Strong Beer Sales a Reality for Kansas Retailers

New law allows for stronger beer sales in grocery and convenience stores in 2019.

April 20, 2017

WICHITA – Kansas adults “will be able to buy stronger beer in Dillons and QuikTrip stores” in two years, thanks to a new law that allows for the sale of beer greater than 3.2% alcohol by volume.

Kansas.com reports that the new law is a significant shift in how Kansas regulates licensed beverages. The legislation was considered “a compromise between big box stores and some liquor stores in response to changes in alcohol laws in neighboring Colorado and Oklahoma.”

Earlier this month, the Kansas Senate approved the bill that went before Gov. Brownback for his signature. The new law allows 6.0% alcohol by volume beer to be sold in grocery and convenience stores beginning April 1, 2019. The 2-year transition gives retailers selling 3.2 beer time to prepare for not being able to stock the product in sufficient quantities.

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