Oklahoma City-based Coop Aleworks was planning a big party at its brewery in southwest Oklahoma City on Friday to celebrate a new state law the brewer believed would allow it to sell full-strength beer in its tap room.

But those plans are now up in the air after the Alcohol Beverage Law Enforcement (ABLE) Commission, the state's chief alcohol regulator, said it doesn't know if the new law allows for such sales.

"We don't know where we stand now," said Sean Mossman, director of sales and marketing for COOP Ale Works. "We know the law will go into effect on Friday, but we don't know how ABLE will interpret that law."

Craft brewers say their industry would be devastated if state regulators don't allow them to sell full-strength beer by the glass in tap rooms, which they believed was part of a new state law set to take effect next week.