Bizarre that MA has low taxes on beer, but high on everything else! Perhaps alcohol is a social priority and must be unburdened!

The 7 states that have no state income tax are Alaska, Washington, Nevada, Wyoming, South Dakota, Texas, and Florida.

Tennessee and New Hampshire don't tax wages, just investment income. But they do have state income taxes.

Maybe the Feds should step in and try to set some "Fair Beer Taxation" across the country. I think the people in Tennessee should riot and burn their business down. What does the president of the United States have to say about this?

Yeah for Wyoming, lowest at .02 ! Here hold my beer and watch this!!

For about $100 in equipment and the ability to follow a recipe and easy instructions, you can brew your own in your kitchen and beat the system. Brew on Saturday, bottle the following Saturday, drink the 3rd Saturday. 15 days from brewing to drinking. A simple delicious ale (5% alc) costs about 50 cents a bottle, and the beer will taste better than any of the most popular mass market beers. For about 60-70 cents a bottle you can make porter or stout at half the price of store bought if that is your taste. For a real treat you can make a barleywine ale for about $1 a bottle that sells for $4 a bottle in the store.
How many friends do you have who would love a home made six-pack of beer as a gift?

One can avoid beer tax easily in Tennessee. One can't easily avoid state income taxes in the 43 states that have them. Tenessee doesn't have state income tax. Hooray, Tennessee!
Brew your own and cut out the tax man (except for sales tax on materials to make beer which can be avoided by internet/mail purchases.)
A good balance might be living in Vancouver WA where there are no state income taxes, and one can shop across the river in Portland OR with no sales tax. (Beer tax is lower in Portland, too.)

PA showed surprisingly low at #45. But we have insane state laws that make up for the low beer tax. You can only by beer from a package store. Unless you want to pay a fortune and buy it from a bar/restaurant with a license in which case you can only buy a six pack or maybe two. Otherwise it's off to the package store for a case.

And all wine and liquor is bought in state run stores only.

All in all, I'm wondering how they calculated this map.

In my state, we can't even buy alcohol on a Sunday. It's basically hell.

WI is tied with you at $0.06. :)

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Misery likes company :)

Outstanding post. Very informative & most appreciated. Livin' it up in the MO. Cheers.

Making home brew beer is legal, easy, and fun, especially when you have some homebrew to drink while in the process of brewing.
Every homebrew I ever made was better than what most Americans drink regularly.
Homebrewing also has the benefit that the taxes you avoid pay for the equipment needed very quickly.

Resistance is essential.

What a depressing topic, Gaigal!