Wholesale alcohol rules in Georgia
Whether a producer may sell direct to a retailer here, by beverage class. Each row says how well sourced it is: whether we read the statute ourselves, or are still working from our own notes or a secondary summary.
This is the producer-to-retailer lane. Sales through a licensed wholesaler are the ordinary route and are not what these rows describe. Nothing here is legal advice — it is a record of what we read, published so you can check it.
Acting as a broker is a separate question. Whether you personally need a licence, permit or registration to solicit orders in Georgia — and whether an independent commission broker can be licensed there at all — is answered state by state here.
Beer
ClosedO.C.G.A. 3-5-24, 3-5-24.1 and 3-5-36 — we have not recorded where to read this, or when it was last checked.
Wine
Open, but conditionalCondition: A farm winery may sell at wholesale only after offering the product to a licensed Georgia wholesaler at a fair market wholesale price and the wholesaler failing to accept within 30 days.
- No more than 24,000 gal/yr may move through this lane
O.C.G.A. 3-6-21.1 — we have not recorded where to read this, or when it was last checked.
Spirits
ClosedO.C.G.A. 3-4-24.2 — we have not recorded where to read this, or when it was last checked.
RTD / canned cocktails
Open, but conditionalCondition: An RTD follows its base, and the three bases do not agree here — beer: prohibited, wine: conditional, spirits: prohibited. The order does not carry the base.
Derived from this state's beer, wine and spirits lanes (O.C.G.A. 3-5-24, 3-5-24.1 and 3-5-36; O.C.G.A. 3-6-21.1; O.C.G.A. 3-4-24.2)
A class not listed above is one nobody has read yet — not even a secondary summary. It is not a finding that Georgia forbids it. Every row above links the statute it rests on, so you can check the reading for yourself.