Breweries
95
Brewer's Notice holders
173 TTB-licensed alcohol producers in Denver, Colorado. Sourced directly from the federal permittee registry and refreshed quarterly.
Breweries
95
Brewer's Notice holders
Distilleries
28
DSP permit holders
Wineries
15
Bonded Winery permit
Total producers
173
Active TTB permits in Denver
DSP (Distilled Spirits Plant) holders relative to the city's full permit base.
Bonded Winery permits relative to the city's full permit base.
The federal TTB permittee registry lists 173 active alcohol producers with a Denver, Colorado address — 95 breweries, 28 distilleries, and 15 wineries. Every entry in the table below carries a unique federal permit number issued by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. Unlike state liquor license lookups that change format across the 50 states, TTB permit numbers are federally standardized: they identify the operating entity, the premises address, and the class of alcohol the facility is authorized to produce. That consistency is what makes cross-state comparisons of producer counts possible.
Concentration is the story city-level data tells best. A city with 173 producers clustered inside its limits usually reflects one of four drivers: a favorable local zoning regime, historic access to grain or grape supply, a tourism economy that supports tasting rooms, or a dense urban craft market willing to pay craft-tier prices. The mix of breweries, distilleries, and wineries visible here suggests a diversified beverage economy rather than a single-category hub.
Federal TTB permits are necessary but not sufficient to operate commercially. Producers in Denver must also hold their Colorado state ABC (Alcoholic Beverage Control) license, meet local zoning requirements, and in most states route product through licensed wholesalers before it reaches retail — the three-tier system that descends from Prohibition-era reform. If a producer appears here but not in Colorado's state ABC database (or vice versa), that gap usually signals a recently issued permit, a permit surrender in progress, or a records-lag issue rather than anything substantive.
Denver, Colorado has 173 TTB-licensed alcohol producers, including 95 breweries, 28 distilleries, and 15 wineries.
Denver has 95 federally licensed breweries. Each holds a Brewer's Notice from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), which is required for any commercial brewing operation.
Producers in Denver include 95 breweries, 28 distilleries, 15 wineries. All hold active federal TTB permits.
All producers listed are sourced from the TTB federal permittee database released under FOIA. You can verify a specific permit through the TTB's online Permits Online (PONL) system or by searching their public records.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.