Alcohol Law Basics

The Adult Beverage Alliance is committed to advancing alcoholic beverage delivery for retailers within the existing alcohol regulatory frameworks of each state. But what does that mean? Alcohol laws in the U.S. are unique, mostly due to the complex set of factors that came about when Prohibition was repealed in the 1930s. The resulting system gives states, rather than the federal government, primary authority over regulating alcoholic beverages. Additionally, in order to avoid a recurrence of the issues that purportedly gave rise to Prohibition, all states have adopted, to one degree or another, a “three-tier” system along with associated “tied-house” laws. Confused? The Adult Beverage Alliance is here to help unpack what that all means.
Prohibition Newspaper

Prohibition, tied-houses, and the 21st Amendment

The three-tier system

What are control states and what are license states?

Licensure and jurisdiction

How do third party delivery permits fit into a state’s alcohol regulatory structure?

What does all this have to do with the alcohol delivery?