Beer Back To Double-Digit Lead Over Wine As Favored Drink
26/07/2008 06:15
PRINCETON, NJ --
Beer has regained a comfortable margin over
wine when U.S. drinkers are asked to name which
alcoholic beverage they most often
drink.
In recent years,
wine had narrowed the gap, including pulling
slightly ahead in 2005 (though not by a
significant margin), but for the first time
since 2002, beer enjoys a
better-than-double-digit advantage over wine.
These results are based on Gallup's annual Consumption Habits poll, conducted July 10-13 of this year.
As the graph shows, beer still is not as widely preferred today as it was in the early 1990s, when close to half of Americans said it was their alcoholic drink of choice. Preferences for wine have fallen back from their 2005 high (39%) to 31%.
The shift back to beer from wine in recent years has occurred mostly among Americans between the ages of 30 and 49. In combined data from the 2004 and 2005 Consumption surveys, drinkers between 30 and 49 were about as likely to prefer wine as beer. Now, drinkers in this age bracket have shifted back to beer, with an average of 47% in the combined 2007-2008 data saying they most often drink beer.
Pour yourself into this story here.
SINC SAYS:
Seems to fit in my case as beer would be my drink of choice over wine any day. And spirits? Nope, hardly ever.
These results are based on Gallup's annual Consumption Habits poll, conducted July 10-13 of this year.
As the graph shows, beer still is not as widely preferred today as it was in the early 1990s, when close to half of Americans said it was their alcoholic drink of choice. Preferences for wine have fallen back from their 2005 high (39%) to 31%.
The shift back to beer from wine in recent years has occurred mostly among Americans between the ages of 30 and 49. In combined data from the 2004 and 2005 Consumption surveys, drinkers between 30 and 49 were about as likely to prefer wine as beer. Now, drinkers in this age bracket have shifted back to beer, with an average of 47% in the combined 2007-2008 data saying they most often drink beer.
Pour yourself into this story here.
SINC SAYS:
Seems to fit in my case as beer would be my drink of choice over wine any day. And spirits? Nope, hardly ever.
