All Information Is For 1993 In The U.S.

1. Total domestic and imported beer sales in the U.S. in 1993 in barrels: 190,100,000 - (full 31 gallon)

2. Estimated 12 oz. servings of beer sold in the U.S. in 1993: 62,859,733,330

3. Estimated beer drinkers in the U.S.: 84,000,000

4. % who are female: 24

5. Number of beers consumed per capita: 244

6. Number of beers consumed by the average U.S. beer drinker: 748

7. % of beer sold in U.S. by breweries other than Anheser-Busch, Miller, Coors, Stroh, Heileman, Pabst: 5.3%

8. Number of breweries licenced to operate in U.S. in 9. # of large breweries: 26

10. # of people employed in U.S. beer industry: 49,000

11. # of jobs generated by beer industry: 2,700,000

12. Amount of money generated by beer in the U.S.: $167,500,000,000

13. Amount collected by local, state, and federal gov't from beer business: $13,000,000,000

14. Amount of federal excise tax paid by brewer to gov't in 1993: $3,400,000,000

15. Amount of federal excise tax passed along to consumersin 1993: $3,400,000,000

16 # of steel or aluminum cans used in one year by beer industry: 38,200,000,000

17. # of bottles: 16,300,000,000
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