Updated August 2026.
QuikTrip does not start selling beer on one national clock. A licensed QT can ring beer when that state’s off-sale statute (and any tighter city or county rule) allows it — not when the canopy says “open.” Official QT copy says more than 1,250 stores in 23 states. It does not publish one beer hour.
In Texas that start is 7:00 a.m. Monday–Saturday and 10:00 a.m. Sunday. In Oklahoma, beer and wine may start at 6:00 a.m. every day. In Missouri the statewide blackout is 1:30 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. In Colorado a sealed six-pack cannot move before 8:00 a.m. every day including Sunday. If the register blocks a sale at 6:45 a.m., it is almost always the code, not a QuikTrip brand policy.
Updated August 2026. Hours below are the legal ceiling for off-premise beer at a convenience store. They are not a promise every QT is licensed, that the cooler is unlocked the minute the statute allows, or that QuikTrip operates in every state a competitor table lists.
Representative QuikTrip-state beer hours
These are state maximums for typical off-premise beer (and wine where the license allows). A city can close earlier. A store can refuse a sale. Dry and moist counties still exist. Competitor tables that put California, Florida, or “6:00 a.m. everywhere” on this slug are inventing a footprint or a chain policy.
| State | When beer sales may start | When they must stop | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 7:00 a.m. Mon–Sat; 10:00 a.m. Sunday | Midnight Mon–Fri and Sunday; 1:00 a.m. Saturday night (Sunday morning) | TABC off-premise beer/wine FAQ |
| Oklahoma | 6:00 a.m. every day, including Sunday | 2:00 a.m. the following day | 37A O.S. § 6-108 |
| Missouri | 6:00 a.m. every day, including Sunday | 1:30 a.m. | RSMo § 311.290 (current); Sunday malt also in § 311.200 |
| Kansas | 6:00 a.m. Mon–Sat; Sunday 9:00 a.m. only in expanded cities/counties | Midnight Mon–Sat; Sunday 8:00 p.m. where Sunday sales are allowed; none on Sunday in basic jurisdictions; Easter closed | Kansas ABC sale-days chart (CMB off-premise) |
| Arizona | 6:00 a.m. | 2:00 a.m. | A.R.S. § 4-244(15) |
| Colorado | 8:00 a.m. every day including Sunday | Midnight every day. Christmas sealed-sale ban repealed 2024 (SB24-231). A QT may still close; that is not the statute. | C.R.S. § 44-3-901(6)(b); (6)(c)(III) deleted |
| Georgia | Local. Do not assume 6:00 a.m. | Local. Sunday package only where a referendum allows it (often 12:30 p.m.–11:30 p.m.) | O.C.G.A. § 3-3-7; weekday grocery beer is not the distilled-spirits package rule |
Georgia Comp. R. & Regs. 560-2-3-.02 is the distilled-spirits package-retailer clock (generally 8:00 a.m.–11:45 p.m.). It is not a statewide grocery-beer start time. A Georgia QT that sells beer follows the city or county ordinance plus any Sunday referendum. Showing up at 6:10 a.m. in Atlanta is not a Texas-style 7:00 a.m. problem — it is a local-option problem.
What competitor pages get wrong
- “QT starts at 6–7 a.m. everywhere.” Texas is 7:00 a.m. weekdays and 10:00 a.m. Sunday. Colorado is 8:00 a.m. Georgia is local.
- Oklahoma Sunday noon or 7:00 a.m. § 6-108 is 6:00 a.m.–2:00 a.m., Monday through Sunday. That leftover noon line is package-store / old Sunday law, not the c-store beer license.
- Kansas Sunday noon. Expanded CMB off-premise Sunday is 9:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Basic jurisdictions sell none on Sunday. Easter is a statewide CMB off-premise off day.
- California or Florida as QT hours. Official about-us does not publish a state roster. This page does not treat CA/FL as QuikTrip states. California’s 6:00 a.m.–2:00 a.m. clock is real law — see 7-Eleven in California — it is not a QT row.
- Missouri 24-hour World Cup beer. 2026 FIFA extended hours (RSMo § 311.2026) were on-sale by-the-drink, June 11–July 19, 2026, and that window is closed. Off-sale QT beer stayed on the 1:30 a.m.–6:00 a.m. blackout.
Beer, wine, and liquor are not the same clock
Most QuikTrip stores that sell alcohol sell beer and wine (and flavored malt beverages) under a convenience-store off-sale license. Distilled spirits are a different permit. Texas package stores have their own hours and are closed Sundays. Oklahoma package stores sell spirits on a different clock (and many counties still keep them closed Sundays). Kansas liquor stores are not the same license as a QT cereal-malt-beverage cooler. Colorado spirits usually sit in a retail liquor store, not the QT beer cave, even when the beer clock is 8:00 a.m.–midnight.
If you want whiskey rather than a 12-pack, the QT beer window does not answer the question. Ask the clerk what the store is licensed to sell, or read the ABC permit at the register.
What actually changes the time at your QT
- State off-sale statute. This is the ceiling. TABC, Oklahoma ABLE, Missouri ATC, Kansas ABC, Arizona DLLC, Colorado LED, and the rest publish it.
- City or county ordinances. Kansas cities may tighten liquor-store hours. Local Sunday rules are common in Georgia and Kansas. Florida-style county extensions do not apply unless you are actually in that state.
- The store’s license class. No beer license, no beer, even at 2:00 p.m.
- Holidays. Kansas CMB off-premise retailers close Easter. Colorado sealed sales run 8:00 a.m.–midnight every day including Sunday; the Christmas sealed-sale ban was repealed 2024 (SB24-231). A QT may still close — that is chain policy, not the statute. Other states add their own. The chain does not override those.
- Clerk cutoff. Some stores stop ringing alcohol a few minutes before the legal last sale so a line at 11:59 p.m. does not become a violation.
How to check before you drive
Look up the state’s ABC or liquor-control page for “hours of sale” and the words “off-premise” or “convenience store.” Then call the specific QT. QuikTrip’s store locator lists whether a location sells beer; it does not replace the statute. The same rule applies to Circle K, Speedway, and Sheetz — state law, not a national last call.
Not every QT sells beer
New stores, stores in dry or moist local-option areas, and stores waiting on a permit can be a full QuikTrip with no beer cave. The fountain can be on while the alcohol PLU is off. Showing up at 6:10 a.m. in Texas does not help; TABC says 7:00 a.m. on weekdays. Showing up at 6:10 a.m. in Oklahoma might work for beer and wine. Showing up at 6:10 a.m. in Colorado does not — LED’s sealed-container window opens at 8:00 a.m. Same canopy, different code.
Sources
- QuikTrip, About Us: more than 1,250 stores in 23 states (no published national beer hour).
- Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission FAQ, off-premise beer/wine: Mon–Fri 7 a.m.–midnight; Sat 7 a.m.–1 a.m.; Sun 10 a.m.–midnight.
- Oklahoma Statutes title 37A § 6-108: retail beer/wine only between 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m., Monday through Sunday.
- Missouri RSMo § 311.290 (effective 28 Aug 2013): no sale 1:30 a.m.–6:00 a.m. weekdays and 1:30 a.m. Sunday–6:00 a.m. Monday. § 311.200 Sunday malt 6:00 a.m.–1:30 a.m. Monday. § 311.2026 FIFA on-sale extension expired 19 Jul 2026.
- Kansas Department of Revenue ABC, “When Can Alcoholic Liquor and CMB Be Sold or Served.”
- Arizona Revised Statutes § 4-244(15): no retailer sale, delivery, or gift of spirituous liquor 2:00 a.m.–6:00 a.m.
- Colorado Revised Statutes § 44-3-901(6)(b)(II): sealed containers 8:00 a.m.–midnight every day including Sunday. (6)(c)(III) Christmas sealed-sale ban deleted by SB24-231 (2024); LED Bulletin 24-02. A store may still close.
- O.C.G.A. § 3-3-7 (Sunday package local option). Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 560-2-3-.02 is distilled-spirits package retailers, not grocery beer.