Utah draft beer to remain watered down
 
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Utah Senate has decided against
allowing the sale of full-strength draft beer in bars and
restaurants.
Currently, draft beer sold in Utah can contain no more than 3.2
percent alcohol by weight, or 4 percent by volume.
Most beer contains about 5 percent alcohol by volume and is
watered down for sale in Utah.
A bill to lift the cap was approved 58-2 in the House. But on
Thursday, the last day of the session, the Senate decided not to
debate the measure and to go home early instead.
Bars and restaurants are already allowed to serve full-strength
beer if they buy it in bottles from the state liquor store at the
same 86 percent markup paid by the general public.
 
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
APTV 03-13-09 0040CDT

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