Once a month, the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association releases data covering sales of spirits in the Control States of the US.
Here’s a look at November’s numbers.
Total spirits sales in the month were up by 3.7% in volumes and by 7.3% in value compared to November 2021. Subsequently, price/mix for spirits in the Control States rose by 3.6%. Of note, however, were seven additional selling days in Michigan versus the same month last year.
American whiskey, Canadian whisky and vodka returned to the black "after a couple of negative performance months", according to NABCA. Cognac, meanwhile, is proving the main drag on the combined Brandy/Cognac segment, not only for the month but also for the 11 months of 2022 so far.
Scotch whisky is also in decline, with blended [-3.9% in November volumes] eclipsed by single malt's -6.6% volumes dip in the month.
Spirits volumes in the Control States' on-premise increased 8.7% in the month, although this again was credited primarily to Michigan's extra selling days.
The NABCA data measures spirits sales across 17 US states [and Montgomery County in Maryland] where distribution is state-controlled. This represents around 25% of total sales in the country and covers both the on- and off-premise channels,
The Control states are:
- Alabama
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Maine
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Montana
- New Hampshire
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
There are also control municipalities in Alaska, Minnesota and South Dakota.
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