The Mississippi Malt Beverage Association was established on June 14th, 1946 to represent and promote the beer wholesalers and beer industry within the state. MMBA represents 13 members with 30 distribution locations who are beer wholesalers and distributors. Legal beer sales are permitted in 47 counties and in 21 cities located in 17 dry counties. Thus legal beer sales are available in all or parts of 64 of the 82 Mississippi counties. The association provides business regulation seminars, public relations, and government affairs services along with membership services to maintain a strong free enterprise atmosphere for the continued legal sales of malt beverages.

The Mississippi Malt Beverage Association gives distributors the strength and expertise to protect their interests and maintain a good atmosphere in which to carry on their business and insure that they receive fair treatment in the public affairs arena.