Reason.tv at Sundance: Boozing in Utah

[nickcjr]

I have lived in Utah and Colorado. Colorado has some of the best micros out there. Utah is just freakin' weird with their culture. It is totally driven by the LDS church more than anything. It would be the best place to live on the planet if the religious nanny state was not there looking over your shoulder.

[ChoofMonster]

Australia just introduced a 'sin tax' on pre-mixed drinks (alco-pops), as they are said to encourage younger boozers.

The drinking age here is 18; any bureaucrat trying to increase this would immediately lose the youth vote (the voting age is 18, too).

Some tribal areas enforce total prohibition, chronic alcohol abuse due to social isolation and persecution destroyed many Aboriginal communities.

[whoo689]

I wonder if the citizens of Utah really enjoy being treated like children when it comes to beer (and probably so many other things, too).

[Chick6517]

Really awesome video! It's interesting to see these kinds of videos on here. I like the fact the youtube is freedom for any kind of video. =)

[dwcarkuff]

Utah - what a place! Is this all based on Mormon "morality"? What a state!  What a country!!! Idiocy rules!!!

[grraadd]

remember that in all states marijuana is totally illegal and public schools get more and more money even if they can't produce any results... In socialism idiocy rules, just like in muslim countries (with shariah law).

[dwcarkuff]

It's like the truth of things is not merely secondary, it's completely irrelevant. Drug prohibition has done tremendous damage this country in terms of lives ruined and corruption on both sides of the law and in terms of hundreds of billions of wasted dollars, but ending it can't even be seriously considered.

[grraadd]

It's whole industry now - just like global warming and CO2 guilt. Try to tell some drug cop that from tomorrow he'll earn half or nothing because there is no need to chase drug users... I just watched "ABC - We're Losing The War On Drugs" and I was really stunned and saddened - such a waste! For whole my life I believed in free America - now I know it was a myth... American Republic was killed in 1913 and now it's a slippery slope to tyranny. Mises Institute has answers, but they are minority.

[dwcarkuff]

So you must be a Lew Rockwell type of guy too. Ron Paul supporter too??? There just aren't enough of us.

[grraadd]

When you cross the line of certain amount of state dependant citizens it's one way ticket to "bread and circus". Even if they would be able to understand the situation, they are corrupted by government already (bureaucrats, handicapped, unemployed, single mums, minority groups, homosexuals) and most importantly - uneducated. We are searching for knowledge - yes, we are minority... but every CHANGE ;-) was always initiated by minority.

[CountArtha]

American beer is like having sex on the beach.

F@#king near water.

[ne0nsurf]

so utah is where all of the dick gobblers go eh? what a boring and worthless state it is. can't have two shots of the same drink. hahaha

california is where the patriots are. we're on the front lines.

[ne0nsurf]

real beer is german beer. case closed

[ne0nsurf]

people who can't hold their alcohol shouldn't be drinking. moderation is key.

moromons sucks.

utah is boring.

l.a. is where it's at

[aallppiinnee]

You ended your sentence with a preposition twatwafffle.

California is a disgrace. It's where the epic fail "is at."

Idiot.

[ne0nsurf]

buy some more neurons, LOSER.

you endeD your inane diatribe with your name, "IDIOT". Well said, I agree.

you're a rebarative and inane chimpanzee.

ps. get a life.

[ne0nsurf]

guiness isn't beer, it's nigger scottish fuckcrap.

[QuartuvLarry]

I'm just shocked and astounded that Utahns...Utahnis? Utahians? Utahnauts?...haven't started making their own brews privately. I'm sure that's still a right...

[TokDiYel]

Whoa I had no idea Utah had these crazy laws! How sickening!

[pbrskater26]

Its a morman run state. Ok imagen if sarah palin was presidant!!! huh huh, religious dictatorship!!!

[Libertarianist]

I'm drinking a mike's hard right NOW!

[ne0nsurf]

mike's is fucking gross and what a faggot jew/biblical name that is.

[whoabee]

lol @ zima

[veruus]

The cheerleader beers aren't allowed for sale in the supermarkets. They can be purchased in the liquor stores, though.

You can buy beer higher than 3.2 ABV in supermarkets, but only if it's produced in-state.

The laws are stupid. I still manage to consume sufficient amounts of alcohol for my needs.

[benjamaiLL]

It's by weight if it is in 4.0. It's about the same. It's just that the Wasatch and Uintah brewers measure by weight.

[JMartins1981]

Holy Mother U.S.S.A. :(

[HiFiSmith]

I didn't realize the nanny state was that bad.