Grab a brunch beer, kick up your feet and put on that green casino-style dealer visor. The Beer Institute recently published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for November 2022: The November 2022 estimate is 12,000,000 bbls, a decrease of 4 percent compared to November 2021 removals of 12,502,569 bbls. The December 2022 domestic tax paid estimate is scheduled to be released on February 2, 2023.
Domestic Tax Paid — TTB
(31 Gallon Barrels)
| Month | 2021 | 2022 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 13,156,930 | 11,606,664 | -11.8% | -1,550,266 |
| February | 11,814,320 | 10,847,178 | -8.2% | -967,142 |
| March | 15,028,948 | 15,253,488 | 1.5% | 224,540 |
| April | 14,575,988 | 13,540,000 | -7.1% | -1,035,988 |
| May | 14,953,923 | 14,416,000 | -3.6% | -537,923 |
| June | 16,626,168 | 16,000,000 | -3.8% | -626,168 |
| July | 14,502,392 | 13,700,000 | -5.5% | -802,392 |
| August | 14,254,197 | 14,600,000 | 2.4% | 345,803 |
| September | 14,525,748 | 14,400,000 | -0.9% | -125,748 |
| October | 13,628,436 | 12,900,000 | -5.3% | -728,436 |
| November | 12,502,569 | 12,000,000 | -4.0% | -502,569 |
| YTD | 155,569,619 | 149,263,330 | -4.1% | -6,306,289 |
