Colorado
Alcohol delivery laws in Colorado
Who is actually delivering
The hours below are the shop's. A courier working for a retailer is bound by that retailer's window, so an order placed inside it and delivered outside it is the shop's problem rather than yours, and shops decline late orders for exactly that reason.
Licensing is separate from hours. Whether a particular shop may deliver at all depends on the permits it holds, which vary within a state, so the source list below is the law on hours rather than on who may hold a licence.
Beer in Colorado
Grocery and convenience
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Package store
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Bar or restaurant
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Wine in Colorado
Grocery and convenience
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Package store
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Bar or restaurant
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Liquor in Colorado
Grocery and convenience
Each licensed premises sets its own hours
Colorado sets statewide hours for packaged spirits, 8 a.m. to midnight. The question at a grocery is whether it may sell them at all: only a retail liquor store or a liquor-licensed drugstore may, so two nearby shops can differ. Check with the store.
Package store
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Bar or restaurant
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Common questions
- Can you get alcohol delivered in Colorado?
- Delivery in Colorado runs on the same hours as the shop sending it, 7 a.m. to midnight.
- What time does alcohol delivery stop in Colorado?
- When the shop's own selling window closes. Colorado treats a delivery as a sale, so it cannot happen at a time the shop could not sell over the counter.
Sources
- C.R.S. § 44-3-901(6)(b)(I)
- C.R.S. § 44-3-901(6)(b)
- C.R.S. § 44-3-901(6)(b)(II)
- C.R.S. § 44-3-901(6)(c)(II)
- C.R.S. § 44-3-901(6)(c)
- Colo. Rev. Stat. § 44-3-409 (Retail liquor store license) and § 44-3-410 (Liquor-licensed drugstore license), which confine sealed spirits to those two licence classes
- Colo. Rev. Stat. § 44-3-901(1)(b) (Unlawful acts; sealed containers 8 a.m. to midnight)
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