UT Provision Could Banish Certain Hard Seltzer Flavors and Hard Kombucha to State Run Liquor Stores

Dear Client: The hard seltzer and hard kombucha selection at Utah grocery and convenience stores could be slim pickings if a provision included in a large liquor reform bill is signed into law. Indeed, the Associated Press reports that “nearly half” of the 80 hard seltzers currently available at Utah grocery/c-stores would be pulled from the shelves under the provision, and “hard kombuchas… would also have to go,” according to the report. Why’s that? Flavoring. The provision would allow products