Updated April 2026.
Florida’s statewide default is no alcohol sold, served, or consumed at a licensed place from midnight to 7:00 a.m. — unless the county or city has passed its own hours (Fla. Stat. § 562.14). Beer is an alcoholic beverage under that statute. There is no statewide 1:00 a.m. or 2:00 a.m. cutoff. Most big metros have written their own clocks. Age 21.
If you are in Miami-Dade, Broward, Orange, Hillsborough, or Duval, do not use midnight — or a blog’s 2 a.m. — until you have read the local ordinance. The Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco does not enforce local hours (§ 562.14(3)). The city or county does.
How Florida beer hours work
| Rule | What it says |
|---|---|
| State default (§ 562.14(1)) | No sale/service/consumption midnight–7:00 a.m. unless a local ordinance says otherwise |
| Local power (§ 562.45(2)(a)) | Counties and cities may set hours. There is no statewide 1 a.m. or 2 a.m. floor or ceiling |
| Beer vs liquor | The default clock is not a “beer is different” loophole. Local licenses still matter |
| Sunday | Local option can restrict or extend Sunday. The default is not a statewide Sunday ban |
| ABT role (§ 562.14(3)) | The division does not enforce local hours |
This page will not invent a 67-county table, and it will not reprint a “Miami is 24/7 / Orlando is 2 a.m.” scoreboard. Those go stale. For the same statute on the “stop selling” phrasing see what time they stop selling alcohol in Florida. Gas stations follow the license and the local clock, not a 7-Eleven national memogas stations.
Age 21. A cooler that is still lit at 1:00 a.m. is not permission. Theme-park and railroad exceptions in the statute are not your neighborhood grocery. Delivery apps attached to a retailer are still sales.
Sources
- Fla. Stat. § 562.14 (2025 Florida Senate page fetched): default midnight–7 a.m.; ABT does not enforce local hours; second-degree misdemeanor.
- § 562.45(2)(a): local hours ordinances.
- No county-by-county table (would go stale).