Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Today, the Beer Institute, the oldest national trade organization representing the beer industry, launched StandWithBeer.org, an educational platform to showcase the economic and social impact of the $409 billion American brewing industry, including its initiatives to promote moderate consumption and nutritional transparency. The platform also sheds light on how large liquor companies inflate…

WASHINGTON – The Beer Institute released the following statement today praising Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) for reintroducing the Aluminum Pricing Examination (APEX) Act, bipartisan legislation that would enhance the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Department of Justice’s (DOJ) oversight authorities over aluminum price benchmarking entities, including those that publish the…

WASHINGTON — Today, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for April 2023: The April 2023 estimate is 13,000,000 barrels, a decrease of 4.0% compared to April 2022 removals of 13,539,770. Domestic Tax Paid – TTB (31 Gallon Barrels) Month 2022 2023 Percent Change Volume Change January…

WASHINGTON – Today, the Beer Institute, the oldest national trade organization representing the beer industry, released the following statement praising the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for passing bipartisan legislation that would institute a voluntary, opt-in five-year pilot program, with an option to extend five more years, to increase the gross vehicle weight…

WASHINGTON – Ahead of Memorial Day weekend and the start of the summer selling season, the Beer Institute and the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) released their biennial Beer Serves America report today on the economic impact and importance of the American brewing industry. The study found that the U.S. beer industry now supports nearly…

WASHINGTON — Today, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for March 2023: The March 2023 estimate is 14,900,000 barrels, a decrease of 2.3% compared to March 2022 removals of 15,253,488. Domestic Tax Paid – TTB (31 Gallon Barrels) Month 2022 2023 Percent Change Volume Change January…

WASHINGTON – New data reveal that aluminum tariffs continue to drive up costs for American businesses and are a tax on hardworking American families. In the five years since Section 232 tariffs on aluminum were imposed, the American beverage industry has paid more than $1.893 billion in taxes. There are more than 6,600 breweries in…

WASHINGTON — Today, the Beer Institute published an unofficial estimate of domestic tax paid shipments by beer brewers for February 2023: The February 2023 estimate is 11,400,000 barrels, an increase of 5.1% compared to February 2022 removals of 10,847,178. Domestic Tax Paid – TTB (31 Gallon Barrels) Month 2022 2023 Percent Change Volume Change January…

WASHINGTON – Today, the Beer Institute, the oldest national trade organization representing the beer industry, announced that its newly formed Suppliers’ Council will be chaired by Louis Gimbel, president and CEO of S.S. Steiner, Inc. The Council is designed to boost participation for all supplier members of the Beer Institute and ensure close communication on…

WASHINGTON – Today, the Beer Institute, the oldest national trade organization representing the beer industry, reacted to the release of the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) newest report showing that U.S. companies, rather than China, bore the brunt of costs imposed by Section 232 tariffs on aluminum. “Today’s ITC report confirms what brewers have known…