By Nigel Jaquiss
Oregon Journalism Project
A bill that would allow Oregon grocery stores to sell cocktails in a can, made from distilled spirits and containing up to 14% alcohol by volume, dropped in Salem on Feb. 24.
House Bill 3730, sponsored by state Rep. Rob Nosse (D-Portland) at the request of the Northwest Grocery Retail Association, comes with a sweetener. The grocers are proposing a high rate of taxation: $8 a gallon, which…