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Alcohol permits in Paducah
18 TTB Basic Permit holders with Paducah, Kentucky premises — wineries, distilleries, importers, and wholesalers from the August 2026 FOIA file.
- 18
- Permit holders
- 26,845
- ACS 2024 population estimate
- 5
- Wineries
- 4
- Distilleries
- Kentucky
- State
Paducah in one line
Paducah, Kentucky: 18 federal alcohol Basic Permits on file; wholesalers are the largest class (9).
- 67.1 per 100k
- permit-premises density
- #741 of 11,126
- national city rank
- #5 of 171
- Kentucky city rank
Source: TTB FOIA List of Permittees, August 2026 · U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2024 5-year estimate.
18 permit holders registered to Paducah, Kentucky addresses in the TTB extract — click a name for the holder detail page.
Paducah vs nearby Kentucky cities
Paducah ranks 5th in Kentucky — compare the adjacent cities by federal permit count below.
- Frankfort 33 permits (+15 vs Paducah)
- Lawrenceburg 17 permits (+1 vs Paducah)
Four permit classes in Paducah
Wholesalers lead (9, 50%), followed by 5 wineries and 4 distilleries across 18 TTB premises.
All 18 permit holders Show list
| Name | Class |
|---|---|
| Abstraction Spirits LLC | Distillery |
| Purple Toad Distillery Dossey Vineyards, LLC | Distillery |
| Old Terrell Distillery CO., LLC | Distillery |
| Violet Cactus Spirits CO. Silent Brigade Distillery, INC. | Distillery |
| Angela Dawn Dossey | Wholesaler |
| Clark Distributing Company, INC. | Wholesaler |
| Weishaar's Wine Wholesaler David L. Weishaar | Wholesaler |
| Walker Hall DNJ Investments, LLC | Wholesaler |
| Golden Eagle Distributing, INC. | Wholesaler |
| Kindred Spirits, LLC | Wholesaler |
| Norsemen Ops Norsemen Ops LLC | Wholesaler |
| Old Terrell Distillery CO., LLC | Wholesaler |
| Purple Moose Distributing LLC | Wholesaler |
| Big Blue Winery Dossey Family Vineyard LLC | Winery |
| Purple Toad Winery Dossey Vineyards, LLC | Winery |
| Gerald Neihoff Winery Gerald Neihoff LLC | Winery |
| Glisson Vineyards and Winery Glisson Vineyards, LLC | Winery |
| HWC Winery LLC | Winery |
How Paducah compares within Kentucky
Paducah ranks 5th of 171 cities in Kentucky by permit count; Louisville leads the state with 255 holders.
The 18 permit holders listed here represent 1.9% of Kentucky's 946 statewide Basic Permits in the August 2026 TTB extract — a city-level slice of the federal registry, not a local liquor-license roll.
Nationwide, Paducah sits at #741 of 11,126 U.S. cities with at least one permit premises in the TTB file — placement by count only, not production volume or retail outlets.
The U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 2024 five-year estimate puts Paducah's population at 26,845. That works out to 67.1 federal Basic Permit premises per 100,000 residents in this registry — a premises-density comparison, not a measure of alcohol production or consumption.
Named holders in this extract include Abstraction Spirits LLC, Purple Toad Distillery, Old Terrell Distillery CO., LLC (+15 more), spanning 9 wholesalers, 5 wineries, 4 distilleries.
Frequently asked questions
How many federal alcohol permit holders are in Paducah, Kentucky?
Paducah has 18 active Basic Permits in the August 2026 TTB extract, led by wholesalers (9). Breweries are excluded (Brewer's Notice, not published).
Where does Paducah rank among Kentucky cities?
Paducah ranks 5th of 171 cities in Kentucky; Louisville leads with 255 holders.
What share of Kentucky alcohol permits are in Paducah?
18 of 946 statewide Basic Permits (1.9%) list a Paducah premises address in this vintage.
How does Paducah rank nationally for TTB permit cities?
Paducah is #741 of 11,126 U.S. cities with at least one permit premises in the TTB file (count rank only).
Which producers appear in the Paducah extract?
Examples from this city's table: Abstraction Spirits LLC, Purple Toad Distillery, Old Terrell Distillery CO., LLC, Violet Cactus Spirits CO., plus 14 more in the full list.
Source: TTB FOIA List of Permittees, published August 2026, public U.S. government data, reformatted without alteration. Verify with the TTB → · View the ACS population estimate →
According to the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau's List of Permittees, the August 2026 List of Permittees source contains 84,273 federal Basic Permit records. PlainAlcohol renders those records directly from the source; no figure is typed in by an editor. 18 TTB premises addresses grouped under Paducah, Kentucky — a federal registry view, not a municipal liquor-license roll. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data & editorial changelog, or report a data error.