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Utah ‘Booze News’ podcast: Ax-throwing business finally gets a beer license and how to put your name in the hopper for rare liquor

Utah Booze News

Ogden’s Social Axe Throwing business — denied a liquor license last month — finally gets a beer license by installing pool tables and arcade games.

And the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is starting a new monthly drawing to make distribution of rare liquors fairer.

On this episode, Salt Lake Tribune reporter Kathy Stephenson and Fox 13′s Ben Winslow explain how the process will work and how to get your name in the hopper for Pappy Van Winkle bourbon and other “unicorn” liquors. Listen here:


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