(Press Release)
WASHINGTON, DC—Today the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid by beer brewers:
The December 2014 domestic tax paid estimate is 13,750,000 barrels. December 2013 removals were 13,150,000 (revised) for an increase of 4.6 percent.
Please note the following monthly revisions from previous releases for 2013 and 2014:
| Month | 2013 | 2014 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 13,713,729 | 13,770,000 | 0.4% | 56,271 |
| February | 12,926,210 | 13,400,000 | 3.7% | 473,790 |
| March | 14,803,136 | 14,700,000 | -0.7% | -103,136 |
| April | 15,066,241 | 14,990,000 | -0.5% | -76,241 |
| May | 16,331,364 | 16,025,000 | -1.9% | -306,364 |
| June | 16,661,483 | 16,500,000 | -1.0% | -161,483 |
| July | 16,145,798 | 16,357,080 | 1.3% | 211,282 |
| August | 16,156,772 | 15,341,500 | -5.0% | -815,272 |
| September | 15,281,084 | 15,100,000 | -1.2% | -181,084 |
| October | 14,304,406 | 14,250,000 | -0.4% | -54,406 |
| November | 13,361,000 | 12,800,000 | -4.2% | -561,000 |
| December | 13,150,000 | 13,750,000 | 4.6% | 600,000 |
| YTD | 177,901,223 | 176,983,580 | -0.5% | -917,643 |