Number of 12-ounce servings of beer sold in the United State in 1994: 63,586,165,333
Number of beer drinkers in the United States: 84,500,000
Number of beers consumed by average U.S beer drinkers in 1994: 753
Six-packs of beer consumed per capita in the U.S. last year:41
Imported beers sold here in 1994: 3,437,898,667
Number of breweries licensed to operate in the U.S. in 1973: 76
In 1983: 89
In 1989: 215
In 1993: 391
In December 1994: 613
Number of large commercial brewers: 26
Number of people employed in the U.S. brewing industry: 41,000
Number of jobs generated by beer industry: 2,700,000
Amount of money that beer generates each year in the U.S. economy:
$167,500,000,000
Amount collected each year by local, state and federal governments from the beer business: $13,000,000,000
Amount of federal excise tax passed along to consumers in 1994: $3,400,000,000
Pounds of barley malt used last year by U.S. brewers: 4,816,000,000
Value of hops used by U.S. brewers:$80,000,000
Percentage of packaged beer sold in cans: 68
Number of steel or aluminum cans used in one year by brewing industry: 37,500,000,000
Number of bottles: 17,300,000,000
Beer as a percentage of volume of all alcoholic beverages sold in the United States: 88
Top three beer-drinking states, per capita: Nevada, New Hampshire, Wisconsin.
Source: Beer Institute, Modern Brewery Age, Beverage Media, Beer Marketer's Insights, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Beer Drinkers of America.
