Probably not the barrels being discussed.
Tax talk always gets us giddy, so we love to get all freaky and financial when the Beer Institute publishes its unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers. The June 2016 domestic tax paid estimate is 16,607,000 barrels. June 2015 removals were 16,637,000 (revised) for a decrease of 0.2 percent. Here’s the rest, you numbers-loving nerds.
| Month | 2015 | 2016 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 12,934,475 | 12,717,000 | -1.7% | -217,475 |
| February | 12,444,482 | 12,937,000 | 4.0% | 492,518 |
| March | 15,311,089 | 15,406,000 | 0.6% | 94,911 |
| April | 15,013,124 | 14,698,000 | -2.1% | -315,124 |
| May | 15,607,664 | 15,644,000 | 0.2% | 36,336 |
| June | 16,637,000 | 16,607,000 | -0.2% | -30,000 |
| YTD | 87,947,834 | 88,009,000 | 0.1% | 61,166 |
Yup yup yup!!!! https://t.co/8cCc1ItP0W
Total US #beer shipments up in 1st half of 2016 by…0.1%: https://t.co/ne4FzNtb62. (But #craftbeer up by 8.0%: https://t.co/3mGwz2qAwM.)
Beer Institute releases domestic tax paid estimate (June 2016) https://t.co/33mGgSQPCz via @craftbrewingbiz
RT @KCHopTalk: Beer Institute releases domestic tax paid estimate https://t.co/GUcbEyCO31
Beer Institute releases domestic tax paid estimate https://t.co/GUcbEyCO31
#CraftBeer #CraftBrewing #Beer #BeerBiz Holy bejeezus: Beer Institute releases domestic tax paid estimate https://t.co/5QlLDahpIM
0.2 percent decrease against June 2015. Beer Institute releases domestic tax paid estimate https://t.co/xQR1XIjPz9
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