How much beer does your state drink?

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 01/24/2019 at 14:57 • Filed to: Beerlopnik

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Here are the top 5, with a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to the rest. On average, beer makers shipped 26.4 gallons of beer per person per American adult in 2017 and, with 247,813,910 adults in the US, that comes to 6.5 billion gallons of beer. That’s a lot of beer.

Texas is No. 10 on the list, with the average person drinking 31.8 gallons of beer a year.  How does your state rank? Are you doing your part to make it to No. 1?

5. Wisconsin
Annual per capita consumption: 34.3 gallons of beer
Total beer consumption: 147.1 million gallons
5 yr. consumption change: -2.4%
Bars and restaurants per 100,000 people: 213.8 (9th highest)
Beer tax rate: $0.06 per gallon (3rd lowest)

4. South Dakota
Annual per capita consumption: 38.2 gallons of beer
Total beer consumption: 23.7 million gallons
5 yr. consumption change: +2.8%
Bars and restaurants per 100,000 people: 204.4 (14th highest)
Beer tax rate: $0.27 per gallon (22nd highest)

3. North Dakota
Annual per capita consumption: 38.3 gallons of beer
Total beer consumption: 20.9 million gallons
5 yr. consumption change: -10.3%
Bars and restaurants per 100,000 people: 216.2 (8th highest)
Beer tax rate: $0.39 per gallon (17th highest)

2. Montana
Annual per capita consumption: 39.4 gallons of beer
Total beer consumption: 30.8 million gallons
5 yr. consumption change: +1.4%
Bars and restaurants per 100,000 people: 257.5 (the highest)
Beer tax rate: $0.14 per gallon (11th lowest)

1. New Hampshire
Annual per capita consumption: 40.6 gallons of beer
Total beer consumption: 41.8 million gallons
5 yr. consumption change: -3.5%
Bars and restaurants per 100,000 people: 213.0 (10th highest)
Beer tax rate: $0.30 per gallon (21st highest)

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Nibby > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:00

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i am contributing to keeping NY among the least 5 beer drinking state

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:04

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Oklahoma is tied with California. Weird. 

412GTI > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:04

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Ha I currently work for a brewery and can confirm people buy a lot of beer.

My state is 28 and down -6.5% which is a little surprising given the amount of new Breweries opening around our city. However, I suppose craft spirits is a big thing too now. 

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:05

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33 . Michigan

...HOW?!?!?! Type “brewery” into google maps and you get more hits than if you typed “applebee’s”?!?!?! I guess we just drink high quality, high alcohol beer?

Mercedes Streeter > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:05

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5. Wisconsin
Annual per capita consumption: 34.3 gallons of beer
Total beer consumption: 147.1 million gallons
5 yr. consumption change: -2.4%
Bars and restaurants per 100,000 people: 213.8 (9th highest)

Beer tax rate: $0.06 per gallon (3rd lowest) 

Can confirm, just about every intersection in Kenosha has 4 bars and some businesses are bars or liquor stores that probably shouldn’t be...

Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:06

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Before I even clicked it, I knew that NH would be near the top. We seem to collectively have a problem.

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:08

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Beer?

Sorry, I don’t speak broke

ttyymmnn > 412GTI 01/24/2019 at 15:08

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FTA: Beer makers shipped 26.4 gallons of beer per person per American adult in 2017.

Not sure how that breaks down per person. Win 247,813,910 adults in the US, that comes to 6.5 billion gallons of beer. Is that possible???

RallyWrench > 412GTI 01/24/2019 at 15:08

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This is all I can think of

ttyymmnn > Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! 01/24/2019 at 15:09

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More beer than opioids?

RallyWrench > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/24/2019 at 15:09

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Can’t let that stand, I’ll do my part to push CA up later.   

interstate366, now In The Industry > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:09

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Virginia is 38th, which, given the sheer number of breweries here, is utterly shocking. I’m doing my part.

interstate366, now In The Industry > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 01/24/2019 at 15:10

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You guys are 33rd, not 38th.

interstate366, now In The Industry > For Sweden 01/24/2019 at 15:11

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*laughs in craft brew*

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:11

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Well I didn’t need to check, but I did. Yup. A s expected.

Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:12

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NH is strong on many fronts. Live Free or Die, man. It takes chemicals to back up the spirit  that results in death being mentioned right on the plate.

412GTI > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:12

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Yeah that doesn’t add up. Does that mean we’re all alcoholics lol.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:12

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Wow, Illinois tied for 25. I am much disappoint.

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch 01/24/2019 at 15:12

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Where do you live?

412GTI > RallyWrench 01/24/2019 at 15:13

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Always funny!

Svend > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:13

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Strange that on the beer scale neither Britai n or America show up in the top 20 of beer drinkers.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/maps-and-graphics/beer-consumption-per-capita-countries/

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > RallyWrench 01/24/2019 at 15:14

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And I’ll be doing my part for Oklahoma. (tips hat)

We’re still all impatiently waiting on your 911 write-up!

ttyymmnn > 412GTI 01/24/2019 at 15:14

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I searched it up, and my math is correct. Damn.

ttyymmnn > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 01/24/2019 at 15:14

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Gotta up your game.

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:15

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U tah. but as my coworker pointed out about 45% of the population has a no drinking policy so that means the 30-40% that actually follow it will have a huge effect on the per capita.  i.e. the drinkers are far and away making up for the non-drinkers in the state if its still 18.7 gallons per capita 

ttyymmnn > Svend 01/24/2019 at 15:15

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That list is in Euros. I need it converted to USD. 

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:15

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Listen, I do my part. It’s these other yahoos that need to up theirs.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > interstate366, now In The Industry 01/24/2019 at 15:15

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I did my part. Thank you for noticing my efforts.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:15

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I feel like there’s a missing metric here to adjust for quality of beer drunk. NH was the biggest surprise to me on the list. I expected the Midwest to occupy much of the upper reaches of the list. To paraphrase some of my family from Nebraska, “ what else are you going to do all winter long?”

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch 01/24/2019 at 15:16

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Congratulations?

ttyymmnn > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 01/24/2019 at 15:17

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Yeah, those are all heavy winter states. Although Utah is at 50, but that may reflect the religious leanings of the state.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:18

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WOOHOOO!!!

2. Montana
Annual per capita consumption: 39.4 gallons of beer
Total beer consumption: 30.8 million gallons
5 yr. consumption change: +1.4%
Bars and restaurants per 100,000 people: 257.5 (the highest)
Beer tax rate: $0.14 per gallon (11th lowest)

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Mercedes Streeter 01/24/2019 at 15:18

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I grew up in a town of <2000 people in SE Wisconsin and there were 3 bars and 2 gas stations with impressive liquor/beer selections all within sight of each other.

ttyymmnn > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 01/24/2019 at 15:19

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ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:20

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Indeed on the religious leanings . I’ve had a few friends who lived in Utah at times (none stayed more than a couple of years). It was safe to say they were most  definitely of the non-member variety, which made them very much a minority there.

Pickup_man > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:20

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I have a saying every time winter comes around here in South Dakota. I don’t go ice fishing, I go ice drinking.

Alcohol consumption on the reservations is also very high here which probably plays a significant role as to where SD falls on the list. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:23

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Except that it’s a mistake because in Texas, beer consumption is measured in fish tanks, not gallons.

ttyymmnn > Pickup_man 01/24/2019 at 15:24

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A lcohol consumption on the reservations is also very high

Good point.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Svend 01/24/2019 at 15:24

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Perhaps because in Britain, what they drink is not beer, but something better ?

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/24/2019 at 15:24

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I resemble that remark....

Arrivederci > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 01/24/2019 at 15:24

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It’s measuring volume, not quality.  

red014 > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:27

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The N orthern vs. S outhern New England disparity is kind of surprising...

49. Connecticut

45. Rhode Island

42. Massachusetts

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9. Vermont

6. Maine

1 . New Hampshire

RallyWrench > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:30

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What I’m seeing here is that most states with actual winters and less people drink a lot more per person . Also I’ll bet that if this was wine, California would “win” the shit out of this thing . Which I don’t understand, but more beer for me, so it’s fine. 

Urambo Tauro > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:30

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I wonder if there’s any correlation between a state’s alcohol consumption and its drunk driver stats. We might even be able to extrapolate which states tend to have more responsible drinkers.

FWIW, North Dakota ranks in at #3 on the list above, and comes in at #2 for DUIs according to this page .

ttyymmnn > red014 01/24/2019 at 15:30

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More m etropolitan vs more  rural populations?

Svend > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/24/2019 at 15:31

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Lol. Wasn’t sure which way you were going to go as I started reading. 

ttyymmnn > RallyWrench 01/24/2019 at 15:31

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That’s a good observation. What is wine?

ttyymmnn > Urambo Tauro 01/24/2019 at 15:31

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You may have just answered your own question.

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:32

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So If I do the math myself and look for adults in Utah that would have no religious reason not to drink my numbers come out to between 28 and 34.6 gallons/person  My guess is that its closer to 30

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch 01/24/2019 at 15:33

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That’s still less than average for TX (no. 10). So it seems that even those who do drink in UT don’t drink all that much.

Urambo Tauro > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:35

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Check out New Hampshire though. While they’re #1 here, they’re #36 on that DUI list. Good job NH.  

ttyymmnn > Urambo Tauro 01/24/2019 at 15:38

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That’s because the weather is too shitty to drive. 

Nothing > Urambo Tauro 01/24/2019 at 15:40

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It’s harder to pull people over on snowmobiles.

vicali > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:42

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BC doesn’t make the list because, um, we were busy, doing, something..

RallyWrench > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/24/2019 at 15:42

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A doff of the cap to you too, sir. I’m still impatiently waiting for time to work on and drive the damn car! Need to smog and register it, then drive it enough to actually justify a writeup, but  m ultiple appliance failures since Christmas have taken precedence in time and moneys, so the car has sat . Soon!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > RallyWrench 01/24/2019 at 15:45

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Ugh, bummer. Looking forward to it! 

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:45

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My current home state, Missouri, is surprisingly mid-pack. I live just down the street from the big, main Budweiser brewery, and it seems that every other building around here is named for Anheuser and/or Busch. With all of these AB products flooding the market, well, I’d cut back on beer consumption as well.

But seriously, STL is a beer town, and we do have a number of great microbreweries all over the region . Lots and lots of choice, sometimes I dare say too many choices.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:48

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Maybe not beer but Norfolk was awarded drunkest city in the US. And yes that's pronounced nor-fuck 

Honeybunchesofgoats > Urambo Tauro 01/24/2019 at 15:48

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I was wondering about this, since New Jersey is ranked 47th. Between the lack of public transportation and really strict DUI laws, New Jersey doesn’t have much of a bar culture at all. 

nerd_racing > Urambo Tauro 01/24/2019 at 15:49

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Wow, I fully expected NY to be near the top of that DUI list.  It was 50th. 

ttyymmnn > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/24/2019 at 15:50

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“ Budweiser” and “ beer” are oxymorons.

ttyymmnn > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 01/24/2019 at 15:52

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I’m guessing that’s not Norfolk, VA. My mother told me once about a high school cheer she heard (this would have been in the 1950s) that went, “We don’t drink! We don’t smoke! Norfolk! Norfolk! Norfolk!”

RallyWrench > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 15:52

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Apparently it’s grapes (?) which have been smushed by farmer feet, then get put into an old-timey barrel for awhile, and eventually get put in a corked fancy bottle where it also has to sit for awhile, which makes it play “notes” on your “palate”. The glasses are also very easy to break and not very big . Seems fishy. 

interstate366, now In The Industry > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 01/24/2019 at 15:54

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I noticed because my state is 38th despite the brewery number being in the multiple hundreds. I’m even at one right now.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 16:06

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You got it, Norfolk, VA. There’s a few pronunciations. The only wrong one is nor-folk like folk music. Norfick, nawfuck, norfoke, nawfick. Just not Norfolk. 

ttyymmnn > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 01/24/2019 at 16:12

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Yup. I grew up there. I couldn’t possibly write in letters how I pronounce it.

facw > red014 01/24/2019 at 16:19

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It may also be important to note that this is based on beer shipments rather than in state- consumption, which means that New Hampshire might get a boost from people in MA looking to avoid taxes, though I don’t know how much of a thing that is these days, especially for beer.

Pich, with Z32 now featuring Civic [Si] / No > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 01/24/2019 at 16:32

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y ay!?

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 16:58

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Wow I’m surprised Wi only 5th

There is s town 20 minutes west of mine name Iron River but it is frequently called Iron Liver. At one point it has 10 bars and a population of less than 1000. 

CB > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 18:36

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I mean, depression must drink a lot.

T5Killer > Urambo Tauro 01/24/2019 at 18:36

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New Mexico #18 on the beer drinkers list and #7 on the DWI list

My bird IS the word > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 18:58

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Surprised. Pittsburgh is supposed to have the most bars per capita in the usa

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 19:03

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Vermont is at #9 at 32.8 gallons per capita. I was expecting us to be higher considering we rank #1 in breweries per capita at 11.5 .

Future next gen S2000 owner > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 01/24/2019 at 19:21

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So any other way than it is spelled? Got it.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > facw 01/24/2019 at 20:22

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no deposit. also state liquor stores tend to be cheaper than the metro boston area

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Future next gen S2000 owner 01/24/2019 at 20:41

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Bingo. Suffolk is the same way. Though people from Suffolk tend to say Suh -fuck and Naw- fuck. It makes no sense here.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 21:16

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Now if only someone can explain ‘Bud Light’ to me.

Wait, nevermind...

ttyymmnn > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/24/2019 at 21:30

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Self loathing. 

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 22:04

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Enginerrrrrrrrr > ttyymmnn 01/24/2019 at 23:45

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Despite being top 5 in most breweries, Colorado is ranked 22nd.  Not super surprising since we are also one of the healthiest states as well.  We like our beer... but don’t binge on it.  

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 01/24/2019 at 23:51

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i think if light lagers (4%) vs craft beers (6%) were taken into account the numbers may even out more.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > facw 01/24/2019 at 23:52

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they also allow coupons and manf rebates. I had a friend buy a 30 rack of natty ice for $9, and it came with a $ 3 mail in rebate. i was stunned they could can piss that cheap

pip bip - choose Corrour > ttyymmnn 01/25/2019 at 05:37

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http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/latestProducts/4307.0.55.001Media%20Release12016-17

bhtooefr > Mercedes Streeter 01/25/2019 at 06:09

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When my family would exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair (there were good premiums, it was worth the 13 hour drive with trailer full of goats), we noticed that beer was cheaper than water on the fairgrounds.

ttyymmnn > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/25/2019 at 09:12

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Everything okay down there?

functionoverfashion > ttyymmnn 01/25/2019 at 15:00

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New Hampshire resident here. Yay?

Come to think of it, I am having a beer after work...

ttyymmnn > functionoverfashion 01/25/2019 at 15:51

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Busted.

pip bip - choose Corrour > ttyymmnn 01/25/2019 at 17:44

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Not really

Absolute fuckwit leading the country

It’s hot

Otherwise all good