OK+ on beer can

Originally Posted by hobo finds

Thought it was a deposit state but looks like more of a tax thing, anyone know? And its only on 24 oz miller lite cans not on 12 oz ones.

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Has to do with the strength of beer. Check out the link below
http://www.beeradvocate.com/articles/549/

You can go to Beer Can Collectors of American and they would probably have an answer for you.

Originally Posted by afmedic279

Has to do with the strength of beer. Check out the link below
Ask BeerAdvocate.com #5 | BeerAdvocate

What does the “OK+” stand for? I see it on bottles and cans sometimes, but I've never heard anything about it. Is it some kind of inspection marking?

OkieDokie

This labeling stems from the state of Oklahoma. Yep, another one of those antiquated US liquor laws that tortures beer drinkers from the region. Here is the deal: in Oklahoma, beer that is sold in grocery or convenience stores can only contain 4 percent alcohol by volume (ABV), which is referred to as 3.2 beer, wherein the beer is 3.2 percent alcohol by weight (ABW). Anything above this can only be sold at licensed state liquor stores and is referred to as “OK+” beer, or “strong beer.” To make things even more confusing, this so-called strong beer gets classified by using ABV, not ABW like 3.2 beer.

So, what typically happens is that the beer drinking impaired who walk into a liquor store and buy say a 6 percent ABV beer think that they are getting twice as much cheer in their beer, when the beer is really only 4.8 ABW, which is only 1.6 ABV higher than 3.2 beer, and that, kiddies, ain't much.

Colorado, Kansas and Utah are other states that have, or have had, similar asinine restrictions with 3.2 beers to torture their residents with.

Thanks for the info

A list of the deposit laws... Bottlebill.org - All US States

It used to be in Oklahoma that 3.2 beer could be sold cold and the higher content beer was only sold warm, So there was a delay in drinking the "good stuff", unless you like your beer warm! Also no alcohol on Sundays or any major holiday in Oklahoma. OK?

Originally Posted by bigburtchino

It used to be in Oklahoma that 3.2 beer could be sold cold and the higher content beer was only sold warm, So there was a delay in drinking the "good stuff", unless you like your beer warm! Also no alcohol on Sundays or any major holiday in Oklahoma. OK?

Wow got to stock up for Sundays and Holidays!

Ohio fact tidbit...

Up until 1935 the drinking age in Ohio was 16. Then in 1935 it was raised to 18. You could buy 3.2 beer at 18 until 1982 when they did away with 3.2 percent alcohol beer and raised the drinking age to 19 for 6% beer only (nothing stronger like wine or liquor). In 1987 the legal age in Ohio was raised to 21 for anything.

Now wayyyyyyyyy back in the last century, we just went to a few, ummmmm welllllll, special establishments, and got a gallon jug filled for a buck-ana-qwarter. We coulda cared less if it was 3.2%, 6%, or when we got lucky, the "black beer", the bock, 6.3%–7.2%. It all achieved the purpose for which it was purchased...from what I can remember

Dry counties annoy me.

I blame it all on Texarkana. Driving to AZ for the first time back in 2000, I was just entering Arkansas an it was still light out figured I could keep on going for a good bit. Sun set..I was still in that bloody state. Needed gas..everyone was closed! So kept on trucking along hoping i'd not run out..finally found some, kept on my journey, determined to hit Texas before I stopped. So I did..by way of Texarkana. Told my self.."Self..lets find us a room for the night, splurge for a good night's rest, some dinner, an a nice cold drink." So pulled in, got a room(Cheap yet very nice..go figure) walked across the street to the store..looking for beer, looking for beer, looking for beer..I see no beer! So I ask the clerk.."We're a dry county..sorry."

A grown man cried that day. Cause **** it I know that beer would have tasted great after the crappy day I was having thanks to the to traffic an having been driving for 16 hours.

On a side note..I liked Arkansas going into TexArkana. The hills were awesome to drive through while the sun was setting.

I also learned that for some strange reason...Texas has a lot of strip clubs in the middle of freaking nowhere.

Sirscrapalot - no you can't have back the 2 minutes of your life you just wasted reading this post. NO REFUNDS!

Sirs. Half of Texarkana is in Arkansas and other half, you guessed it Texas. Maybe you just needed to find the other side of town. In-fact find "State Street", one side Arkansas (No Beer) and other side Texas (Cold Beer). State street is in the dividing line for two different cities with the same name in two very different states. Just don't drink & drive in either city or you could go to the same place (jail). Both states have dry counties, I speak with lots of miles and cold beers in both states.

I was on the Texas side, an yes.. I know it borders both states. Right across the border in TX it's dry also.

Or was back then, who knows if it changed since then. I never bothered to visit again. An I don't drink an drive, if I drink I don't drive. Taxi's are my friend..just like Google!

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I mixed up my states and side of town, Arkansas, Texarkana is wet and has cold beer (except Sundays). Texas side is dry and no beer sales. It is a hot topic in this little city as, the Texas side is trying to legalize beer sales now! I think I'll get a cold one one with all of this beer talk.

lol

I hear ya Burt. When I asked the closest non-dry county they told me either head back across the border or an hour drive away. I chose to go without that evening. I did get a good dinner, a big soda. haha!

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A new one looks like the state of West Virginia counter stamped on the top of a Starbucks Energy Drink with the number 1 inside the state outline....

Found it! Soft Drink Tax! Soft Drink Excise Taxes - Can Manufacturers Institute | Washington, DC

West Virginia levies an excise tax on soft drinks and requires that soft drink packaging visibly indicate that the tax has been paid by the distributor. - See more at: http://www.cancentral.com/can-stats/....lYPMyPf5.dpuf