High-point Budweiser products posted for Oklahoma shares email

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UPDATE NO. 2: Thought it would be good to address some questions that many are asking. There were no law changes necessary for Budweiser to post higher-strength items for sale in Oklahoma. The sticking point is that because of Oklahoma regulations, Budweiser is only able to self-distribute its 3.2 beer. Their stronger beer must be entered into the market the same way all other strong beers are, which means the further distribution and sale of said beer is out of their control. My understanding is that Budweiser and Miller/Coors have opted for about 30 years not to post higher-strength beer for sale in Oklahoma because they didn’t want to lose control of the product. That leads to the question I have asked Budweiser reps: Why flip the script and post these products now? UPDATE: Since posting this earlier this morning, I’ve attained the list of Budweiser products posted with the state’s ABLE Commission for sale for November. Here is the list: -Budweiser (keg) -Budweiser Black Crown (keg) Related to this story

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-Bud Light Lime Lime-A-Rita (can) -Bud Light Lime Straw-Ber-Rita (can) -Bud Light Lime Cran-Brrr-Rita (can) -Land Shark (keg) -Rolling Rock (can, bottle and keg) -Shock Top Belgian White (can, bottle and keg) -Ziegenbock (keg) Availability of the beers will vary. As I understand it, just because AB-InBev has posted these items for sale doesn’t necessarily mean they will ship all of them, and it doesn’t necessarily mean distributors will decide to pick them up. Of course, it also doesn’t mean retailers/bar owners will decide to buy them from distributors and stock them. Still a lot up in the air. I’m interested in Budweiser’s strategy with these price postings, and I have a call out to Budweiser reps for a response.

——————————————————————————————————————————- Big news for Oklahoma’s beer industry came to light last night. Liquor store owner Freddy Lamport passed along the news that high-point Budweiser products have been cleared for sale in Oklahoma. That means higher-than-3.2% Budweiser, Shock Top, Rolling Rock and Black Crown could be available in liquor stores as early as November.