The States That Drink the Most Beer in America [MAP] (2025)

Beer still reigns as the country’s most consumed alcoholic beverage by volume, according to data from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). In 2023 — the most recent year of data available — Americans drank 6.2 billion gallons of beer, a 3 percent dip in total consumption from 2022. Still, the category topped wine (887 million gallons) and spirits (734 million gallons) by volume. The South — the NIAAA demarcates its regions in line with the U.S. Census Bureau — knocked back the most beer by a long shot with 2.3 billion gallons consumed. The article The States That Drink the Most Beer in America [MAP] (2025) appeared first on VinePair.