Brewers' Distributor Ltd. (BDL) is a Canadian company that distributes beer throughout the four western provinces and three northern territories.
BDL operates nine distribution centres and four cross dock facilities in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Although BDL distributes the vast majority of beer sold in Western Canada, it has not been granted any de jure monopoly by any provincial government.
[2][independent source needed] On March 25, 2020, BDL suffered a cyberattack that resulted in numerous weeks of beer shortages for distributors.
[3] There are key differences between BDL and Brewers Retail Inc., which operates The Beer Store in Ontario with nearly the same shareholders and a similar near-monopoly.