Do Minnesotan’s Drink More Beer Than The Rest of the U.S.?

I heard a stat over the weekend heading into the Super Bowl that said Americans would drink enough beer on Super Bowl Sunday to fill 500 Olympic size swimming pools.  

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That’s a lot of beer. So, that got me thinking, how much beer does Minnesotan’s consume and where do we rank among the rest of the states in America. 

I came across an article from beerinfo.com that says we actually are lower down on the list. The website, which often updates news pertaining to beer, based their findings on how much beer is consumed per state per capita.  

Minnesota came in 29th on the list, at 28.5 gallons of beer per year. The study says that the average American over 21 years old, drinks 28.2 gallons of beer per year.  

They broke that number down even further so that number doesn’t seem so high, and basically that breaks down to 10 ounces per day, or about a six pack per week.  

Our neighbors to the northwest in North Dakota topped the list of most beer drank per capita, coming in at 45.8 gallons per year. That’s a full 17 gallons more than Minnesotan’s.  

New Hampshire was second with 43.9 gallons, Montana was third with 41 gallons per year. Two other states that neighbor Minnesota also finished in the Top 5, South Dakota was fifth 38.9 gallons per year and Wisconsin was 36.2 gallons. 

Four of the five states that were lowest on this list were in the Northeast, where there are a lot of people living. Their per capita is likely much bigger than other states, which could impact their findings.  Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Utah round out the five lowest states on the list.