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January US Beer Shipments -9.4%; Imports -17%; State STWs -11%

January US Beer Shipments -9.4%; Imports -17%; State STWs -11%

U.S. brewers shipped nearly 1 million fewer barrels year-over-year (YoY) in January 2026, according to domestic tax paid shipment data shared by the Beer Institute. Shipments topped 9.6 million barrels in January, a 995,677-barrel decline from the nearly 10.6 million barrels shipped at the start of 2025.

Beer Institute Names New Federal Affairs Director

Beer Institute Names New Federal Affairs Director

The Beer Institute (BI) has tapped Chris MacArthur as its new director of federal affairs, the trade group announced Tuesday. MacArthur joins the BI from the office of Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) – who owns a hop farm and represents a district that includes Yakima Valley – where he served as a senior adviser. In that role, he supported Newhouse on appropriations, national security and agricultural policy.

Beer Institute: November Domestic Shipments Decline 3.6%; Mexican Imports Returned to Growth in October

Beer Institute: November Domestic Shipments Decline 3.6%; Mexican Imports Returned to Growth in October

Domestic beer’s volume losses continued in November with a 3.6% decline in shipments, according to data from the Beer Institute (BI). Tax paid shipments from U.S. breweries declined by 371,854 barrels year-over-year (YoY), to an estimated 10 million barrels, according to data from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the BI shared Monday.