A surprising trend has emerged in Australia’s drinking habits with more drinkers ditching beer for an interesting alternative.
New data from the Australian government has revealed the amount of beer being drank fell to its lowest point in about 80 years.
Australians drank 19 per cent more high-alcohol spirits per capita over the year than what was being drunk just years earlier in 2016-17.“This is the highest level seen since the peak of spirits consumption in 2007–08 of 2.3L per capita,” the government report stated. Researchers believe the decrease occurred following changes to tax on ready-to-drink beverages in 2008, and sparked a spike in certain spirits.
Importantly, the report found that the change did not reflect “per capita consumption”, and instead came about as Australia’s population continues to grow.Of available alcohol – broken down into beer, wine, spirits, or cider – wine remained the most popular at 42 per cent of all apparent alcohol consumption.
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