How Beer is Consumed in the US

Beer, by far, is America’s go to beverage. It is the fifth most-consumed drink overall in the country, behind coffee, water, soft drinks and tea.

At the end of last year, in spite of the pandemic, beer sales in the U.S. accumulated to $94.1 billion.

Victor Dépré of Hypntic Data, created a map that outlines the consumption of beer by gallons per capita across the U.S. using data from Top Agency and The Beer Institute.

The Beer Institute’s Brewer’s Almanac report releases beer consumption annually, while the preferred beer of choice was compiled by Data Agency’s 2021 Beer Rankings report, which is based on a combination of surveys combined with Google search analysis from all over the country.

Click HERE to see what the data found.

New Hampshire took the top spot in 2020, outdrinking other states with 41.5 gallons of beer consumed annually per capita. In contrast, the lowest consuming state was Maryland which only consumed 19.7 gallons per capita, about half as much.

The most popular beer across the country was Budweiser of Anheuser-Busch, which took the top spot in 23 states.

As each state has a different number of breweries, there is also data that released how many craft breweries were found in each state:

Breweries By Station (2020) # of Breweries
Alabama
70
Alaska
68
Arizona
170
Arkansas
73
California
1,466
Colorado
565
Connecticut
163
Delaware
49
District of Columbia
17
Florida
505

For the full list, click HERE

California has the highest number of breweries in the country, more than double any other state, at 1,466, while Mississippi has the fewest breweries, with only 26 in the entire state.

Graphic courtesy of Visual Capitalist