Beer Consumption

[Huevos del Toro]

Beer consumption in 1999, litres per head:

1. Czech Republic 159.4

2. Republic of Ireland 154.7

3. Germany 127.5

4. Luxembourg 109.0

5. Austria 108.9

6. Denmark 101.9

7. United Kingdom 99.0

8. Belgium 97.5

9. Australia 91.2

10. Slovak Republic 88.1

11. USA 84.4

12. Netherlands 84.2

13. New Zealand 80.7

14. Finland 80.1

15. Venezuela 75.2

16. Spain 68.8

17. Canada 68.0

18. Hungry 65.0

19. Portugal 64.3

20. Sweden 59.3

21. Switzerland 58.6

22. Cyprus 58.2

©Peter Lalor, editor, 2002

Australian Beer Yarns

[tommy]

11. USA                  84.4

clearly i'm not pulling my weight. i'll try harder. sorry.

[Varmint]

11. USA                  84.4

clearly i'm not pulling my weight. i'll try harder. sorry.

That's about 238 12-ounce beers each year, or 4 1/2 a week. Clearly, you're more than pulling your weight, Tommy.

[Orik]

Turns out I'm German.

[Rail Paul]

The French aren't on this list, which I find curious.

I thought the French consumption of beer was about equal to their wine intake, which has raised national identity questions, what with the French convinced of their excellence in all things gastronomic, and all.

[tommy]

the thought of french beer makes me not want to drink beer. my experience has been that it's very hard to find decent beer in france. it's certainly not as ubiquitous as it is here and in many other european countries.

[NeroW]

the thought of french beer makes me not want to drink beer.

Hmm. That's odd. I've found that the thought of ANY beer makes me want to drink beer. Speaking of which, I'll be leaving the office now.