The country's per capita beer consumption is the highest in Latin America, about 20 gallons a year.
C. industry group, has ranked the Bayou State as high as No. 5 among all states in per capita beer consumption.
For a start, beer consumption in Australia is at a 60-year low.
Ian O'Donnell, of University College Dublin, blames the increase on migration (labourers coming back from London), growing social inequality, and a rapid increase in beer consumption.
Public-health officials and economists say the Czech Republic's relatively low beer prices encourage consumption and contribute to underage drinking, since it makes beer more affordable for youngsters.
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Per-person consumption of beer in Latin America last year was 40 litres (70 pints), half that in North America, according to Euromonitor.
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Recent reports that Abbey Saint Sixtus, the Trappist monastery at Westvleteren in Belgium, might boost production of its much-cherished beer and sell it through supermarket channels led to the consumption of considerable bandwidth on beer discussion boards.
In 2005 it moved ahead of the US to become the world's biggest beer market, with annual consumption of 300 million hectolitres.
Some have begun to take beer personally, innovating its craft and consumption and throwing festivals to honor the finest ales and lagers -- creating a blueprint for the rest of the country to follow.
Add up excise, consumption and sales taxes to business income taxes and you have beer tax bloat.
Which leads to one to wonder: Should the supply of beer be competitive or should we tolerate a little market power along with reduced levels of consumption?
But everyday consumer products will fare well too as both urban and rural wages and consumption will climb, with annual double-digit percentage sales growth projected for footwear, beer, wine, liquor, milk, diapers, tea, juice and bottled water.
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