During the pandemic Americans were stuck at home with little social outlet and apparently boozed it up to relieve the stress of Covid, according to an article in The New York Times. Or maybe they thought alcohol taken internally was a good sanitizer for Covid.
Alcohol tax revenues collected by the U.S. Treasury Department rose by eight percent in the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, 2021, compared with the previous year, and remain well above pre-pandemic levels.