You probably paid your taxes this week, and in celebration of the April ickiness of settling up with the government, here is the Beer Institute’s unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers in the United States for March 2017. The March 2017 estimate is 14,945,000 barrels (bbls), a decrease of 2.8 percent versus March 2016 removals of 15,377,000 bbls. Please note that the estimates reflect revised estimates released by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). Enjoy!
| Month | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 12,695,534 | 12,951,000 | 2.0% | 255,466 |
| February | 12,941,000 | 11,724,000 | -9.4% | -1,217,000 |
| March | 15,377,000 | 14,945,000 | -2.8% | -432,000 |
| YTD 2017 | 41,013,534 | 39,620,000 | -3.4% | -1,393,534 |
