(Columbus, OH) A provision in the Ohio governor's budget will make soft-serve hard.
The bill would allow ice cream shops to make and sell alcohol-infused liquor. Current state law allows businesses to do one or the other, but not both. House Bill 23 would change that, allowing liquor permit holders to manufacture and sell ice cream between one half of one percent and six percent alcohol by volume.
The bill is currently in committee awaiting a hearing, but for now is included in Governor Kasich’s budget which must be approved by this summer.