Last week, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for May 2023. The May 2023 estimate is 13,300,000 barrels or as we say bbls — a decrease of 7.7 percent compared to May 2022 removals of 14,415,915. Feel free to insert this info into your brainbox. The June 2023 domestic tax paid estimate is scheduled to be released on August 9, and we’ll keep you updated. Now, to the numbers…
Domestic Tax Paid – TTB
(31 Gallon Barrels)
| Month | 2022 | 2023 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 11,603,285 | 11,160,146 | -3.8% | -443,139 |
| February | 10,864,950 | 10,973,990 | 1.0% | 109,040 |
| March | 15,358,367 | 14,429,656 | -6.0% | -928,711 |
| April | 13,539,770 | 13,000,000 | -4.0% | -539,770 |
| May | 14,415,915 | 13,300,000 | -7.7% | -1,115,915 |
| YTD | 65,782,287 | 62,863,792 | -4.4% | -2,918,495 |
