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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Utah House has given its OK to a bill allowing the sale of full-strength draft beer in bars and restaurants.
Currently, draft beer can contain no more than 3.2 percent alcohol by weight, or 4 percent by volume.
That cap would be lifted under House Bill 349, sponsored by Rep. Curtis Oda, R-Clearfield.
Bars and restaurants are already allowed to serve full-strength beer if they buy it in bottles from the state liquor store at the same 86 percent markup paid by the general public.
The bill was approved in the House on Tuesday without debate 58-2. It now advances to the Senate.
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