Commentary: Proposed Utah beer law doesn’t help local brewers

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Strap Tank Brewing, will be Utah County's first modern-day brewery as soon as it gets its manufacturing license from the DABC on Tuesday, June 28. Until it can brew on site, Strap Tank is operating as a restaurant/bar and making do with a collaboration beer that head brewer Mike Dymowski made with Salt Lake City's Proper Brewing. The Pale Ale called "Properly Tanked", pictured, is available on tap and so far has been the best seller. Wait a minute. Did you hear that right? The Utah Brewers Guild is against the proposed legislation to change state beer laws? It’s true — and we realize our stance is eliciting a fair amount of double takes when people read the headlines. But there’s more to the story.

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