Beer Shipments Slide 5.9% in April

Domestic tax-paid shipments by U.S. brewers fell to 13.7million barrels, a 5.9% decrease in April, from the year-earlier 14,557,000 barrels, according to the Beer Institute.  The first four months of 2022 have not seen a single month in which shipments were higher than a year earlier.  For the year through April 30, shipments are down 3.6% to 52.3 million barrels.