![]() ![]() But the limits have been abandoned in recent in years by Oklahoma, Colorado and Kansas, leaving a market of just two states: Utah and Minnesota. In the past, several states had similar low-alcohol laws and large breweries made weaker products to sell there. “I think were inviting problems in the state, and I don’t care what other states do,” he said. Lyle Hillyard echoed that on Monday, wondering whether the change could lead to wine in grocery stores. Close to 90 percent of lawmakers are Mormon. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, meanwhile, has expressed concern that the new limits are too high. Stevenson said the law is set to go into effect in October, leaving several months for businesses to adjust. He asked why the law couldn’t be phased in more slowly to allow those adjustments. ![]() Todd Weiler said one of his constituents stands to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in labeling and packaging material that’s already been ordered. Local brewers, though, are concerned that the proposal unfairly upends a business model designed with the 3.2 limits in mind. It would take some sales away from state-owned liquor stores that sell higher-alcohol products, but Stevenson said the stores will fill the space with other products, limiting the dent in sales and programs that benefit, like school lunches. The proposal would increase the alcohol limit from 3.2 percent to 4.8 percent by weight, the amount in most standard production-line beers. ![]()
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