Where, When, and How to Support Oklahoma’s Breweries During the Cornavirus Outbreak

Updated March 27, 2020. The big news is that the Oklahoma ABLE Commission is now allowing home delivery. One major drawback: “Online payments prior to delivery remain restricted at this time.” You can read the entire document here. 

If there ever were a time to drink Oklahoma beer, it’s now. The mandated responses to the coronavirus outbreak upended this vibrant scene in an instant, jeopardizing the livelihoods of brewery staff and imperiling the survival of some of our local breweries and homebrew shops.

I’ve compiled the list below so that you have an overview of what’s going on across the state. The list currently covers about half of Oklahoma’s breweries and brewpubs, but with your help I can keep developing this list as a central resource for anyone who wants to help Oklahoma breweries (and homebrew shops) weather the storm.

*Help me expand the list by sharing this post across all of your social media platforms. If you’re an Oklahoma brewery owner, brewer, or staff member, please reach out to me with info about what your brewery is doing, and whether or not you’re selling gift cards.

What We Can Do To Support Oklahoma’s Craft Beer Breweries

We can buy local beer at the bottle shop, but the best way to support our local breweries and homebrew shops (don’t forget the homebrew shops!) is to buy straight from the source.

Oklahoma breweries are doing what they can to make that easier for us. Several are offering taproom or curb-side pickup, and some are selling gift cards you can purchase. (Think of it as a kind of loan, or even a donation, to help the breweries with cashflow.)

What Breweries Are Doing

OKC Metro

405 Brewing Company: The 405Brewing taproom will be closed for on-premise consumption until April 3. However, we now have online ordering available for you to place orders ahead of time for taproom pickup. Order ahead and come get it to-go with our drive-thru service. Hours for pick up this weekend are Thursday and Friday 1-6PM, and Saturday 12-4PM. Three ways to order: download the CraftCellr app; sign up at 405Brewing.craftcellr.com; on our website 405brewing.com/shop/onlineorder. (Adapted from 405’s Facebook page.) 

Angry Scotsman: Temporary taproom hours are 2-8pm, Tues-Sun until normal service resumes. Walk up, or preorder online https://squareup.com/store/angryscotbrewcurbside/ for curbside delivery. (From Facebook.)

Battered Boar: CURBSIDE SERVICE. We are happy to announce we’ll be open for fresh Packaged Beer sales to go starting Thursday 3/19/20. Our hours of operation will be Thursday through Saturday 11am to 7pm. Sun 12-5. Beer will be freshly bottled off the Tanks per individual order. Thanks for your support through this trying time. Cheers! BEER HOTLINE: 405-795-BREW(2739). CALL for Fresh Packaged Beer to Go! (Provided by Mike Oliver of REB).

B.I.G. Brewing Company: “BIG in Norman is doing crowler/growler sales every day from 4-8. We will do curbside if requested. Gift cards are available as well. Here’s website for menu. http://bigbrew.co/. (And it’s .co not .com). Give us a call at 405.857.7080 to place your order. Our most up to date info though is on Facebook and Instagram. Our handle for both is Beer Is Good Brewing Company (@bigbrewco).”

Black Mesa: Our taproom will only be open for to-go services. Swing by to stock up for your home with 4-packs, 6-packs and variety 6-packs as well! To-go hours will be 4-8 PM Mon-Fri
and 12-4 PM Sat-Sun! Please call ahead to place your order at 405-857-7622. (From Facebook.)

Brewers Union (Skydance and Cross Timbers): “We are doing curbside Friday 4-7 and Saturdays noon-2. These hours could expand and will update on our Social Media pages. Call 604-8989 and we’ll bring your order out to you.” Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrewersUnionOK/.

Broke Brewing: Quarantine Hours and Pricing! Mon-Fri: 11-8pm; Sat-Sun: 11-5pm. $12 for 64oz Growler Fills. Our rotator beers are also available in 12oz to-go containers. Bring your own (clean) growler, we will clean and sanitize it again before purging it with CO2 and filling it with our delicious BEER!! We also have merch available for sale! During this time we encourage everyone who can to safely support your local businesses that are affected by the CDC mitigation protocols. Stay safe out there! (Provided by Mike Oliver of REB). FB: https://www.facebook.com/brokebeer/

Coop Aleworks: “Our taproom is completely closed, so people’s best option for our beer is to buy at grocery and convenience stores.”

Core4: “Curbside orders. Call or email: Core4brewing@gmail.com or 405-620-4513. 32-oz glass growlers available for $12 or $16, depending on the beer.”

Elk Valley: “During this isolation period, we will be offering packaged beer and crowlers to-go. You can order online, by phone, or at the taproom. Hours: Mon-Thurs 3pm-9pm Fri-Sun Noon-9pm.” For more info on what’s available, check out https://elk-valley-brewing.myshopify.com/

Frenzy Brewing Company: From Matt Conner: “Once we get certificate of occupancy (hopefully this week) and get our brew system commissioned we will start brewing. Once we have beer to sell we will be allowed to do curbside sales out of the taproom. We do not have hours figured out yet. It will be a minimum of 3 to 4 weeks before we will have any beer to sell. We will have gift certificates once we get our taproom open. The best thing people can do to support their local breweries is to buy your beer at the source. Every little bit will help all of us make it through this challenging time.” Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FrenzyBrewing/ Stay tuned for updates.

Lazy Circles: *Update from Stephen Swanson: “We have switched to to-go sales only for the foreseeable future. We do sell gift cards, and they can be purchased over the phone and put in the mail if that’s preferable. We still sell to a few liquor stores locally but those sales have slowed down as well, we suspect they are also selling less products. We’re pretty much like any other small business right now, we are trying to minimize our contact with folk yet still get the bare necessities paid. As this situation worsens or improves we will make changes to reflect that. It’s a tough deal for everyone but we’re lucky to be part of a strong and supportive community that has welcomed us since day one. Our new to-go hours are Thursday through Saturday 4 to 8 pm. If you would like curbside pickup please call us at 405-310-5364.”

Lively Beerworks: “In accordance with City mandates, Lively will be closing our Taproom until April 12th, including to-go sales. You won’t have to go without fresh IPA and Amber Lager- we encourage you to support your local Liquor Stores, Convenience stores, and Grocery Stores during this time. Be safe, support local, and keep it Lively.” (Provided by Mike Oliver of REB). Check Facebook for a list of which stores are carrying Lively’s beers: https://www.facebook.com/livelybeerworks/

Roughtail: *Update from Blaine Stansel: “Roughtail is opening during certain hours each week, and we’ll announce that on our social media pages. We’re calling it curbside, but you do have to come to the service window at our patio. We’re actually in the middle of switching POS systems so our new gift cards have not arrived yet. Old gift cards are still redeemable now though. For us personally we just hired 5 new bartenders and they barely got through training before this happened. So timing for us was particularly bad. Some also quit jobs outside the service sector. We’re trying to do whatever we can to find work for them to do to lessen the effects on them.” Upcoming to-go hours: March 21, 12-6pm; March 23, 4-8pm; March 25, 4-8pm; March 27, 4-8pm. 6-packs of core beer, special release crowlers, and barrel-aged Polar Eclipse variants available.

Stonecloud: We’ve decided to have a bottle release [Living Room Campfire] this coming week before we will likely have to close our doors indefinitely as we are seeing in other parts of the country. How This Will Work: Bottles will only be available through pre-order on our website. Stonecloudbrewing.com/shop Pre-sales end on Monday at midnight for Tuesday pick up and Tuesday at midnight for Wednesday pick up. Choose your pick-up time and how you’d like to pick up your bottles. You may either come into the taproom (3 people at a time) or call the taproom when you pull up, show your ID to our staff and we’ll set your bottles in your car for you. Please arrive at or within 30 minutes of you pick up time as we do not want any crowds. We will be donating a portion of sales from this beer to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. Every bottle, every six pack, every gift card, every t-shirt makes a difference. (Announcement adapted from Facebook, 21 March.)

Twisted Spike: We will only be allowed to sell to go beers/merch. This includes cans, bottles, and growlers only. If you want a growler call ahead during our new hours so it’s ready for you. 405-297-9961. Please give your CC #, exp date and CVV #. You will need to show your ID upon pick up. Our new hours until April 12th: Wed- Fri: 4-7 pm; Sat and Sun: 2-6 pm. (From Twisted Spike FB page.)

Tulsa and vicinity

American Solera: New pickup hours: 3-7 pm. Both locations, 7 days a week! Check Facebook for updates: https://www.facebook.com/Americansolera/. America Solera is also running a GoFundMe campaign for its employees: https://www.gofundme.com/f/american-solera-staff-relief-fund

Cabin Boys: “We are open for curbside pickup and to go sales only with these modified hours:
Mon-Fri 4-8pm; Sat and Sun 12-6. You can call us for curbside and pay over the phone for the most minimal contact or come in any pay using a credit card. Cans and bombers only. No growler fills. (918) 933-4033. Thank you all for your support of local business!”

Dead Armadillo: “Currently we have moved to a curbside pickup closed package sales model, hours 1-7 p.m., seven days per week. We are selling sixpacks of our perennials and seasonals, as well as 32-oz. crowlers of our taproom exclusives. Gift certificates are available as well.”

Heirloom Rustic Ales: “Our hours are currently on a day to day basis. (We post on Facebook and Instagram daily!) We have been selling cans out of our “service window” by the front entrance. We have also started a GoFundMe for employees as they no longer have shifts. (https://www.gofundme.com/f/heirloom-employee-fund). Gift cards are available through our website!” Facebook: www.facebook.com/heirloomrusticales/. Instagram: www.instagram.com/heirloomrusticales/

Marshall: “We will remain open with amended hours for carry out beer ONLY. No Growler Fills/Refills. We ask that transactions be done by Credit Card or ‘Tap Enabled’ devices (Apple Pay, etc.). Due to social distancing guidelines, we will not allow more than 10 people in the building at a time. Please enter through the front door, on 6th Street. Amended Hours (subject to change): Tuesday-Thursday: 4-7pm; Friday-Saturday: 2-7pm; Sunday-Monday: Closed.”

Pearl Beach Brewpub: “Pearl Beach is open 5-9pm M-F. 11-9 S&S. We’ve got 3 crowlers for $20 to-go and $5 of that goes to the bar staff. Text your order to 918-248-6776 for curbside.” Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PearlBeachTulsa

Pippin’s Tap Room: Most people know Dave and Desiree Knott as the longtime owners of the High Gravity homebrew shop. Their taproom is next door to the homebrew shop, and will be open during the same hours: Mon-Fri 10-7 Sat 10-6 Sun 12-5. “We are pre-crowlering several of our beers and are also selling cans in 4-packs. The menu is being kept up to date and can be viewed on the website https://highgravitybrewingco.com/ or https://pippinstaproom.com. I just completed the online store on the same website and they can order the beers ahead of time for pickup.” *Update: Delivery is now an option! Order online at https://highgravitybrewingco.com. Payment is on delivery. We currently cannot take payment ahead of time.

Welltown: “We are doing both beer to-go and curbside. We are indeed selling gift cards. Tuesday – Saturday, 10am to 8pm. Our beer line number is: (918) 829-7065.”

Points North (Enid, Ponca City, Stillwater)

Enid Brewing Company: “Right now we are open 4-8pm Tuesday thru Thursday and 12-6 on Saturday. We are having brunch remotely on Sundays from 10-2pm. We are offering food, crowlers, growlers, and wine to go. Order online at www.enidbrewing.com.”

Iron Monk: “We are open for carry-out only. But we’re making everything available that can go out the door (cans, growlers, crowlers, kegs, shirts, hats…and yes, gift cards). We are not allowed to deliver except curbside to cars at the brewery.”

Vortex Alley: “We shortened our hours of operation this week and were only open Wed thru Fri from 4 to 7. We will continue this schedule into next week and then re-evaluate after that. The taproom is closed, but Vortex is offering curbside crowlers to go.”

Points South

Canadian River: “Canadian River Brewing Co is still here and open, with curbside service. You can grab some six packs or fill a growler.” FB: https://www.facebook.com/CanadianRiverBrewingCo/

Homebrew Shops

These folks are the incubators of the Oklahoma craft beer scene and also need your support.

High Gravity, Tulsa: “Right now the retail hours are staying the same. Mon-Fri 10-7 Sat 10-6 Sun 12-5. We are encouraging placing orders online for in-store pickup to reduce the amount of time they are in the store, but it’s not required.” Desiree and Dave also run Pippin’s Taproom next door. (See above for details.) Website: https://www.highgravitybrew.com. *Update: Now offering Tulsa area delivery to help get you through the next few weeks!

The Brew Shop, OKC: “So far we are still open regular hours M-F 10:30-5:30 and S 11-4. We can take orders by phone, text or email (brewshop@juno.com), payment over the phone 405-528-5193 and can do curbside delivery. Stay safe and take care everyone!”

Back Alley Brewers, Ponca City: “Back Alley Brewers is keeping our normal hours Wed-Fri 4-7 and Sat 10-6. We offer curbside delivery. We take orders over phone (580)716-2198, Facebook Messenger, and email travis@backalleybrewersandmore.com. I also offer scheduled after hours shopping. We can do payments over phone as well.

Thanks to brewers and brewery staff and to Mike Oliver of REB for helping to expand this list.

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