Full Strength Beer at Convenience Stores

· Feb. 11, 2010, 5:45 pm

Convenience stores in Colorado are one step closer to being able to sell full strength beer. It marks the first time a bill loosening beer laws has ever passed out of a committee. The house business affairs and labor committee cleared the measure on a 7-4 vote, after hours of debate and objections from the craft brewing industry, and independent liquor stores who say it could put them out of business. Bente Birkeland reports from the statehouse.

You care!

Southern Colorado is changing a lot these days. We can help you keep up. Sign up for the KRCC Weekly Digest here and get the stories that matter to Southern Colorado, delivered straight to your inbox.