Total liquor sales by the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division for fiscal 2021, ended June 30, were $415.8 million, a 13.2% increase from fiscal 2020, the agency said in its just-released annual report. Total net revenue — which includes not only liquor profits but also funds generated by gallonage and barrel taxes on beer and wine, as well as licensing and regulatory efforts — totaled more than $168 million.
The total beer gallons sold rose 92.79% in fiscal 2021 to 95,980,406 gallons, and total total wine gallons sold rose 92.8% to 6.5 million.
Liquor sales rose about 7.3% to 6.5 million gallons. Reflecting continue premiumization, distilled spirits’ dollar sales rose 13.2% to $415.8 million.
The top suppliers by gallons, in order, were Sazerac, Diageo Americas, Heaven Hill, Luxco, Jim Beam Brands, Fifth Generation, Pernod Ricard USA, Proximo Spirits, Bacardi USA and Brown-Forman. In terms of dollar sales, Diageo led the list, followed by Sazerac, Jim Beam Brands, Heaven Hill Brands, Pernod Ricard, Fifth Generation, Bacardi USA, Brown-Forman, Luxco and Proximo Spirits.