Welcome to the Colorado Beer Distributors Association Website.  The members of the CBDA are proud to be members of the Colorado Beer Family.  Beer distributors provide high paying jobs with benefits for their employees that work hard every day to provide the greatest choice, and best variety and selection of beer anywhere in the nation.

Throughout 2008, CBDA and America’s Beer Distributors are celebrating an important anniversary – the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition.  On April 7, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the modified Volstead Act that legalized the sale of 3.2 % beer in the United State following a 13 year prohibition.  This marked the beginning of the end for the “failed experiment” know as Prohibition.  The ratification of the 21st Amendment on December 5, 1933 officially ended Prohibition and gave rise tot the three-tier system of alcohol regulation and distribution that still works in the U.S. today.

Please take this opportunity to explore our website and learn more about the three-tier system, the “gold standard” of all distribution systems.  As a critical link in the “three tier system”, beer distributors also provide the transparency and protection to ensure taxes on alcohol are collected, and the socially and age sensitive product is handled professionally and responsibly.

Beer Book 2.0

The Three Tier System
How beer distribution works in Colorado