September Domestic Tax Paids Up 2%

Dear Client:Yesterday the Beer Institute reported domestic tax paids up 2% for September, to 15,372,000 barrels. That's a welcome little jump after August's underwhelming 0.3% growth, and July's 3% drop, previously communicated as down merely 1.9% (and at that point, negative tax paid territory had stretched back to May). September's results put YTD tax paids at down 1.5%, to 134,256,000 barrels, almost 2 million barrels fewer than at this point last year. DAILY BEAST SAYS LAWMAKERS INTENT TO BURST MEGABREW