States with Low Beer Taxes Have More Breweries June 6, 2009 Joseph Bishop-Henchman Joseph Bishop-Henchman Beervana looks at our map of state beer excise taxes, crunches some numbers, and reaches the following conclusion: I don’t want to identify the direction of causality here, but it is striking to look at the difference among the categories of taxation and see how many breweries they have per-capita. Within these categories, there’s one brewery for every: Low tax states: 164,728 people Med tax states: 198,331 people High tax states: 366,526 people National average: 204,906 people So medium-tax states are have about as many breweries per-capita as the national average. But low-tax states have 2.2 times more breweries per-capita than high-tax states. Check it out here. Stay informed on the tax policies impacting you. Subscribe to get insights from our trusted experts delivered straight to your inbox. Subscribe Share Tweet Share Email Topics Alcohol Taxes Excise Taxes