OK in Turmoil: Flurry of Language Threatens to Upend Regulation in the State

Dear Client:Oklahoma is an interesting state. Any beverage containing more than 3.2% alcohol by weight or 4% alcohol by volume, that is, most liquors, wines, and high point beer, may only be sold in licensed liquor stores at room temperature. 3.2 beer (low point beer) can be sold in convenience stores and supermarkets and be refrigerated. A freshman state senator introduced a bill to allow high point refrigerated beer in package stores. That bill of course called a flurry of