Stronger beer and stricter DUI threshold make 2019 Utah’s ‘Year for Beer’

When future historians look back at Utah’s peculiar liquor legacy, 2019 may go down as the “Year for Beer.”Allowing stronger brews in grocery and convenience stores marked a momentous end to a law that had endured since the demise of Prohibition 86 years ago. It also put the Beehive State’s beer selection on par with other states and could, in time, douse Utah’s weak-brew reputation.“Yes, it’s been quite a year,” said Jeremy Ragonese, president of