OLCC rejects grocers’ bid to sell booze-based canned cocktails

The dispute is part of a larger disagreement over who should be allowed to sell hard liquor in Oregon. 

 

By Nigel Jaquiss

Oregon Journalism Project

At its Nov. 20 meeting, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission decisively rejected a proposal to allow grocers to sell canned cocktails made with distilled spirits.

Cocktails in a can
— Photo courtesy of Whitney McPhie

“Privatizing cocktails in a can would lead to less revenue and higher costs…

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