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<blockquote data-quote="elwoodtrix" data-source="post: 2197734" data-attributes="member: 7614"><p>too bad the guy you talked to at the distributor told you wrong....</p><p></p><p>after searching for 3 minutes....</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>"The reason you cannot buy major domestic beer at Oklahoma liquor stores is because Budweiser, Coors and Miller all have a moratorium against Oklahoma regarding 5% beer. It issue is a law Oklahoma has on the books that does not allow alcoholic beverage manufacturers to franchise with liquor wholesale distributors. Oklahoma has what is called an open wholesale system, where beverage companies must sell to all wholesalers in the state on a same-price basis.</p><p></p><p>Because Coors, Miller and Anheuser-Busch require that a franchise agreement must be in place with a wholesale distributor, they are withholding strong beer sales in Oklahoma until the open wholesale system is abolished for a territorial franchise system, as it is in 48 other states.</p><p></p><p>The reason liquor stores sell Shiner Bock is because Shiner doesn't care about whether or not a state has an open wholesale system. Neither does Pabst, Stroh's or Samuel Adams, all domestic brewers.</p><p></p><p>The moratorium began in 1977 when strong Budweiser, Coors and Miller was being sold at Oklahoma liquor stores. A dispute between an Ardmore distributor and Coors went to court after Coors told the Ardmore distributor they already had someone else in Ardmore distributing Coors. The court ruled in 1976 that Coors must sell to the Ardmore distributor, or face a violation of the franchise ban. Coors ceased selling 5% beer in Oklahoma. Miller and A-B followed suit, as well as Schlitz.</p><p></p><p>So for the last 30 years, the big three and state have had a silent standoff, while the rest of Oklahoma grew obsessed with buying beer from Texas instead of fighting this ridiculous franchise ban. So, in a way, it is our own fault.</p><p></p><p>Utah liquor stores do not carry the big three domestic beers, but because the entire system is state-owned and controlled from top to bottom. And Salt Lake seems to be doing fine with the Utah Jazz.</p><p></p><p>Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Utah and Oklahoma require that any establishment other than a liquor store can only sell 3.2% ABW beer. Oh, and, ever wonder why Rolling Rock stopped selling in Oklahoma liquor stores? Because A-B bought the rights to distribute Rolling Rock. In turn, Rolling Rock disappears off the shelves."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elwoodtrix, post: 2197734, member: 7614"] too bad the guy you talked to at the distributor told you wrong.... after searching for 3 minutes.... "The reason you cannot buy major domestic beer at Oklahoma liquor stores is because Budweiser, Coors and Miller all have a moratorium against Oklahoma regarding 5% beer. It issue is a law Oklahoma has on the books that does not allow alcoholic beverage manufacturers to franchise with liquor wholesale distributors. Oklahoma has what is called an open wholesale system, where beverage companies must sell to all wholesalers in the state on a same-price basis. Because Coors, Miller and Anheuser-Busch require that a franchise agreement must be in place with a wholesale distributor, they are withholding strong beer sales in Oklahoma until the open wholesale system is abolished for a territorial franchise system, as it is in 48 other states. The reason liquor stores sell Shiner Bock is because Shiner doesn't care about whether or not a state has an open wholesale system. Neither does Pabst, Stroh's or Samuel Adams, all domestic brewers. The moratorium began in 1977 when strong Budweiser, Coors and Miller was being sold at Oklahoma liquor stores. A dispute between an Ardmore distributor and Coors went to court after Coors told the Ardmore distributor they already had someone else in Ardmore distributing Coors. The court ruled in 1976 that Coors must sell to the Ardmore distributor, or face a violation of the franchise ban. Coors ceased selling 5% beer in Oklahoma. Miller and A-B followed suit, as well as Schlitz. So for the last 30 years, the big three and state have had a silent standoff, while the rest of Oklahoma grew obsessed with buying beer from Texas instead of fighting this ridiculous franchise ban. So, in a way, it is our own fault. Utah liquor stores do not carry the big three domestic beers, but because the entire system is state-owned and controlled from top to bottom. And Salt Lake seems to be doing fine with the Utah Jazz. Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Utah and Oklahoma require that any establishment other than a liquor store can only sell 3.2% ABW beer. Oh, and, ever wonder why Rolling Rock stopped selling in Oklahoma liquor stores? Because A-B bought the rights to distribute Rolling Rock. In turn, Rolling Rock disappears off the shelves." [/QUOTE]
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