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Alcohol permits in Colorado

Name: Colorado Federal Alcohol Permit Holders
Creator: PlainAlcohol
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Every TTB Federal Basic Permit holder in Colorado - wineries, distilleries, importers, and wholesalers, from the public List of Permittees.

1,710
Total permits: #12
National rank: 29.1
High density · per 100k: 158
Cities covered

Colorado in one line

Colorado holds 1,710 federal alcohol permits, led by wholesalers (800) - at 29.1 per 100,000 residents, the 12th densest state.

#12
by total permits: #12
by permits per capita: 275
wineries: 175
distilleries

Source: TTB List of Permittees (August 2026) · Census Vintage-2023 population.

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Data updated September 2026

Colorado vs all states by federal permit count

Where this state's TTB Basic Permit count sits among every state and territory on PlainAlcohol

1,710 12th of 52 higher than 40 of 52 states

States, banded by federal alcohol Basic Permit count

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Source TTB List of Permittees · August 2026

Permit mix

How Colorado's 1,710 permits split across the four classes.

Wholesalers800 · 47%

Importers460 · 27%

Wineries275 · 16%

Distilleries175 · 10%

Denver

443
Boulder

81
Colorado Springs

77
Aurora

59
Littleton

53

Colorado alcohol industry score

One composite grade from Colorado's own TTB permit data, benchmarked against every other state and territory PlainAlcohol tracks (not an external industry standard). A state missing an input is graded on the remaining dimensions alone -- the missing weight moves to them rather than deflating the score.

C- 52

Producer density B-

29.1 / 100k residents

TTB-permitted producers per 100,000 residents

Industry diversity C-

67/100

1 minus the Herfindahl index across distillery/winery/importer/wholesaler permit shares -- higher means no single permit type dominates

City coverage F

2.7 / 100k residents

Distinct cities with a TTB-permitted producer, per 100,000 residents

Source: TTB List of Permittees, August 2026, and U.S. Census Vintage-2023 population. See methodology.

All permit holders (1,710)

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Name	City	Class	Permit #
Wild Cider Summit Cider & Beverages LLC	Firestone	Winery	CO-W-21124
Scrumpy's Summit Hard Cider and Perry Company, LLC	Fort Collins	Winery	CO-W-21015
Summit Wines Summit Wines LLC	Aurora	Winery	CO-W-20380
Surface Creek Winery & Vineyards Surface Creek Winery & Vineyards, LLC	Eckert	Winery	CO-W-58
Taboche Winery LLC	Broomfield	Winery	CO-W-21117
Talbott and Son's Talbott & Sons, LLC	Palisade	Winery	CO-W-21163
Colorado Wine Room Talon Winery, LLC	Palisade	Winery	CO-W-15008
Teal Cider Teal Cider LLC	Dolores	Winery	CO-W-21062
Ten Bears Winery, LTD	Laporte	Winery	CO-W-15027
Grande River Vineyards Ten-Acre Winery, LLC	Palisade	Winery	CO-W-21150
Teresa K. Kernan	Eaton	Winery	CO-W-21003
Terravin Cellars LLC	Palisade	Winery	CO-W-21186
Sweet Heart Wine Tesoro Vino, LLC	Loveland	Winery	CO-W-21200
Crag Crest Cellars The Aschwanden Group, LLC	Cedaredge	Winery	CO-W-21014
The Blue Beryl Winery	Palisade	Winery	CO-W-21120
The Glenwood Chalice The Glenwood Chalice, LLC	Glenwood Springs	Winery	CO-W-21213
Carboy Winery The Gold Pan Saloon & Carboy Winery LLC	Breckenridge	Winery	CO-W-21079
The Ice Cave Cider House LLC	Monument	Winery	CO-W-15091
The Infinite Monkey Theorem, INC.	Denver	Winery	CO-W-15079
The Northern Root Meadery LLC	Parker	Winery	CO-W-21175
The Old Mine The Old Mine Brewing Company	Erie	Winery	CO-W-21018
The Ordinary Fellow The Ordinary Fellow LLC	Palisade	Winery	CO-W-21148
Four Leaves Winery The Purple Dragonfly INC.	Durango	Winery	CO-W-15084
The Storm Cellar, LLC	Hotchkiss	Winery	CO-W-21094
Colorado Cellars LTD. The Vineland Corporation.	Palisade	Winery	CO-W-32
Legends a Meadery Thoughts, LLC	Berthoud	Winery	CO-W-21181
Brush Hollow Tilde Vineyards LLC	Penrose	Winery	CO-W-21108
Twisted Pine Brewing Company Timberline Brewing Company	Boulder	Winery	CO-W-15085
Attimo Wine Tremilo LLC	Denver	Winery	CO-W-21126
The Queen's Honeywine TT Enterprise	Denver	Winery	CO-W-15083
Turley Wine Company LLC	Palisade	Winery	CO-W-21115
Hunters Moon Meadery Two Bees LLC	Severance	Winery	CO-W-15074
Black Forest Meadery Two Brothers Vineyards, LLC	Colorado Springs	Winery	CO-W-15052
Two Swedes Glogg Two Swedes Liquor, LLC	Grand Junction	Winery	CO-W-21030
TWP LLC	Clifton	Winery	CO-W-21133
Vanishing West Ciders Vanishing West Ciders, LLC	Aurora	Winery	CO-W-21197
Varaison Vineyards and Winery, LLC	Palisade	Winery	CO-W-15049
Verso Cellars, LLC	Denver	Winery	CO-W-15000
3 Cool Cats Vertical Wineries, LLC	Longmont	Winery	CO-W-21068
Vines 79 Wine Barn Vinelands 79 LLC	Palisade	Winery	CO-W-21096
Vines at Vail Winery Vines at Vail, LLC	Wolcott	Winery	CO-W-21019
Vinnie Fera LLC	Boulder	Winery	CO-W-15086
Vino Colorado Winery LLC	Colorado Springs	Winery	CO-W-21038
Vino Di Maria Vino Di Maria	Denver	Winery	CO-W-15031
Vino Passarelli, INC.	Lakewood	Winery	CO-W-20558
Vintages Handcrafted Wine International, INC.	Fort Collins	Winery	CO-W-15081
D'vine Wine Manitou Springs Vintners in the Spa, L.L.C.	Manitou Springs	Winery	CO-W-15038
Waldschanke Ciders INC.	Denver	Winery	CO-W-21090
Wandering Bear Winery LLC	Estes Park	Winery	CO-W-21154
Bigsby's Folly Wash Park Vintners LLC	Denver	Winery	CO-W-21061

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Frequently asked questions

How many federal alcohol permits are in Colorado?

Colorado has 1,710 active federal alcohol Basic Permits - 275 wineries, 175 distilleries, 460 importers, and 800 wholesalers. That is the 12th most of any U.S. state or territory.

What is Colorado's per-capita permit rate?

Colorado has 29.1 federal alcohol permits per 100,000 residents (U.S. Census Vintage-2023 population), ranking 12th by density. Per-capita rates are high in wine- and spirits-producing states with smaller populations.

Which Colorado city has the most permit holders?

Denver leads Colorado with 443 federal alcohol permit holders, followed by Boulder, Colorado Springs, Aurora.

Are breweries included?

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

Where does this data come from?

The TTB FOIA "List of Permittees," published August 2026, public U.S. government data, reformatted without alteration.

Reading Colorado's wholesalers-led permit book

Colorado's 1,710 permits are wholesalers-led (800, 47% of the book), ranking #12 nationally by count and #12 by per-capita density. Federal Basic Permits authorize FAA Act activity, not retail sale, and are not a substitute for the state ABC license.

Source: TTB FOIA List of Permittees, published August 2026, public U.S. government data, reformatted without alteration. Per-capita rates use U.S. Census Bureau Vintage-2023 population (Verify with the Census Bureau →). Confirm any record against the official TTB Public Permit Search. For informational purposes only; see our disclaimer.