Post #365381 by ikitnrev on Fri, Mar 7, 2008 1:11 PM

Utah is considering new laws, which may prevent bars from making a mai-tai.

*"Bars will be allowed to pour “up to” a 1.5-ounce drink from meters. Total alcohol in a drink is lowered from 2.75 ounces today to 2.5 ounces."

"Believe it or not, if you want to order a shot of Makers [bourbon], you can have a shot-and-a-half. But you can’t have a Mai Tai.” Mai Tais may be outlawed due to the number of flavorings needed to create one, putting it at odds with the new rules. *

http://www.slweekly.com/index.cfm?do=article.details&id=7FCFAEC0-14D1-13A2-9F4B34000D1BDE12

I find it interesting that they used the mai-tai as a mult-ingredient drink that could no longer be made .... tiki drink awareness is growing!

[edit] it turns out that Utah used to allow only one ounce of liquor - now they allow 1.5. The governor has stated he wants this change so Utah doesn't seem 'so different from the rest of the world'

[ Edited by: ikitnrev 2008-03-07 13:16 ]