Wholesale alcohol rules in Montana
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.
Montana is a control state for spirits — the state is the wholesaler for that class, so there is no private distributor lane in it.
Beer
OpenMCA 16-3-214(1)(a)(ii) and (2) — verified 2026-10-25.
Wine
OpenOpen to in-state and out-of-state producers.
MCA 16-3-411(2)(a); 16-4-107(1)(a) — verified 2026-10-25.
Spirits
ClosedMCA 16-4-311(1), (3)(a), (3)(c); 16-4-312(2)(a) — verified 2026-10-25.
RTD / canned cocktails
Open, but conditionalCondition: An RTD follows its base, and the three bases do not agree here — beer: allowed, wine: allowed, spirits: prohibited. The order does not carry the base.
Derived from this state's beer, wine and spirits lanes (MCA 16-3-214(1)(a)(ii) and (2); MCA 16-3-411(2)(a); 16-4-107(1)(a); MCA 16-4-311(1), (3)(a), (3)(c); 16-4-312(2)(a))
A class not listed above is one nobody has read yet — not even a secondary summary. It is not a finding that Montana forbids it. Every row above links the statute it rests on, so you can check the reading for yourself.