In late December, when I was on a vacation from information and the internet, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by U.S. beer brewers for November 2021. And because you’re a brewing industry data addict, like myself, I know you’d definitely need to know that the November 2021 estimate is … drum roll … 13,000,000 barrels or bbls. That’s an increase of 2.8 percent compared to November 2020 removals of 12,640,000. That’s solid. The December 2021 domestic tax paid estimate is scheduled to be released on January 26, so I’ll keep you updated. Now to the numbers…
Domestic Tax Paid – TTB
(31 Gallon Barrels)
| Month | 2020 | 2021 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 12,457,030 | 13,115,000 | 5.3% | 657,970 |
| February | 11,403,438 | 11,781,000 | 3.3% | 377,562 |
| March | 14,642,562 | 14,772,000 | 0.9% | 129,438 |
| April | 13,482,522 | 14,557,000 | 8.0% | 1,074,478 |
| May | 13,850,735 | 14,926,000 | 7.8% | 1,075,265 |
| June | 16,380,679 | 16,393,000 | 0.1% | 12,321 |
| July | 15,494,042 | 14,473,000 | -6.6% | -1,021,042 |
| August | 15,105,484 | 14,228,000 | -5.8% | -877,484 |
| September | 15,809,129 | 14,330,000 | -9.4% | -1,479,129 |
| October | 13,521,000 | 13,900,000 | 2.8% | 379,000 |
| November | 12,640,000 | 13,000,000 | 2.8% | 360,000 |
| YTD | 154,786,621 | 155,475,000 | 0.4% | 688,379 |
