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Nothing says Tuesday fun like taxes. Luckily, last week, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for July 2017: The July 2017 estimate is 14,413,000 barrels, a decrease of 4.6 percent versus July 2016 removals of 15,101,000. Please note that the estimates reflect revised estimates released by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB).
| Month | 2016 | 2017 | Percent Change | Volume Change |
| January | 12,697,475 | 12,951,000 | 2.0% | 253,525 |
| February | 12,950,492 | 11,724,000 | -9.5% | -1,226,492 |
| March | 15,377,000 | 14,945,000 | -2.8% | -432,000 |
| April | 14,744,000 | 14,134,000 | -4.1% | -610,000 |
| May | 15,677,000 | 16,272,000 | 3.8% | 595,000 |
| June | 16,777,000 | 16,858,000 | 0.5% | 81,000 |
| July | 15,101,000 | 14,413,000 | -4.6% | -688,000 |
| YTD 2017 | 103,323,967 | 101,297,000 | -2.0% | -2,026,967 |
