State Sen. Stephanie Bice has filed legislation that would allow retail liquor stores to sell refrigerated high-point beer in Oklahoma.
Bice says this change is something Oklahomans have increasingly been asking for.
Currently, high-point beer can only be sold at room temperature and only in liquor retail stores. Consumers would still have to purchase high-point beer at liquor stores, but under Senate Bill 383, the stores would have the option to use refrigeration.
Bice says making refrigeration optional could be done with a statutory change and is something many other states already allow.
Becky McCray, whose family owns Allen’s Liquor Store in Alva, Oklahoma, was thrilled when she heard about the proposed legislation.
“The building the store is in was constructed in 1975 and at that time everyone was hopeful coolers would be legal soon. Obviously that didn’t happen,” McCray said. “We get asked for cold beer all the time by customers from Kansas and other states. We’re almost ashamed to explain it’s still illegal in Oklahoma.”
SB 383 will be considered after the 2015 legislative session begins on February 2.
