Leading Beer Brands

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Leading Domestic Beer Brands(2007 sales in thousands of 2.25 gallon cases)
1. Bud Light, 570,000
2. Budweiser, 321,000
3. Miller Lite, 252,100
4. Coors Light, 240,000
5. Natural Light, 125,200
6. Busch Light, 87,500
7. Busch, 84,300
8. Miller High Life, 68,400
9. Keystone Light, 49,000
10. Michelob Ultra, 43,000

Leading Imported Beer Brands
1. Corona Extra, 115,179
2. Heineken, 69,000
3. Modelo Especial, 22,417
4. Tecate, 19,300
5. Guinness Stout, 12,558
6. Labatt Blue, 12,500
7. Corona Light, 12,183
8. Blue Moon, 10,000
9. Heineken Premium Light, 9,400
10. Dos Equis, 8,700

Source: Beer Handbook, 2008

Taking Out the Trash in Missouri

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Did you know that anyone under the age of 21 who takes out household trash containing even a single empty alcohol beverage container can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol in the state of Missouri? Source: Missouri Revised Statistics (311.325).

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Top Ten Alcohol Consuming Nations

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Top Ten Alcohol Consuming Nations - from a World Health Organization report in absolute gallon consumption per capita.

1. Portugal, 2.98
2. Luxembourg, 2.95
3. France, 2.87
4. Hungary, 2.66
5. Spain, 2.66
6. Czech Republic, 2.64
7. Denmark, 2.61
8. Germany, 2.50
9. Austria, 2.50
10. Switzerland, 2.43

Notice how the United States isn't even on the list? The U.S. comes in 32nd on the list, consuming an average 1.75 absolute gallons of alcohol per capita. By absolute gallons they mean only the actual alcohol within a drink. So a gallon of wine doesn't count as a gallon. Only the amount of alcohol within the wine counts towards an absolute gallon.

Best-selling Vodkas in America

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In 2007, the top ten best-selling vodkas were:

1. Smirnoff
2. Absolut
3. Grey Goose
4. Skyy
5. Stolichnaya
6. Ketel One
7. McCormick
8. Popov
9. Barton
10. Skol

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American Beer Consumption

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In 2007, Americans consumed 2.93 billion 2.25-gallon cases of beer totalling 98 billion dollars in retail sales.

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