The States That Drink the Most Beer

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It’s a golden age for beer (or maybe more of a blonde or amber age?) Here are the 30 states that drink the most beer, plus the most popular brands in each state.

It’s a golden age for beer (or maybe more of a blonde or amber age?) Here are the 30 states that drink the most beer, plus the most popular brands in each state.

Beer sales took a hit during the pandemic. Even though you may remember drinking lots of it at home in 2020, closures of restaurants, bars and sports venues were rough for the suds industry. People lost their jobs, unsold beer ended up spoiled.

But in 2021, overall U.S. beer volume sales rebounded, and today America’s beer industry contributes more than $331 billion to the U.S. economy and supports more than two million jobs, according to the Beer Institute.

The number of breweries in the U.S. has increased five-fold since 2010, thanks to an increase in the popularity of craft breweries, according to the Brewers Association.

It’s kind of a “golden age” for beer in the U.S., with more choices than ever before, the Beer Institute says. California alone has 1,466 breweries, more than twice any other state. New York has 680, Pennsylvania has 642, and Washington state has 633. But even with all those breweries, California isn’t even one of the 30 biggest drinkers of beer (and the most popular beer in the Golden State is Budweiser.)

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So which states drink the most beer? Here’s the per-capita consumption of the 30 biggest beer-drinking states, according to 2020 data from the Beer Institute.

1. New HampshireAnnual gallons per capita: 41.5

Favorite beer: Budweiser

2. MontanaAnnual gallons per capita: 41.1

Favorite beer: Budweiser

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3. North DakotaAnnual gallons per capita: 37.5

Favorite beer: Fargo

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4. South DakotaAnnual gallons per capita: 37.3

Favorite beer: Budweiser

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5. VermontAnnual gallons per capita: 34.0

Favorite beer: Bud Light

6. WisconsinAnnual gallons per capita: 33.7

Favorite beer: Spotted Cow

7. MaineAnnual gallons per capita: 32.5

Favorite beer: Budweiser

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8. South CarolinaAnnual gallons per capita: 32.5

Favorite beer: Budweiser

9. TexasAnnual gallons per capita: 31.9

Favorite beer: Lone Star

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10. MississippiAnnual gallons per capita: 31.6

Favorite beer: Lazy Magnolia

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11. NebraskaAnnual gallons per capita: 31.6

Favorite beer: Nebraska Black Betty

12. IowaAnnual gallons per capita: 31.0

Favorite beer: Budweiser

13. WyomingAnnual gallons per capita: 29.8

Favorite beer: Snake River

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14. AlabamaAnnual gallons per capita: 29.1

Favorite beer: Budweiser

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15. NevadaAnnual gallons per capita: 29.0

Favorite beer: Coors Light

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16. LouisianaAnnual gallons per capita: 28.4

Favorite beer: Abita

17. ColoradoAnnual gallons per capita: 28.1

Favorite beer: Denver Beer Co.

18. DelawareAnnual gallons per capita: 27.9

Favorite beer: Dogfish Head

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19. KansasAnnual gallons per capita: 27.8

Favorite beer: Coors Light

20. West VirginiaAnnual gallons per capita: 27.8

Favorite beer: Budweiser

21. New MexicoAnnual gallons per capita: 27.7

Favorite beer: La Cumbre

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22. OregonAnnual gallons per capita: 27.7

Favorite beer: Budweiser

23. MinnesotaAnnual gallons per capita: 27.1

Favorite beer: Budweiser

24. ArizonaAnnual gallons per capita: 27.0

Favorite beer: Dos Equis

25. MissouriAnnual gallons per capita: 26.9

Favorite beer: Budweiser

26. OklahomaAnnual gallons per capita: 26.8

Favorite beer: Budweiser

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27. HawaiiAnnual gallons per capita: 26.7

Favorite beer: N/A

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28. AlaskaAnnual gallons per capita: 26.1

Favorite beer: N/A

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29. IllinoisAnnual gallons per capita: 25.9

Favorite beer: Goose Island

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30. North CarolinaAnnual gallons per capita: 25.8

Favorite beer: Bud Light

Sources: The Beer Institute, The Brewers Association, Visual Capitalist


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