According to industry figures, the always well-known drinking continent of Europe has been surpassed by Asia as the leading beer producing continent in the world, tossing back 124 billion pints in 2009, compared to Europe’s measly 115 billion.
Defying cultural stereotypes of beer-swilling Europeans, it is the first time that Asia has assumed the top spot in the world’s beer producing since annual records began in 1974 by the Kirin Institute of Food and Lifestyle.
Vietnam fuelled the surge in Asian beer production, with an increase of more than 24 per cent in beer manufacturing over 2009, according to the report.
India followed closely behind with an increase of 12 per cent, while China’s beer manufacturers also collectively increased seven per cent over the past year.
With the average Asian still consuming less beer than his or her European counterpart, there was still further scope for Asia to continue growing, according to Kyodo News.
”There is more room for further growth in Asia down the track because Asians’ per capita consumption is relatively small,” the report read.
Though they weren’t the leaders of the charge, we’ve already seen an increase in beer activity from Japan in a couple different ways. Will Asia be the next great beer frontier? It certainly looks like it could be.
Asia overtakes Europe as biggest producer of beer — Telegraph
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