Alcohol Consumption In United States Drops In 2018

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(CNN) — Happy hour was less happy in 2018 than a year prior.
It was the third year in a row that alcohol consumption among Americans decreased. That’s according to beverage market analysis company IWSR.
The company says Americans guzzled down 3.35 billion cases of beer, wine and liquor last year, a decline of .8 percent.
According to IWSR, the main component in the decline was a drop in beer consumption, which was down 1.5 percent.
The company says