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This statistic shows the beer consumption share in the United States in 2020, by category. In that year, the consumption of light beer took the largest share with **** percent of total beer consumption in the United States.

Beer industry

Beer is the most popular alcoholic beverage in the United States. The majority of U.S. consumers showed a preference for light beer during that year. In contrast to regular beer, this variety has reduced alcohol content and calories. Bud Light was the nation’s leading beer brand, followed by Coors Light and Miller Lite. The Bud Light brand generated over * billion U.S. dollars in sales in 2017. It is owned and manufactured by Anheuser-Busch InBev, the largest brewing company in the world in 2018.

Craft beer had a consumption share of nearly ** percent in 2020. This type of beer is made by small, independent and traditional brewers. According to the American Brewers Association, craft breweries should produce only up to * million barrels of beer annually. Moreover, only less than ** percent of the brewery can be owned or controlled by a non-craft brewer.

The cities of Portland and Seattle had the highest craft beer sales between 2014 and 2015. Samuel Adams was the leading craft beer brand during this period, generating over *** million U.S. dollars in sales. This brand is owned by the Boston Beer Company, the country’s second-largest craft brewer in 2014, based on volume sales. The U.S. had more than craft breweries in 2020.