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WASHINGTON—Today, the Beer Institute, the oldest national trade organization representing the beer industry, unveiled guiding principles to address the proliferation of largely unregulated intoxicating hemp and cannabis products. The beer industry believes that the decision to legalize these products should be made by American voters, state legislatures and federal policymakers. As policy discussions unfold, these…

WASHINGTON — Earlier this week, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson released his proposed budget, which includes a massive 34% excise tax hike on the sale of beer for Chicagoans. The Beer Institute, on behalf of brewers, beer importers and industry suppliers across the country, strongly opposes this proposal. The beer industry is an important economic contributor throughout…

WASHINGTON — Today, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for September 2024: The September 2024 estimate is 12,000,000 barrels, a decrease of 8.3% compared to September 2023 removals of 13,081,553. Domestic Tax Paid – TTB (31 Gallon Barrels) Month 2023 2024 Percent Change Volume Change January…

WASHINGTON — The Beer Institute, the oldest national trade organization representing the beer industry, has named Caitlin Harder director of public affairs. Harder previously served as director of public affairs at CLYDE and brings over a decade of experience in advocacy and communications. I am thrilled to join the Beer Institute and promote an industry…

Austin Event Celebrates Hospitality Heroes, Promotes Bipartisan CHEERS Act Legislation AUSTIN–Today, DHL, the Steel Keg Association (SKA) and the Beer Institute hosted an event at Banger’s Sausage House & Beer Garden in Austin to bring attention to the bipartisan federal Creating Hospitality Economic Enhancement for Restaurants and Servers (CHEERS) Act. This legislation aims to alleviate…

Beer Institute campaign highlights industry economic impact, nutritional transparency and moderate consumption WASHINGTON—The Beer Institute’s Stand With Beer campaign won the Government Relations category at the PRNEWS Platinum Awards Gala in New York City, which recognizes excellence in communications across people, teams and campaigns. StandWithBeer.org is a digital hub for policymakers, the media and adults…

WASHINGTON — Today, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for August 2024: The August 2024 estimate is 13,000,000 barrels, a decrease of 7.7% compared to August 2023 removals of 14,080,189. Domestic Tax Paid – TTB (31 Gallon Barrels) Month 2023 2024 Percent Change Volume Change January…

WASHINGTON — Today, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for July 2024: The July 2024 estimate is 12,800,000 barrels, a decrease of 3.5% compared to July 2023 removals of 13,257,969. Domestic Tax Paid – TTB (31 Gallon Barrels) Month 2023 2024 Percent Change Volume Change January…

WASHINGTON — The Beer Institute, the oldest national trade association representing the beer industry, released the following statement in support of addressing the intoxicating hemp loophole created in the 2018 Farm Bill. The Beer Institute supports efforts underway by lawmakers to close an unintended federal loophole that is enabling the proliferation of unregulated intoxicating hemp…

WASHINGTON — Today, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for June 2024: The June 2024 estimate is 14,400,000 barrels, a decrease of 4.8% compared to June 2023 removals of 15,127,351. Domestic Tax Paid – TTB (31 Gallon Barrels) Month 2023 2024 Percent Change Volume Change January…