Why do y'all have 3.2 beer in Oklahoma? [Archive]

royalfan5

3/15/2006, 12:58 PM

I've always wondered about this, as 3.2 beer isn't sold in Nebraska since no one would buy it if it was. It seems pretty communist to me to make people drink 3.2 beer.

IronSooner

3/15/2006, 01:00 PM

I think Utah and OK are the only two states that have 3.2 beer. Great company to be in.

85Sooner

3/15/2006, 01:00 PM

'Cause Oklahomans (mainly controlled by the eastern yellow dogs)keep electing the most assinine people to run the government.

OklahomaTrombone

3/15/2006, 01:02 PM

Why do nebraskans ask such stupid questions?

yermom

3/15/2006, 01:04 PM

because it's "non-intoxicating" and can be sold as food :rolleyes:

FaninAma

3/15/2006, 01:04 PM

I think Utah and OK are the only two states that have 3.2 beer. Great company to be in.

Baptists and Mormons in agreement? It's like cats and dogs living together. :eek:

Sooner in Tampa

3/15/2006, 01:05 PM

Kansas used to have 3.2 beer many moons ago when the drinking age was only 18. I used to think that the 3.2 was sold because of the 18 year old thingy...Oklahoma pretty much shoots that in the ***.

SoonerInKCMO

3/15/2006, 01:06 PM

I think Utah and OK are the only two states that have 3.2 beer. Great company to be in.

I think Kansas does too. Either that or my tolerance has gone waaaaay up in the last couple of years. :eddie:

1stTimeCaller

3/15/2006, 01:06 PM

goes back to Prohibition.

SOONER44EVER

3/15/2006, 01:06 PM

'Cause Oklahomans (mainly controlled by the eastern yellow dogs)keep electing the most assinine people to run the government.
I was gonna post a witty reply but you said it exactly right.

sooneron

3/15/2006, 01:07 PM

The thing that makes it so stupid is that regular beer is around 4.o. Makes no sense at all. I'm surprised the beer makers still make the crap. I guess if there's demand...

1stTimeCaller

3/15/2006, 01:07 PM

and Mississippi is something like 2.5%

FaninAma

3/15/2006, 01:08 PM

Why do nebraskans ask such stupid questions?

Not a stupid question at all. The law is stupid. Looks like I'll be on a first name basis with the owner of the local liquor stores in Ada because I absolutely refuse to buy the 3.2 stuff they sell at the grocery stores.

Pieces Hit

3/15/2006, 01:12 PM

Hey we just got casinos and the lottery.
Gives us time and we'll be just as depraved as everyone else.

usmc-sooner

3/15/2006, 01:12 PM

there isn't that big of a difference in 3.2 and 6.0 actually 6.0 isn't 6.0 it is just has to be higher than 3.2.

I used to work in a store in West Oklahoma and our bud delivery guy had the Texas panhandle on his route. I asked him if he could drop me off a case of 6.0 beer and he told me that he was dropping the same beer off in Texas as he was in Oklahoma.
He was laughing saying that if you told people they were drinking stronger beer they would think they were drunker.
He also told me 3.2 beer was worse because most people don't understand the difference between 3.2 and 6.0 and people think they can drink twice as much and end up much more drunk.

So if you think you're getting a lot stronger beer with 6. then you've been duped.

SOONER44EVER

3/15/2006, 01:14 PM

Not a stupid question at all. The law is stupid. Looks like I'll be on a first name basis with the owner of the local liquor stores in Ada because I absolutely refuse to buy the 3.2 stuff they sell at the grocery stores.
Yeah but if you want domestic beer such as Coors, Bud etc. they aren't allowed to sell it at liquor stores. Another stupid Oklahoma law.

Pieces Hit

3/15/2006, 01:14 PM

Can you type that slower?

Mjcpr

3/15/2006, 01:15 PM

Yeah but if you want domestic beer such as Coors, Bud etc. they aren't allowed to sell it at liquor stores. Another stupid Oklahoma law.

I think I'm the only one that posts on these boards that would even dare drink domestic beer so no worries.

sooneron

3/15/2006, 01:16 PM

royalfan5

3/15/2006, 01:17 PM

Yeah but if you want domestic beer such as Coors, Bud etc. they aren't allowed to sell it at liquor stores. Another stupid Oklahoma law.
really? What kind of logic supports that?

usmc-sooner

3/15/2006, 01:18 PM

a lot of you guys are fooling yourselves, all a beer has to be is 3.3 and over 3.2 to be 6.0 and some places in 6. states sell the 3.2 beer and nobody knows the difference.

sooneron

3/15/2006, 01:18 PM

really? What kind of logic supports that?
Yet, you can buy dom. micro beers at the liquor store.

BeetDigger

3/15/2006, 01:18 PM

I think Utah and OK are the only two states that have 3.2 beer. Great company to be in.

Colorado has it too. It goes back to the days when you could drink beer in Colorado at 18. They sold it in outlets other than liquor stores. Today, the beer that you buy in outlets other than liquor stores is designated 3.2.

I believe that it is 3.2% alcohol by volume and the other beer is based upon alcohol by weight (or perhaps it is the other way around). Anyway, there is very little difference in the alcohol in most beers between the two. Now some of the IPA's and dopple bocks and stuff like that have significantly more alcohol in them.

BeetDigger

3/15/2006, 01:19 PM

I think I'm the only one that posts on these boards that would even dare drink domestic beer so no worries.

And we really don't pay much attention to you anyway. :mack:

yermom

3/15/2006, 01:20 PM

Yet, you can buy dom. micro beers at the liquor store.

but it can't be cold :mad:

1stTimeCaller

3/15/2006, 01:21 PM

really? What kind of logic supports that?

It has to do with the alcohol distribution laws. Basically there is no logic behind it. The beer also has to be room temperature if it's sold in a liquor store inOK.

SOONER44EVER

3/15/2006, 01:21 PM

really? What kind of logic supports that?
Okie logic.

Rhino

3/15/2006, 01:23 PM

If they allow 6.0 beer, we're all going to get drunk, then get tattoos and gamble all our money away.

We can't have that.

usmc-sooner

3/15/2006, 01:25 PM

If they allow 6.0 beer, we're all going to get drunk, then get tattoos and gamble all our money away.

We can't have that.

We're already doing it with 3.2:D

Okla-homey

3/15/2006, 01:25 PM

I think (after considering it for at least 5 minutes) that brewers might have a commerce clause case based on Oklahoma's 3.2 beer laws. Bear with me. See, the big national brewery companies can afford to make this pizzle and get to enjoy have it sold in all sorts of retailers -- waaaay more than the >3.2 beer brewers. Further, they get to sell it cold.

OTOH, if he's going to sell his >3.2 product in Oklahoma, Mr Regional or Micro-brewer must offer his beer warm and only in liquor stores. Now, given there ain't a tinkers dam worth of difference in the overall level of buzz from six 3.2 beers and six 4.0 beers, what gives?

That smacks of an unfair restriction of interstate commerce to mois. We just need to find a brewer who will sue in federal court and we can someday have cold Guinness and Red Stripe sold at Quik-Trip! Plus, we'll figure out a way to get all of us paid for the extra expense of going to the liquor store all these years.

1stTimeCaller

3/15/2006, 01:25 PM

If they allow 6.0 beer, we're all going to get drunk, then get tattoos and gamble all our money away.

We can't have that.

I guess the saving grace is that the liquor stores can't be open on election days or we'd end up voting for morons to run the State. :D

SOONER44EVER

3/15/2006, 01:26 PM

Why can't you but a bag of chips or a pack of gum at a liquor store in Oklahoma?

yermom

3/15/2006, 01:26 PM

hey Beano, you ever thought about expanding your operation? :D

sooneron

3/15/2006, 01:27 PM

but it can't be cold :mad:
Get one of those bad azz fire extinguishers- they can cool a beer off in 5 seconds.

Pieces Hit

3/15/2006, 01:27 PM

So one of you math wizards tell me how much 3.2 beer you'd have to drink to equal one pint of 101 Wild Turkey.

?

SOONER44EVER

3/15/2006, 01:29 PM

So one of you math wizards tell me how much 3.2 beer you'd have to drink to equal one pint of 101 Wild Turkey.

?
A lot.
about 2 beers to be legally drunk though. :)

Pieces Hit

3/15/2006, 01:33 PM

A lot.
about 2 beers to be legally drunk though. :)So, one shot of Turkey and you're going to jail, I guess.

sooneron

3/15/2006, 01:38 PM

So, one shot of Turkey and you're going to jail, I guess.
Depends on consupmtion of food and such.
On a parallel note, if a normal sized male has three 3.2 beers in an hour, they are hitting .08 - 1.0 on the bac.

IronSooner

3/15/2006, 01:43 PM

I think the larger question is what the hell you're doing drinking Turkey.

SoonerInKCMO

3/15/2006, 01:43 PM

So one of you math wizards tell me how much 3.2 beer you'd have to drink to equal one pint of 101 Wild Turkey.

?

21.04166666666666666 12 oz. beers.

Assuming of course that they are both measuring the alcohol content the same way.

Pieces Hit

3/15/2006, 01:46 PM

Wow.
Think how much peeing this saves me.

Pricetag

3/15/2006, 02:04 PM

I believe that it is 3.2% alcohol by volume and the other beer is based upon alcohol by weight (or perhaps it is the other way around). Anyway, there is very little difference in the alcohol in most beers between the two.
It is the other way around. 3.2 is by weight, and the 5.9 stuff is by volume.

It is my understanding (correct me if I'm wrong) that alcohol weighs less than water, so comparing the numbers 3.2 and 5.9 is not correct. It takes more booze than 3.2 percent by volume to make 3.2 by weight.

I've drank both kinds of beer, and the only thing I notice is that the six point stuff tastes a little better.

Beano's Fourth Chin

3/15/2006, 02:07 PM

hey Beano, you ever thought about expanding your operation? :D

How did you know I was reading this thread?

That's just plain spooky.

yermom

3/15/2006, 02:11 PM

dude, it's about beer :D

what do you think about Homey's idea? ;)

SoonerInKCMO

3/15/2006, 02:15 PM

It is the other way around. 3.2 is by weight, and the 5.9 stuff is by volume.

It is my understanding (correct me if I'm wrong) that alcohol weighs less than water, so comparing the numbers 3.2 and 5.9 is not correct. It takes more booze than 3.2 percent by volume to make 3.2 by weight.

Yep.

Most non-3.2 beer is about 5% alcohol by volume. Since the specific gravity of alcohol is about .79 (it's 79% as dense as water), 3.2% by mass is equivalent to about 4.0% measured by volume. So, the stuff in the liquor store that's marked 5% is about 25% stronger than what you can buy in the grocery store in OK and some other states.

SoonerBK

3/15/2006, 03:01 PM

but it can't be cold :mad:

I think this is because the rednecks can't drink thier beer cold. They go home and put 'er in the fridge and then are less likely to drive drunk. It tastes so good when it hits your lips!

sooneron

3/15/2006, 03:56 PM

You COULD have the Sam Adams Triple Bock weighing in at a whopping 17.5%!

Stoop Dawg

3/15/2006, 03:56 PM

Why can't I buy alcohol on Sunday? What's so special about Sunday?

Stoop Dawg

3/15/2006, 04:00 PM

Why can't I buy alcohol on Sunday? What's so special about Sunday?

Nevermind, I figured it out.

In English, Sunday gets its name from Sunna, or Sunne the Germanic sun goddess.

The Germanic sun goddess hates alcohol, and we certainly don't want to upset her.

As you were.

royalfan5

3/15/2006, 04:04 PM

Why can't I buy alcohol on Sunday? What's so special about Sunday?
You can't buy booze on Sunday either? Next thing you will tell me is that porn is hard to come by down there too.

handcrafted

3/15/2006, 04:08 PM

You can't buy booze on Sunday either? Next thing you will tell me is that porn is hard to come by down there too.

Not only that, but IIR they passed a law many years ago that you can't serve booze in strip bars. I guess we're just not the cesspool of filth that Nebbish is. :D

royalfan5

3/15/2006, 04:11 PM

Not only that, but IIR they passed a law many years ago that you can't serve booze in strip bars. I guess we're just not the cesspool of filth that Nebbish is. :D
We don't have casinos or conceleaed weapons though. However, since I have strippers, porn and booze I don't worry about the first two as much.

Stoop Dawg

3/15/2006, 04:12 PM

You can't buy booze on Sunday either? Next thing you will tell me is that porn is hard to come by down there too.

We already have one of the highest teen pregnancy rates and divorce rates in the nation. Just imagine what would happen if you could buy alcohol on Sunday and look at porn. This place would be positively unliveable.

sooneron

3/15/2006, 04:13 PM

Strippers porn and booze trumps all!

handcrafted

3/15/2006, 04:14 PM

We don't have casinos or conceleaed weapons though. However, since I have strippers, porn and booze I don't worry about the first two as much.

Heh. The only reason you don't have casinos is that your injuns aren't as uppity. :D

And as for concealed weapons, that is NOT depravity, that's the friggin American way, man.

royalfan5

3/15/2006, 04:17 PM

Heh. The only reason you don't have casinos is that your injuns aren't as uppity. :D

And as for concealed weapons, that is NOT depravity, that's the friggin American way, man.
Actually there is a couple small Indian casino's that have video bingo and one that just operates illegally. They just built the states daily fine into their overhead, and the state is content with just collecting the fine. However, they are in the middle of nowhere. For the rest of us, we just have to go over the river to Council Tuckey.

As for the weapon, everyone from outside of Lincoln/Omaha just carries them unconclealed.

handcrafted

3/15/2006, 04:18 PM

Actually there is a couple small Indian casino's that have video bingo and one that just operates illegally. They just built the states daily fine into their overhead, and the state is content with just collecting the fine.

In most other places, that's known as bribery. :D