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What is the current excise tax for alcohol?

  • Distilled Spirits: $1.50 per gallon. (Raised in 1955 from $1.25 per gallon.)
  • Wine: $ .40 per gallon. (Raised in 1972 from $.20 per gallon.)
  • Beer, Cider and Mead: $ .09 per gallon. (Raised in 1972 from $.03 per gallon.)

    Five 750 ml. bottles equal one gallon.