World Beer Production

Million Gallons (for counties with data) Source: S.S. Steiner 2014 Guidelines for Hop Buying – 2014 Estimate Full Data Set: Country Gallons Germany 2518 Russia 2166 Great Britain 1110 Poland 1051 Spain 911 Ukraine 687 Netherlands 610 Czech Republic 491 France...

State Rankings by the Need for Additional Homebrew Shops

How is the Homebrew Shop Need Index Calculated? Homebrew Shop Need Index = (21 and up population/number of homebrew shops *50) + (per capita consumption in beer in gallons * 15) + (Average Internet Search Interest *35) / the highest figure (to get an index of 1.0 and...

Top 10 States to Open a Brewery

After posting a Map of Per Capita Gallons of Beer Consumed Per Adult By State, it got me thinking, what states have the biggest need for more craft breweries? To figure this out, I took the total barrels of beer consumed per year in each state divided by the number of...

Map of Per Capita Gallons of Beer Consumed Per Adult By State

Source: Beer Institute 2012 Data State Breakdown of Per Capita Beer Consumption in Gallons for Adults 21 +   Alabama 30.2 Alaska 28.7 Arizona 29.5 Arkansas 26.7 California 25.5 Colorado 30 Connecticut 22.1 Delaware 33.6 District of Columbia 28.3 Florida 27.4...