National Beer Day Celebrations Across the US

On National Beer Day, here are 15 fun facts about beer and taxes. Beer was likely the first drink to be taxed in ancient Egypt, and Congress imposed an excise tax on beer to help pay for the US Civil War. German beers are often labeled "brewed according to the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516," which allowed the government to tax beer. The beer industry in the US generated nearly 2.04 million jobs and an economic impact of over $331.8 billion in 2020, with taxes paid by the industry and its employees and consumer taxes generating nearly $55.2 billion in tax revenues.