Some hard seltzers will start disappearing from Utah store shelves next week; DABC wants public input on bar licenses
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — When newly passed liquor laws go into effect next week, some popular hard seltzer flavors may start disappearing from grocery and convenience store shelves.
"There are going to be some stores that are selling products that aren’t legal after June 1 based on this new definition of beer. So rather than just yank it off the shelves we wanted to give that buffer zone so that they can sell through their products," said agency spokesperson Michelle Schmitt. The issue is something FOX 13 News first reported on last year. Utah has a"unique" definition of beer and hard seltzers don't exactly meet it. The legislature this year tweaked the definition to allow for their sale in grocery and convenience stores — but only some of them. It comes down to how they're brewed and whether the flavorings included exceed the legal threshold of 5% alcohol-by-volume.
"We have businesses that are making a tremendous investment in opening a bar in this state. That means they go out, they enter into a long-term lease with a landlord, they also buy considerable furniture, fixtures and other equipment which, as one person relayed to us, is a half million dollars," said DABC Commission Chair Thomas Jacobson."And then they come in here at the last moment and want a bar license and we’ve got 15 people and one license.
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