Hey! Are you ready for your favorite part of the every month? That’s right, the Beer Institute has published its unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid by beer brewers. The February 2016 domestic tax paid estimate is 13,102,000 barrels. February 2015 removals were 12,436,000 (revised) for an increase of 5.4 percent.
Please note that the estimates reflect revised estimates released by the TTB.
| Month | 2015 | 2016 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 12,926,000 | 12,756,000 | -1.3% | -170,000 |
| February | 12,436,000 | 13,102,000 | 5.4% | 666,000 |
| YTD | 25,362,000 | 25,858,000 | 2.0% | 496,000 |
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