Beer Institute

The Beer Institute, based in Washington, D.C., represents the $328 billion beer industry – an industry that includes 7,000 brewers and more than 2.1 million American jobs. The Beer Institute is a national trade association for the American brewing industry, representing both large and small brewers, as well as importers and industry suppliers. Our organization, founded in 1862 as the U.S. Brewers Association and reorganized as the Beer Institute in 1986, represents the beer industry before Congress, state legislatures and public forums across the country. We’re committed to developing sound public policy, focusing on community involvement and personal responsibility.

As the recognized and authoritative source of information on aspects of the industry, the Beer Institute focuses on these principles through its representation, information and service. The Beer Institute assures a role for industry members in formulating public policy goals and works to implement our goals by providing representation before federal and state governmental bodies.

Today, the 7,000 breweries in the United States are responsible for billions of dollars that flow each year through channels of American trade and commerce. From agricultural products, can manufacturing, bottling, food processing, food stores and general retail, to wholesaling, construction and real estate, brewers, along with their wholesale and retail partners, directly or indirectly employ more than 2.1 million Americans who earn more than $101 billion in wages and benefits.

  • Beer Institute
  • 440 1st Street NW
  • Ste 300
  • Washington, DC 20001
  • United States
  • (202) 737-2337

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Beer Institute in the News

U.S. Beer Shipments Drop 6.6% in May

The Beer Institute reported that domestic beer shipments dropped to their lowest mark of the year, down 6.6% versus May 2020. Read More

April Domestic Tax Paid Shipments Decline 4.9%

U.S. brewers shipped 14.2 million barrels of beer in April 2020, a decline of 4.9% compared to April 2019, according to the Beer Institute. Read More

On-Premise Shutdowns Could Cost Beer Industry $8 Billion

The near-nationwide shutdown of the on-premise sales will result in a loss of $8 billion for the beer industry if it continues into June. Read More

March Domestic Tax Paid Shipments Decline Slightly

U.S. brewers shipped 14.3 million barrels in March 2020, a decline of 0.5% compared to March 2019, according to national trade group the Beer Institute. Read More

Beer Institute Publishes COVID-19 Guidelines

The Beer Institute published guidelines for companies when an employee or customer tests positive for COVID-19 or exposed to a person that’s tested positive. Read More

Beer Industry Asks for $5B in Federal Aid

Several alcohol beverage producers’ groups wrote to congressional leadership seeking $5 billion in Federal aid to sustain them during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

Brewery Shipments Up in February as Hard Seltzer Drives Wholesaler Purchases

The National Beer Wholesalers Association’s monthly Beer Purchasers’ Index posted its highest February reading ever, driven by FMBs and hard seltzers. Read More

The Numbers Say We Paid More for Less Beer in 2019

Last year breweries around the U.S. shipped less beer but raked in more dollars. No matter how you slice it, Americans paid more for less beer in 2019. Read More

President Trump Signs Tax Relief Extension for Alcohol Beverage Companies Into Law

President Donald Trump signed into law a tax extender package that includes the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act. Read More

Hard Seltzer Drives 2019 Beer Category Dollar Sales Growth

With just one month left in 2019, off-premise beer dollar and volume sales appear poised to finish in the black, according to market research firm IRI. Read More

Senate Passes Extension of Excise Tax Relief for Alcohol Beverage Companies

The U.S. Senate today passed a tax extender package including a one-year extension of the tax relief in the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act. Read More

U.S. Beer Shipments Could Drop to Lowest in Decade

The number of U.S. brewing companies is at an all-time high, but domestic beer production will likely hit a decade-low before the calendar flips to 2020. Read More

U.S. Brewery Shipments Declined 4.3% in October

U.S. breweries shipped 13.1 million barrels in October, down 4.3% from the same month last year, according to the Beer Institute. Read More

Two-Thirds of Voters Support Extending Excise Tax Relief for Brewers

Recent polling shows 70% of voters support the continuation of federal excise tax (FET) relief for craft brewers and other alcoholic beverage producers. Read More

September U.S. Beer Shipments Grow

For just the second time in 2019, U.S. beer companies shipped more barrels of beer than they did in 2018, according to data from the Beer Institute. Read More

Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act Reaches Record 315 Co-Sponsors

A bill to extend federal excise tax relief has garnered a record number of co-sponsors following a day of action by several alcohol industry trade groups. Read More

US Beer Shipments Decline Again in July

The Beer Institute reported that July marked the sixth consecutive month that U.S beer companies shipped fewer barrels of beer than they did in 2018. Read More

US Senate Task Force Supports Permanent Excise Tax Relief for Brewers

The beer industry’s efforts to make federal excise tax relief for brewers permanent received a boost when a bipartisan congressional task force expressed support. Read More

US Beer Shipments Decline Again in June

June was the fifth consecutive month that U.S. beer companies shipped fewer barrels of beer in 2019 than they did in 2018. Read More

Cape May Brewing Company CEO Named to Beer Institute Board of Directors

Cape May Brewing Company announced that CEO and co-founder Ryan Krill was named as an Ex Officio member of the Board of Directors of the Beer Institute. Read More

Total Beer Dollar Sales Up Midway Through 2019

75% of Americans say beer is their alcoholic beverage of choice for the July 4 holiday and total beer dollar sales in off-premise retailers are up 1.6%. Read More

US Beer Companies Shipped Fewer Barrels of Beer in May

For the fourth consecutive month, US beer companies shipped fewer barrels of beer in 2019 than they did in 2018 based on estimated domestic taxes paid. Read More

US House Committee Approves Excise Tax Relief Extension

The US House Ways and Means Committee passed a one-year extension of the federal excise tax relief for alcohol producers and importers. Read More

US House Committee Expected to Extend Brewers Tax Relief

The House Ways and Means Committee is expected to extend tax cuts for alcohol companies with the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019. Read More

Tariffs, Taxes and Marijuana Discussed at Beer Institute Annual Meeting

Numerous issues facing the beer industry were discussed at the Beer Institute’s annual meeting including tariffs, taxes, and even marijuana’s impact on sales. Read More