The North American Beer Finder

Travelers to Canada and the USA can refer to this site to find out the laws
regulating take-home beer sales in the different states and provinces of North America:

where packaged (bottled and canned) beer can be found, which shops have the best selections,
whether loose singles are available, and up to what time beer can be purchased to take home.


Canada
AB BC MB NB NF NS NT ON PE QC SK YT

United States of America
AK AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY
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Alabama
Alberta
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
British Columbia
California
Convenience stores, grocery stores, gas stations (5am to 2am)
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Liquor/package, convenience, and grocery stores; loose singles sometimes available (least likely in grocery stores)
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Manitoba
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Liquor stores (8am to 10pm, Monday through Saturday; in major metropolitan areas, shops close at 8pm Monday to Friday); Bars and taverns (\"off-sale\" stops 8-10pm depending on the location

Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Brunswick
Liquor stores; 6-pack minimum

New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Grocery and convenience stores; loose singles available

Newfoundland
Convenience, liquor and beer stores; 6-pack minimum

North Carolina
Supermarkets, convenience stores, other places with licences; loose singles available; available until 2am

North Dakota
Not in grocery stores; loose singles; available until 1am

Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Liquor stores; 6-pack minimum for domestic brews, loose singles for imports

Ohio
Convenience stores; loose singles; open until 1am

Oklahoma
Ontario
Beer stores (6-pack min. in most places, although more and more allow the purchase of mixed 6-packs; a few brands available as singles); liquor stores (loose singles: imports usually, local brands rarely); breweries (make your own 6-packs, the only place where you can purchase on Sundays)

Oregon
Pennsylvania
Beer distributors (cases of 24 minimum), pizza joints and bars (6-packs, two maximum per person, much more expensive option)

Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Grocery and convenience stores (local brands, loose singles available, available until 11pm); liquor stores (imports, loose singles available, hours: Mon-Wed until 6pm, Thu-Fri until 9pm, Sat-Sun until 5pm);

Rhode Island
Package/liquor stores; loose singles

Saskatchewan
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Not available in liquor stores

Texas
6-7am until Midnight, Saturday nights until 1am

Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington State
Washington D.C.
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Yukon Territory

Contributors:

Richard Arnett, bhanson, Scott Burke, Ryan Conlin, Andrew Conway, Dave, Bryan E. Fecteau, Jim Haffly, Juggernaut, Bryan J. Maloney, Robert Marshall, The Maxx, Ross Reid, Steve.


All contributions, suggestions, comments, revisions and deletions are important and welcome!

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You can reach me by e-mail at: kibi@cam.org


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last updated on May 3rd, 1997
managed by Algis Kibirkstis, Montreal, Canada