Hopefully you did your civic duty this week and voted for a bunch of local things you were only half-informed about. Keeping that U.S. citizen vibe going, let’s take a look at some unofficial estimates of domestic tax data, courtesy of the Beer Institute.
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The September 2015 domestic tax paid estimate is 15,372,000 barrels. September 2014 removals were 15,074,000 (revised) for an increase of 2.0%.
Please note that the estimates below for January through May of both 2014 and 2015 reflect revised estimates released by the TTB:
| Month | 2014 | 2015 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 13,760,966 | 12,926,000 | -6.1% | -834,966 |
| February | 13,402,263 | 12,436,000 | -7.2% | -966,263 |
| March | 14,768,256 | 15,215,000 | 3.0% | 446,744 |
| April | 14,930,890 | 14,986,000 | 0.4% | 55,110 |
| May | 16,019,434 | 15,511,000 | -3.2% | -508,434 |
| June | 16,656,962 | 16,637,000 | -0.1% | -19,962 |
| July | 16,327,202 | 15,816,000 | -3.1% | -511,202 |
| August | 15,314,000 | 15,357,000 | 0.3% | 43,000 |
| September | 15,074,000 | 15,372,000 | 2.0% | 298,000 |
| YTD | 136,253,973 | 134,256,000 | -1.5% | -1,997,973 |
