Robert Gehrke: A provision included in this year’s liquor reform bill would drop 39 flavors of hard seltzer from grocery store shelves. If you don't want that to happen, now is the time to contact your state reps.
If you’re tired of living in a nanny state with an irrational liquor policy, now is the time to contact your state reps, Gehrke writes.
What it comes down to is the type of flavoring they use. Those that use a glycol-based flavoring would be fine. Those that use a flavoring that contains ethyl alcohol would be banished.To be clear, the ethyl alcohol isn’t where the alcohol in these hard seltzers comes from. It’s an additive used in the flavoring, the same way it is used in things like some teriyaki sauces or mustards.
According to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 80 seltzers are currently approved to be sold in Utah supermarkets and gas stations. Under the proposed change, 39 would no longer meet the criteria, including some big names and flavors — like nearly all of the Vizzy brand flavors and many of those from big names like BonViv, Truly, Bud Light and Coors.
From the perspective of the consumer, alcohol is alcohol. From a public safety perspective, it doesn’t matter where alcohol comes from or how it’s derived, just how much is consumed. That’s where the line should be drawn.
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