Clearly there are all kinds of reasons why beer consumption has risen, particularly since the beginning of the Great Recession. A can of beer will always be less expensive than, say, a fifth of Jack Daniels. So, economics has something to do with it .... Op-Ed: Beer industry salutes Utah for ending ProhibitionSalt Lake Tribune Celebrate Repeal Day by cutting beer taxesThe Hill (blog) Happy Repeal Day: Here's Babe Ruth drinking beer with some dead fishCBSSports.com Sacramento Business Journal -NUVO Newsweekly -Brewbound.com all 67 news articles »