country, with now the blood alcohol content level being 0.05 percent (the lowest in the country), and along with our 3.2 allowable liquor content in beer sold in supermarkets, Utah is now losing most national breweries beers in the grocery stores because all other states now allow higher percentages in excess of 4.0% by volume.

Senator Jerry Stevenson is now the liquor czar in the Utah State Senate and he wants to change this. He wants to pass a law that will allow grocery stores to sell beer with alcohol percentages up to 4.6%. This would dramatically change the liquor landscape in Utah. Currently all beer with alcohol percentages above 3.2% must be sold in state-operated liquor stores. This would free up valuable shelf space from liquor stores, because this would send most beer to supermarkets. It would in-turn create more opportunities for more local wineries and distilleries.