Manchester Records 8th Most Nip Liquor Bottle Sales In CT Over Past 6 Months

MANCHESTER, CT — Manchester had the eighth-most nip alcohol bottle sales in the state over the past six months, according to the latest statistics released by the Connecticut Wine and Spirits Wholesalers, which oversees the state Nickel-Per-Nip program.

Under the program, each municipality receives 5 cents for each nip liquor bottle sold sold within its borders every six months. The nickel is charged to customers at the point of sale. The funding is intended for locally driven environmental stewardship programs.

Manchester was one of 10 municipalities that sold more that 1 million nips during the latest reporting period — April 1 through Sept. 30, 2026.

Those cities and towns are:

1. New Haven: 2,362,305 nips sold with a return the city of $118.115.25.
2. Hartford: 1,869,389 nips sold with a return to the city of $93,469.45.
3. Bridgeport: 1,697,084 nips sold with a return to the city of $84,854.20.
4. Waterbury: 1,663,523 nips sold with a return to the city of $83,176.15.
5. New Britain: 1,389,440 nips sold with a return to the city of of $69,472.00.
6. Norwich: 1,338,545 nips sold with a return to the city of $66,927.25.
7. Bristol: 1,256,332 nips sold with a return to the city of $62,816.60.
8. Manchester: 1,250,135 nips sold with a return the the town of $62,506.75.
9. Meriden: 1,113,452 nips sold with a return to the town of $55,672.60.
10. Hamden: 1,056,593 nips sold with a return to the town of $52,829.65.
11. Manchester has consistently been at the 1.2 million mark in sales every six months since the program was formed five year ago.

The table below lists the amount of nip bottles sold and the allocation of payments for Connecticut municipalities covering the six-month period from April 1 through Sept. 30, 2026: