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Kansas Looking to Axe 3.2 Beer

It now looks like Kansas will be looking at weather or not it will stay in the 3.2% beer game.
That state’s legislature is considering House Bill 2282, which would allow grocery and convenience stores to sell stronger beer.Legislation could come in May or June, dealing another blow to the low ABV suds.

As we’ve discussed in previous posts, Oklahoma’s decision to do away with 3.2 beer will likely impact Utah, which would then be one of only two states in America to sell the low gravity suds. As more and more states get on the bandwagon, the beehive state (which will soon be the largest consumer of 3.2 beer) may have it’s fate decided by those large breweries that make and sell them.
Colorado is currently phasing them out and they should be gone by 2019. Minnesota allows 3.2 beer to be sold in grocery and convenience stores.

The Utah Legislature says that it won’t even consider looking at doing away with 3.2 beer until next year’s legislative session at the earliest. But if the Kansas vot …

Source: Utah Beer

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