Utah closer to raising alcohol limit in line with most of US

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press Updated 10:28 pm CST, Tuesday, February 26, 2019

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers moved closer Tuesday to adopting alcohol levels for beer that are in line with most production-line brews sold around the country, despite opposition from the influential Mormon church.

The state Senate overwhelming passed the measure to raise low alcohol limits on Tuesday, though it's expected to face more opposition at the state House of Representatives.

"We still have a ways to go," said Kate Bradshaw, a lobbyist with the Responsible Beer Choice Coalition, a group of manufacturers, distributers and sellers who support the change.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has expressed concern that the increase is too high. Most lawmakers are members of the faith that teaches abstinence from alcohol, and church positions can hold outsized sway. Many local microbreweries also oppose the change.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Utah-moving-closer-to-shedding-low-alcohol-limits-13646806.php

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Yupper,it is all about lost Tax

Revenue that is lost to neighboring states. Thursday's are brutal along the Utah borders with traffic heading out to make their Juice Runs as they call it. Strong beer is only available in State run Liquor stores and a Ridiculous price.

[irisblue]

3. Welcome to DU. But some stuff does need a NSFW on it.

Some bosses aren't going to want to see the Romneys in ritual clothes flipping to lingerie & a fake erection on Mitt.

your photoshop work?

[marble falls]

4. Religious bigotry much? Who are you picking on next?

[maxsolomon]

7. Do Scientology!

All religions deserve ridicule. Mormonism isn't special.

[JohnnyRingo]

5. I didn't know Utah only allowed 3.2 beer.

Here in Ohio I was only allowed "near beer" of 3.2 alcohol content until I turned 21 back in the early '70s. We've since changed that to 7% overall with drinking age raised to 21, and let me tell you it was awful. It was beer for those who like the taste of beer but not the inconvenient side effects of wooziness, lowered inhibitions, and a general good time (you know who you are).

I've compiled a list of states I could never emigrate to including Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas based on the number of idiots per capita. Utah has just moved to the top of that list for their melding of church and state.

[maxsolomon]

6. Ah, Ohio. Combined with my natural fake-ID skills, I was purchasing 3.2% at 16.

We'd fill an empty milk jug with draft at the local bar and sip through the hot summer days.

Perfect way to learn to drink in moderation.

I think Ohio did away with 18 to drink 3.2 in 1982 or so - just after I turned 18, and I was grandfathered in.

[JohnnyRingo]

8. I had a fake ID too.

I burned my draft card at a Vietnam War protest in Courthouse Square. It was soon that I remembered that I needed that scrap of paper to buy beer. shit!

I got a fake one and made friends at the bar call me Joe. Sure, it was for 3.2, but I'd ask the bartender for a Rolling Rock. That was only available in high power and if I got one, I was in like Kavenaugh.

[harumph]

9. BYU students can't wait! BOOYAH!!!!!!!!