Oklahoma Tailgate

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champions77 said:
Sooner here. Some have implied that only 3.2 beer is available unless you buy it in liquor stores. Partially true, but all bars/restaurants serve the good stuff. My son owns Roughtail Brewery and it's sold in Louie's, Pub W, McNellie's and Scratch in Norman. Up to 14% beer can be found in bars. I think Roughtail is about 8%. (Shameless plug)
Tailgating? Buy it from liquor stores and ice it down.

Welcome to Norman and hope y'all have a good time.
Boomer!
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Not that it's a big deal but the whole weaker beer thing is overblown unless you are talking about craft beer or non American Light Beer. I'm gonna take a wild guess that most people tailgating Saturday will be partaking in Coors Light/BudLight/Millerlite etc... Oklahoma measures their alcohol in beer by weight while most other states measure theirs by volume. So ABW to ABV conversion shows you that a beer that is 4.2 ABV(Bud Light, Coors Light in most states) is 4.0 ABV in Oklahoma. The 3.2 is ABW which is commonly mistaken as ABV. So actually if you drink 20 Coors/Bud Lights in Texas, you would have to drink 21 in Oklahoma to get the same alcohol. Now this changes drastically for higher alcohol beers like crafts, IPAs, Imports etc... but you would probably go to a bar to drink those anyway.

For those interested here is a link to an easy conversion:

BeerTutor.com: ABW to ABV Converter

Thanks for the info on Roughtail. Louie's and McNellie's were recommended to me by a friend that went to OU. I will definitely try a couple of those on Saturday.
 
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#78
Sorry to bump an old thread, I joined specifically to post in this thread. I see a lot of Sooner fans have already posted but I decided to add my 2 cents because you can never have too much info on how to have a good time.

Some tailgating info: Most of the prime tailgating happens in the immediate areas South and East of the stadium. If you're planning on setting up your own stuff and you need a little room to do so, if at all possible show up to the stadium on Friday to claim a location, and the earlier the better. If you're just setting a tent and some chairs, nothing big, getting there anytime before noonish on Saturday and you should be able to find good spots in the immediate are East of the stadium.

But, if I were to offer a suggestion, don't bring any tailgating stuff, show up early Saturday and walk around the festivities outside the stadium and you'll receive more invites to peoples tailgates then you'll know what to do with.

Now on to the bars: If you're a college student or just want that college atmosphere, campus corner is your place. There's several bars and all of them will be packed. If your looking for good spots to drink without all the college chaos, Main Street has several good bars (between Jones Ave and Porter).

If you're getting here early and have some time to spare some recommendations on sites to see would be the OKC National Memorial dedicated to the '95 bombing, the world famous Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, and the Bricktown Canal, really all of Bricktown (in downtown OKC). If you end up in Bricktown I recommend Tapwerks.

Need any specific info, just ask!
Welcome to Norman!
Boomer!
 
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Was interesting to see beer for sale on the street in Campus Corner

We went to Brothers as suggested by the OP and it was a great place. Lots of Orange and friendly staff who asked us to come back after the game
 
#85
#85
Section N Row 5 said:
Hey, BB Coach We can trade out and you can Tailgate with me next year
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Hey man. Sorry I just saw this.

Really appreciate all the Vol fans. Very good fans and good people. You have a good coach and a young team.

Dr M and some of his friends hung out with is yesterday. Good people. I look forward to next year. See you guys in 2015.
 
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