When it comes to poking fun at Utah’s polygamist past, North Carolina just doesn’t get the joke.
A request to sell Wasatch Brewery’s Polygamy Nitro Porter in the Tarheel State was rejected in mid-June, because the name and the label promote an unlawful activity.
“Polygamy is illegal. Therefore these products will not be approved,” states the rejection letter sent to the Utah Brewers Cooperative, which produces and sells beers made by Wasatch and Squatter’s Breweries.
Wasatch officials plan to appeal the decision, said spokeswoman Lauren Boyack. Lawyers will make their case on Aug. 14, before the North Carolina state liquor commission.