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A Mississippi beer bill backed by local organization, Raise Your Pints, Anheuser-Busch and other groups made big progress in the state today being passed by the House of Representatives’ Tourism Committee. The bill would raise the alcohol by weight (ABW) to 8% (~10% ABV). The bill now moves onto the Senate. If you want to keep track of progress, stay tuned to the Raise Your Pints Twitter feed.

Beer bill SB #2878 (ABW) has passed through the Tourism committee!! On to the full Senate! http://t.co/swJKKVkm #msleg — Raise Your Pints (@RaiseYourPints) March 1, 2012