With a new state law looming, Denver will either need to clarify its law on beer or Denverites could be boozing with full-strength brews in city parks come Jan 1, 2019.

Denverite’s Andrew Kenney reported on Friday on the possible new change coming to Denver parks next year. As Kenney explains, Denver currently allows 3.2 alcohol-by-weight beer, in cans, in its parks, but new state law taking effect next year, which allows full-strength beer to be sold in grocery stores, will also apply to anywhere else beer is allowed – including Denver parks.

Kenney explains further:

That leaves cities with two options: They can allow public consumption of full-strength beer wherever they want, including parks, or they can completely ban beer from public spaces.

Under the new law, “there will be no designation for 3.2% beer and no labeling requirements as of 1/1/2019. Therefore, there will be no way to differentiate 3.2% from full-strength,” confirmed Meghan Tanis, a spokeswoman for the Department of Revenue.

Denver’s Parks Department is reportedly leaning toward removing any reference to 3.2 beer in its policy and instead leaving it up to the state and city to decide. The department is floating a proposal it will eventually present to a city council committee. We know where the state stands and there hasn’t been any word from the Denver City Council as of yet.