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Alcohol permits in State College

Every federal alcohol Basic Permit holder with a State College, Pennsylvania premises address, from the public TTB List of Permittees.

11
Permit holders
5
Wineries
1
Distilleries
Pennsylvania
State

State College in one line

State College, Pennsylvania is home to 11 federal alcohol permit holders, led by wineries (5).

11
permit holders
5
wineries
4
wholesalers
1
distilleries

Source: TTB FOIA List of Permittees, April 2025.

According to the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) List of Permittees, published April 2025, 83,590 federal alcohol Basic Permits are on file across 11,147 U.S. cities. The holders below are every winery, distillery, importer, and wholesaler whose permit premises is registered in this city; the record is reproduced from that public federal source without alteration. See the methodology for how cities are attributed.

Permit mix

Wineries5 · 45%
Wholesalers4 · 36%
Distilleries1 · 9%
Importers1 · 9%
Name Class
Barrel 21 Distillery and Dining

C & D Brewing Ventures, INC.

Distillery
Liberti Pincus Limited Importer
K. E. Pletcher, INC. Wholesaler
Liberti Pincus Limited Wholesaler
Nittany Beverage

Una, INC.

Wholesaler
W. R. Hickey Beer Distributor, INC. Wholesaler
Barrels and Kegs LLC Winery
Happy Valley Vineyard & Winery, LLC Winery
John W. Leclair Winery
Beecider

Nit-A-Nee Data Enterprises LLC

Winery
University Wine Company

University Wine Company LLC

Winery

Frequently asked questions

How many federal alcohol permit holders are in State College, Pennsylvania?

State College, Pennsylvania has 11 businesses holding a federal alcohol Basic Permit - led by wineries (5). Each holds an active TTB FAA Basic Permit.

How many wineries are in State College?

State College has 5 bonded wineries holding a federal Basic Permit from the TTB.

Are breweries included?

No. Breweries do not hold an FAA Basic Permit, they file a Brewer's Notice (IRC §6103, protected from disclosure) - so they are not in the public TTB List of Permittees this directory uses.

How do I verify a permit?

Every record here comes from the TTB FOIA List of Permittees (April 2025). Confirm a specific permit's current status on the official TTB Public Permit Search.

What the permit data shows for this city

A city-level view of federal alcohol permits answers one specific question: who, in this place, is licensed by the U.S. government to produce, import, or distribute beverage alcohol? The TTB FOIA List of Permittees is the authoritative federal answer. Unlike a state liquor-license lookup, whose format and fields differ across all fifty states, every record here carries a federally standardized Basic Permit number that identifies the operating entity, its premises, and the class of activity it is authorized to conduct. That standardization is what makes a clean city-by-city comparison possible.

A concentration of permit holders in one city usually tracks a few drivers: proximity to grape or grain supply for producers, a port or dense population center for importers and wholesalers, or a local market that supports tasting rooms and craft demand. Breweries are not part of this picture, they hold a Brewer's Notice under a separate federal statute and are not published in this list. Counts reflect permit premises addresses as filed with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, not retail outlets or production volume.

Source: TTB FOIA List of Permittees, published April 2025, public U.S. government data, reformatted without alteration. Verify with the TTB →