When Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly approved State Question 792 in November 2016 – a ballot initiative commonly characterized as an opportunity to modernize the state’s oppressive liquor laws – it set in motion a chain of events that, among other things, has resulted in two dozen breweries and taprooms in Central Oklahoma, almost all having been […]
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Tap tunes
Several local musicians are celebrating their new releases with beers, and you can join them. Local Tap, 2 p.m.-2 a.m. Sept. 14 at The Jones Assembly, 901 W. Sheridan Ave., pairs eight local bands with eight local breweries to create custom small-batch beers for a tasting and concert event. Cody Anderson, head brewer at Vanessa […]
Posted inFood & Drink
Collateral effects
In early December 2018, Jake Keyes fulfilled a lifelong dream of opening his own commercial brewery — Skydance Brewing Co. — at Brewers Union with the news of a potential federal government shutdown looming, but its potential effect on his new business didn’t hit home until it was too late. As the federal shutdown, which […]
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Brewing district
Film Row was once home to major Hollywood film studio offices like Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros., but it has since been reborn into a mix of artistic businesses, restaurants and, of course, breweries and taprooms. The district is bound between Main Street, California Avenue, Walker Avenue and Classen Boulevard. Last October, alcohol in Oklahoma […]