Grab a beer, kick up your feet and put on that green casino-style dealer visor. Recently, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for November 2023: The November 2023 estimate is 10,950,000 barrels (bbls), a decrease of 6.8 percent compared to November 2022 removals of 11,751,874 bbls. The December 2023 domestic tax paid estimate is scheduled to be released on February 8, 2024. We’ll keep you updated. Now enjoy some numbers.
| Domestic Tax Paid – TTB | ||||
| (31 Gallon Barrels) | ||||
| Month | 2022 | 2023 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 11,605,709 | 11,194,019 | -3.5% | -411,690 |
| February | 10,867,830 | 11,022,693 | 1.4% | 154,863 |
| March | 15,382,304 | 14,625,540 | -4.9% | -756,764 |
| April | 13,562,901 | 12,840,000 | -5.3% | -722,901 |
| May | 14,450,839 | 12,751,000 | -11.8% | -1,699,839 |
| June | 16,340,657 | 14,969,000 | -8.4% | -1,371,657 |
| July | 13,970,236 | 13,227,000 | -5.3% | -743,236 |
| August | 14,976,033 | 13,977,000 | -6.7% | -999,033 |
| September | 14,426,043 | 12,785,000 | -11.4% | -1,641,043 |
| October | 12,730,492 | 11,350,000 | -10.8% | -1,380,492 |
| November | 11,751,874 | 10,950,000 | -6.8% | -801,874 |
| YTD | 150,064,918 | 139,691,252 | -6.9% | -10,373,666 |
