Beer sales in 2019 grew to over 8 billion pints (8,059,495,997),this was an increase of 1.1% from the previous year.A very impressive increase as 2018 had shown the biggest increase in sales for 45 years.The increase in 2019 equates to 87 million extra pints being sold versus 2018.
The then Chancellor Philip Hammond had froze the beer duty in the budget back in October 2018 and this appears to be instrumental in the growth of beer sales as the freeze came into effect in February 2019.
Enjoying a pint of great beer 