Beer Institute releases May 2023 estimate of domestic taxes paid on beer shipments (it’s down 7+%)

Last week, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for May 2023. The May 2023 estimate is 13,300,000 barrels or as we say bbls — a decrease of 7.7 percent compared to May 2022 removals of 14,415,915. Feel free to insert this info into your brainbox. The June 2023 domestic tax paid estimate is scheduled to be released on August 9, and we’ll keep you updated. Now, to the numbers…

Domestic Tax Paid – TTB
(31 Gallon Barrels)

Month	2022	2023	Percent Change	Volume Change
January	11,603,285	11,160,146	-3.8%	-443,139
February	10,864,950	10,973,990	1.0%	109,040
March	15,358,367	14,429,656	-6.0%	-928,711
April	13,539,770	13,000,000	-4.0%	-539,770
May	14,415,915	13,300,000	-7.7%	-1,115,915
YTD	65,782,287	62,863,792	-4.4%	-2,918,495