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When The Hop Jam launched three years ago, it was so popular that the brewers ran out of beer within hours.

Now the Hanson brothers, the musicians who make Tulsa home and who organize the yearly beer and music festival set for May 22 in the Brady Arts District, are working to make sure that won’t ever happen again.

They expanded the number of local and international brewers at last year’s festival and again this year, with about 60 breweries from all across the world set to offer samples of their work.

It’s building on a trend that’s already happening in Oklahoma.

Pending legislation could mean new laws that will allow for cold beers to be sold in stores, and it may soon be legal for breweries to sell what they make in their own tap rooms. It’s something local brewers are pushing hard for, as they are growing and multiplying.

Choc Beer Co. in McAlester is building a huge new production facility to help produce Tulsa’s Prairie Artisan Ales and other brews.