America's beer consumption by state...

[Hoochin'Fool]

If ya ask me, Wisconsin seems like they are being seriously under-counted

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-americas-beer-consumption-by-state/

 

[lumpher]

I'm almost embarassed for Texas to be so far down as 16th. We would be further up the list, but they can only count legal stuff...

 

[pvtpublic]

Montana #2? My efforts seem to be working!

 

[day_trippr]

Clearly, @Dude Lebowski's efforts have not been in vain!

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

Well, at least the article declared what the data sources were:

"Consumption figures only include residents age 14 or older, and is based on alcoholic beverage sales data collected by the [...], the [...], and from various reports produced by beverage industry sources.

NH did something interesting here ...

New Hampshire doesn’t have state sales tax, making alcohol prices considerably lower than neighboring states. This likely drives higher alcohol sales rather than [...] higher consumption.

More than half of sales at New Hampshire liquor stores come from out-of-state customers, according to the New Hampshire Liquor Commission.

Many of its state [New Hampshire] owned liquor stores are also strategically located near state borders.

... and there's likely a similar effect for craft breweries that distribute to "border" stores and the brewery does not distribute across state (e.g. Spotted Cow).

Fine print : in the quoted text, links that support claims the article makes, were removed from the quoted text

 

[MaxStout]

Wisconsin would like a recount.

 

[mac_1103]

The longest east-west distance across New Hampshire is 93 miles. The longest north-south distance is 190 miles. Everything in New Hampshire is strategically located near state borders.

 

[day_trippr]

fwiw, NH does not sell beer in their state-run liquor stores - which used to be what some MA folks hit hard to save money on spirits. These days that only works if said Massholes live close enough that the fuel cost doesn't swamp whatever savings are available on booze.

Meanwhile, the cost of a 12 pack of my go-to Fiddlehead IPA is the same up in Littleton NH as it is in Stow MA.
I think that #1 per capita beer consumption rating actually is on Cow Hampsterites. They should own it

Cheers!

 

[FloppyKnockers]

C'mon, Texas! Those are rookie numbers! Alright... Hold my beer.

Wait, no! Give me my beer back! You're obviously not gonna drink it. Time to start pouring Shiner on my Cheerios again.

 

[Bramling Cross]

So much for Beervana...way to suck at what you're supposed to be good at, Oregon. Also, good job at failing to be noteworthy on the national stage despite your desperate efforts.

Try as you might, nobody cares.

 

[schuchdan]

If my county is purple, that's a good thing right?!