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Was reading this article here.
Maybe we can work out the AHB forum average on the number of brewers that are registered.
Drinkers turn away from beer
November 28, 2004
AUSTRALIA is fast losing its reputation as one of the world's biggest beer-drinking nations.
Latest estimates place our annual per capita consumption around 90 litres per person, down from the 1980s when beer was king, and the average hard-drinking Aussie knocked back 125 litres.
Australians have abandoned beer to such an extent that we are in danger of falling out of the top 10 beer drinking countries in the world.
We are currently ranked ninth behind countries such as Luxembourg and Belgium, with the Czech Republic on top at 162 litres per person.
One of the key reasons for the decline is highlighted in a report by the National Institute of Health and Welfare, which shows wine consumption has quadrupled over the past 40 years, but beer has dropped below 1961 levels.
Sydney master brewer Dr Chuck Hahn said Australians have begun to "drink upstream from the herd".
"Australians drank 125 litres of beer per person every year in the early '80s," he said.
"That's levelled off now to about 90 litres.
"The fact that the premium beer market - people who would never touch a VB - has climbed to 10 per cent from about two per cent says that Australians are drinking for quality not quantity."
Distilled Spirits Industry Council of Australia president Gordon Broderick said the decline in beer consumption was due in part to younger drinkers preferring pre-mix spirits.
Another reason for the decline of beer has been the rapid rise of cafe culture within Australia, with drinkers opting for a caffeine fix rather than a cleansing ale.
According to figures from leading coffee brand Lavazza, Australians now drink an average of 2.4kg of coffee each year, or 288 cups.
The Sunday Telegraph
Maybe we can work out the AHB forum average on the number of brewers that are registered.
Drinkers turn away from beer
November 28, 2004
AUSTRALIA is fast losing its reputation as one of the world's biggest beer-drinking nations.
Latest estimates place our annual per capita consumption around 90 litres per person, down from the 1980s when beer was king, and the average hard-drinking Aussie knocked back 125 litres.
Australians have abandoned beer to such an extent that we are in danger of falling out of the top 10 beer drinking countries in the world.
We are currently ranked ninth behind countries such as Luxembourg and Belgium, with the Czech Republic on top at 162 litres per person.
One of the key reasons for the decline is highlighted in a report by the National Institute of Health and Welfare, which shows wine consumption has quadrupled over the past 40 years, but beer has dropped below 1961 levels.
Sydney master brewer Dr Chuck Hahn said Australians have begun to "drink upstream from the herd".
"Australians drank 125 litres of beer per person every year in the early '80s," he said.
"That's levelled off now to about 90 litres.
"The fact that the premium beer market - people who would never touch a VB - has climbed to 10 per cent from about two per cent says that Australians are drinking for quality not quantity."
Distilled Spirits Industry Council of Australia president Gordon Broderick said the decline in beer consumption was due in part to younger drinkers preferring pre-mix spirits.
Another reason for the decline of beer has been the rapid rise of cafe culture within Australia, with drinkers opting for a caffeine fix rather than a cleansing ale.
According to figures from leading coffee brand Lavazza, Australians now drink an average of 2.4kg of coffee each year, or 288 cups.
The Sunday Telegraph