What changed · June 7, 2026
Alaska · Alcohol
grocery beer wine
Before
Now
The rule today
Alaska has no grocery-store or convenience-store license for beer or wine: packaged beer, wine and spirits are sold to the public by a licensed package store (AS 04.09.230), and also by a brewery or winery retail licensee for its own beer or wine, for consumption on or off the premises (AS 04.09.320, 04.09.330). A package store may share a building with a grocery store, but its licensed premises may not be connected to an adjacent unlicensed retail business by a door or other public passage unless the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board approves it (AS 04.09.230(c)) — which is why liquor sections in Alaska supermarkets have their own entrance and checkout. A package store may not let customers drink on the premises except under a sampling endorsement or tasting-event permit. Local-option communities may ban or limit package stores entirely (AS 04.11.491).
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