(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division reports liquor sales for December hit a record for a single month at 42-point-eight million dollars. That is an increase of nearly 18-and-a-half percent (18.48) compared to December of 2019.

The pandemic pushed the liquor sales for the last fiscal year that ended in June to a yearly record and an increase of eight-point-two percent compared to the previous fiscal year. The department reports sales continued to rise through December — with the number of cases already sold in the new fiscal year up by nearly 19 percent (18.5).