The amendment to the legislation, House Bill 37, also would require labels to state the amount of alcohol and any beers over 12 percent to be labeled as `high alcohol beer.`

Ohio breweries are now barred from making beer with more than 12 percent alcohol and retailers are prohibited from selling it.
`We just thought the limit was archaic and unnecessary,` Senate President Keith Faber, R-Celina, said. `We don`t have a limit on hard liquor or wine or other spirits.

`The thought was to have it on beer really isn`t necessary with changing times.`

House Bill 37, which deals with exceptions to the state`s open container law, now moves back to the House for approval.
The last time the state increased the ABV cap was in 2002, when it rose from 6 percent to 12 percent. Brewers and retailers have been advocating for years for the state to boost the limit again.

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