(Salt Lake City, UT) — The board that controls liquor sales in Utah is clearing the way for sales of mini-bottles of alcohol on state liquor store shelves. An advisory board of the Department of Alcohol Beverage Services voted yesterday to allow the sale of smaller bottles of liquor and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hard seltzer drinkers in Utah will likely have their choices on grocery store shelves cut in half under legislation that passed the Legislature. Lawmakers acted Thursday in their latest update to strict alcohol laws in the state that’s home to the alcohol-eschewing Church of Jesus […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor has signed an executive order requiring the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to immediately remove all Russian-produced and Russian-branded products from its shelves. The order announced Saturday by Gov. Spencer Cox was in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and mirrors moves […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The latest update to Utah’s famously restrictive liquor laws could remove up to half of increasingly popular hard seltzers from grocery store shelves in the state where most lawmakers are members of the alcohol-eschewing Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At issue are flavorings […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Some types of hard seltzer currently being sold in Utah could become harder to find under a bill being considered by the state legislature. Senate Bill 176 would take about half of the brands of hard seltzer currently sold in grocery and convenience stores and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Lawmakers working on a bill to modify Utah’s current alcohol rules aren’t ready to expand the number of licenses available for new bars. The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control has been pressing lawmakers to increase the number of licenses to meet growing demand. But State […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s state liquor regulator wants to implement curbside pickup and online sales of alcohol, but the state agency needs funding from the Legislature. KSTU-TV reported Tuesday that some state legislators are apprehensive about the idea. Utah remains one of the most restrictive states about alcohol […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Businesses in communities bordering Utah say the state’s new and stronger beer allowances have hurt sales. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the beer sales have dropped about 20% to 30% in some parts of Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada and Colorado. Business officials say the drop […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Cans of beer have littered the parking lot of a church of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a Salt Lake City suburb after a semi-trailer crashed that was carrying cases of brew banned by the faith. Sandy Police Stg. Jason Nielsen […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah legislators have passed a measure to make it easier for businesses to prepare to sell higher-strength beer ahead of the Nov. 1 effective date. The bill lawmakers approved during Monday’s special session gives retailers a one-week grace period to purchase and store 4% beer […]
