What Time Can You Buy Beer in Michigan?

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Updated June 2026.

Michigan’s default is no alcoholic liquor sold from 2:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. any day — beer included (MCL 436.2114(1)). Sunday 7:00 a.m.–noon needs a Sunday Sales Permit (A.M.) ($160) and a local that did not ban it. Without the permit, Sunday beer starts at noon. Christmas blackout: 11:59 p.m. Dec. 24 to noon Dec. 25. New Year’s 4:00 a.m. is on-sale only. Age 21.

Michigan is a wholesale control state for spirits. Groceries with an SDM license sell beer and wine; an SDD sells spirits. The 2:00 a.m.–7:00 a.m. blackout still applies. Locals’ statutory hook in § 2114 is Sunday (via 1111/1113), not a general Tuesday 10:00 p.m. beer ban. Confirm the store’s permit. Neighbor: Ohio and Indiana.

Beer clock

When Default Watch-out
Monday–Saturday Sale allowed 7:00 a.m.–2:00 a.m. Store house hours can be shorter. Time includes daylight saving (§ 2114(3))
Sunday before noon Needs Sunday Sales Permit (A.M.) + local must not have banned it Many stores wait until noon. MLCC publishes the opt-out list — we will not reprint it
Sunday noon–2:00 a.m. Monday Allowed unless the local Sunday ban applies Spirits also need Sunday Sales Permit (P.M.) after noon
2:00 a.m.–7:00 a.m. any day No sale MCL 436.2114(1)
Christmas Eve / morning No sale 11:59 p.m. Dec. 24 to noon Dec. 25 MCL 436.2113(5) — beer, wine, and spirits, on- and off-premise
New Year’s Eve Package still stops at 2:00 a.m. On-premise may run to 4:00 a.m. Jan. 1 (R 436.1403(7)). Not a grocery loophole

A 12-ounce 5% beer is one standard drink; light beer is less ethanol, not zero. Hours are not a drinking target. See how many beers to get drunk and gas stations.

Sources

  • MCL 436.2114 (fetched 2026): 2 a.m.–7 a.m. blackout; Sunday A.M. permit $160; local Sunday authority via 1111/1113; DST observed.
  • MCL 436.2113(5) (fetched 2026): Christmas 11:59 p.m. Dec. 24–noon Dec. 25; locals may also ban holidays / election days / Sunday.
  • MLCC Holiday Retail Sales Hours: same Christmas rail; NYE 4:00 a.m. is on-premise only.
  • MLCC “Local Governmental Units With Sunday Sales Restrictions” — official list; no county table here.

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