Honest advertising at least
I mean if it’s in Utah it’s the equivalent of 5 regular beers.
Isn’t that because Utah has weird laws about how many drinks you’re allowed to order? I seem to remember hearing that bar patrons are only allowed to get one drink at a time, so bars just started getting bigger mugs.
A lot of states have weird laws like this. Connecticut also doesn’t allow you to have more than one drink at a time (at least last I knew) so if you and your friends order a shot and a beer they pour the round of shots, wait until you’ve all finished them, then give you the beers.
CT did away with that a long time ago afaik. Grew up there, never had that happen to me but my father remembers that. They could also go to the bars at 18…
It’s very possible. This was quite a few years ago at one of the casinos, so they may have different laws there (Native territory, I think).

No chaser for your shot. That’s a good way to get people vomiting.

Also with a beer on the side, you could drink the shot more slowly. Dumb policy.