GREAT BEER RUSH: New Oklahoma liquor laws officially in place

OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Clear the dust off the shelves and toss out that low-point beer, Oklahoma's new liquor laws officially take effect on Monday.

With the new law, customers can new buy full strength, or high-point, beer and wine in grocery and convenience stores. Liquor stores will also begin selling refrigerated beer and wine, as well as non-alcoholic items like mixers and limes.

Grocery and convenience stores can sell booze every day of the week from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. Liquor stores are limited to Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to midnight.

Oklahomans voted to modernize the state's liquor laws, which initially started in 1907, in 2016. Following the end of prohibition in 1933, restrictive practices continued with the exception of low-point beer.

Oklahoma finally repealed prohibition in 1959, but created the law against liquor store refrigeration.

The Oklahoma Beer Alliance says, now that the new law is in place, 30 new full-strength beers will be coming into the state.

Convenience stores, grocery stores and liquor stores have all experienced a shortage of beer especially in recent weeks as they restocked to include high-point beer.