Chairman John T. Nielsen’s term on the sometimes controversial state liquor commission ended this week.
On the latest episode of “Utah Booze News,” produced by The Salt Lake Tribune and FOX 13, Nielsen looks back at the eight years he spent on the board and shares his perspective on bar license quotas; wine moving to grocery stores; and the influence The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has on alcohol policy.
Also on the podcast, two new ax-throwing businesses in Utah want to sell beer to customers. But the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control says “dangerous weapons” in recreational businesses were banned by the Legislature in 2020.
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