Late last month (sorry, sleeping at the wheel here), the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for April 2021: The April 2021 estimate is 14,600,000 barrels, an increase of 8.6 percent compared to April 2020 removals of 13,438,000. As a reminder, the Beer Institute will update each month of 2020 as the TTB releases new 2021 monthly beer reports. Now…
Domestic Tax Paid Estimates
(31 Gallon Barrels)
| Month | 2020 | 2021 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 12,457,030 | 13,115,000 | 5.3% | 657,970 |
| February | 11,403,438 | 11,781,000 | 3.3% | 377,562 |
| March | 14,643,000 | 14,772,000 | 0.9% | 129,000 |
| April | 13,438,000 | 14,600,000 | 8.6% | 1,162,000 |
| YTD | 51,941,468 | 54,268,000 | 4.5% | 2,326,532 |
The May 2021 domestic tax paid estimate is scheduled to be released on June 23, 2021. You can’t wait!
