Beer laws

[Steve]

quote:Originally posted by custosnox

quote:Originally posted by Breadburner

You can get a public intox and not even be drunk....

Yep, unless you stay in the bar.  You have the owners permission at that point lol.  If not, the bar won't stay open long.

Tulsa and OK laws regarding on-premises consumption are not that different from any other state in the Union, except for maybe the party state Louisiana.

[joebaloney]

When I was in college, it was legal in Stillwater and in Norman to carry beer on the street. I had heard those were the only two towns in Oklahoma where that was the law.

When you would leave Eskimo Joes, they had those Joes cups by the door and would pour your class into one so you could take it with you.

They changed the laws in both cities around the same time, about 1991-1992. If the students had actually voted the law in Stillwater would never have been changed as the student population was roughly equal to the non-student population.

[custosnox]

well, if you read it carefully, it excludes 3.2 beer. So technically, as long as your drinking the local watered down stuff, you aren't intoxicated.

[sauerkraut]

Lotz & Lotz of legal mumble-jumbo in those laws, but I understand the state of Utah is worse. They have no tolerance at all.[^]

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

Lotz & Lotz of legal mumble-jumbo in those laws, but I understand the state of Utah is worse. They have no tolerance at all.[^]

yes, because you know being drunk is a lot more confusing than having 20 wives[}:)]

[bugo]

Speaking of beer, I saw a sixer of Budweiser Clamato beer today.  I had seen pictures on the Internet, but I thought they were hoaxes.  And, of course, they were 3.2.  Has anyone had the stomach to try it?

[custosnox]

quote:Originally posted by bugo

Speaking of beer, I saw a sixer of Budweiser Clamato beer today.  I had seen pictures on the Internet, but I thought they were hoaxes.  And, of course, they were 3.2.  Has anyone had the stomach to try it?

What is Clamato?

[Hoss]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clamato

Blech....

[MH2010]

quote:Originally posted by custosnox

As I thought, this officer was full of it.  Here is the ordinance on this, and should answer some of your questions.  I am going to copy and past, since the previous link didn't work right.

quote:
CHAPTER 7
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
Section 700. Illegal Intoxication--Penalty.
SECTION 700. ILLEGAL INTOXICATION--PENALTY
A. Any person who shall, in any public place or in any vehicle, drink or
otherwise consume any intoxicating liquor containing more than three and two-tenths
percent (3.2%) alcohol measured by weight, except as authorized by the Oklahoma
Beverage Control Act, or any other intoxicating substance, or intoxicating compound of
any kind or inhale glue, paint or other intoxicating substance, shall be guilty of an offense.
B. Any person who shall be drunk or intoxicated in or upon any public or
private road, in any vehicle, any public place or building, at any public gathering, place
accessible to the public, or open to being viewed by others, from drinking or consuming
such intoxicating liquor, intoxicating substance, or intoxicating compound or from the
inhalation of glue, paint or other intoxicating substances, shall be guilty of an offense.
C. Any person who shall be drunk or intoxicated from any cause and who
disturbs the peace of any person, shall be guilty of an offense.
D. It shall not be a violation of Subsection B of this section for any person to be
intoxicated on the premises of a private residence with the prior express consent of the
owner or any bona fide resident.
E. Any person found guilty of violating any offense included in this section
shall be punished by a fine of not more than TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00),
excluding costs, fees and assessments.

As it is listed, you can drink beer (3.2% or less) outside or in public.

[EricP]

quote:Originally posted by MH2010

quote:Originally posted by custosnox

As I thought, this officer was full of it.  Here is the ordinance on this, and should answer some of your questions.  I am going to copy and past, since the previous link didn't work right.

quote:
CHAPTER 7
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
Section 700. Illegal Intoxication--Penalty.
SECTION 700. ILLEGAL INTOXICATION--PENALTY
A. Any person who shall, in any public place or in any vehicle, drink or
otherwise consume any intoxicating liquor containing more than three and two-tenths
percent (3.2%) alcohol measured by weight, except as authorized by the Oklahoma
Beverage Control Act, or any other intoxicating substance, or intoxicating compound of
any kind or inhale glue, paint or other intoxicating substance, shall be guilty of an offense.
B. Any person who shall be drunk or intoxicated in or upon any public or
private road, in any vehicle, any public place or building, at any public gathering, place
accessible to the public, or open to being viewed by others, from drinking or consuming
such intoxicating liquor, intoxicating substance, or intoxicating compound or from the
inhalation of glue, paint or other intoxicating substances, shall be guilty of an offense.
C. Any person who shall be drunk or intoxicated from any cause and who
disturbs the peace of any person, shall be guilty of an offense.
D. It shall not be a violation of Subsection B of this section for any person to be
intoxicated on the premises of a private residence with the prior express consent of the
owner or any bona fide resident.
E. Any person found guilty of violating any offense included in this section
shall be punished by a fine of not more than TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00),
excluding costs, fees and assessments.

As it is listed, you can drink beer (3.2% or less) outside or in public.

I'm amused by how they call 0.01-3.2% beer "beer" and >3.2% beer "alcoholic beverages." Gimme a frickin break. You know what beer that is 5% ABV is??? BEER!!!!!

[custosnox]

now the fun part about it, next time your drinking beer, find a cop, and ask them to prove it's 3.2

[EricP]

quote:Originally posted by custosnox

now the fun part about it, next time your drinking beer, find a cop, and ask them to prove it's 3.2

Give it to me.. if I spit it out all over the ground, it's 3.2

[TheTed]

quote:Originally posted by custosnox

now the fun part about it, next time your drinking beer, find a cop, and ask them to prove it's 3.2

I was wondering about that. With all the different laws that apply to regular beer but not 3.2 beer. Do they have a test kit like the ones they use to tell whether your bag of meth is actually meth?

[mdunn]

I Like Beer! AND BEER LIKES ME!!!!!LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!

[Gaspar]

quote:Originally posted by TheTed

quote:Originally posted by custosnox

now the fun part about it, next time your drinking beer, find a cop, and ask them to prove it's 3.2

I was wondering about that. With all the different laws that apply to regular beer but not 3.2 beer. Do they have a test kit like the ones they use to tell whether your bag of meth is actually meth?

When first moved up to St. Louis I found this little pub called the 34 club (I think because it opened in 1934).  I sat down and ordered a tall frosty Budwiser 6 point and it was like drinking pure love in a bottle.

A cab driver pulled up to the front door and walked in with his cab still running and said "Donny, I'll have my regular"  The bartender filled up a styrofoam cup with ice and Hennessy, put a lit on with a straw and the cabby paid him and returned to his cab and drove off.

Shortly after that a woman walked in with her 3 year old grand-daughter and her weiner-dog.  The bartender put a bowl of water on the bar for the dog, who was hoisted to a barstool, fixed the child a Shirley Temple, and a beer for her grandmother.

I went there every sunday at 1pm to play darts with the priests and nuns from the St. Louis Cathedral.  They all drank Jamison, until they were crosseyed!  The most fun I have ever had with members of the clergy.  

I felt like I was in an alien universe!

Alcohol is a big deal here.  It's not such a big deal in other states.