Beer in the United States Beer in the United States Beer in the United States is manufactured by more than 3,000 breweries, which range in size from industry giants to brew pubs and microbreweries. The United States produced 196 million barrels () of beer in 2012, and consumes roughly of beer per capita annually. In 2011, the United States was ranked fifteenth in the world in per capita consumption, while total consumption was second only to China. Although beer was a part of colonial life in the United States, the passing of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1919 resulted in the
How Beer Saved the World the project until May of the following year, after he had brought on John Luscombe's production company Beyond to produce the documentary. Filming began in November 2010 at Oregon State University, in Corvallis, Oregon and finished up in early January 2011. "Reason" gave a short, favorable review for the film, writing that it "makes an entertaining case that fermented malt beverages are "the greatest invention of all time." How Beer Saved the World How Beer Saved the World is an hour-long documentary that was broadcast on the Discovery Channel on January 30, 2011. Produced by Australian production company Beyond Productions,