Raise Your Glass, South Dakota in the Top 10 For Beer Drinking

South Dakota has been added to another top 10 rank: Top 10 for beer drinking! Our state came in at #4 in the highest per person consumption of beer in the U.S., according to a report by 24/7 Wall Street. They say:

South Dakota adults consumed 11.4% more pure alcohol in 2012 than they did in 2002, a larger increase than in all but a handful of states. Most of this increase came from spikes in wine and spirits consumption. While alcohol intake from beer grew by less than 1% — still one of the larger increases nationwide — legal-age adults in South Dakota increased both their wine and spirits intake by more than 30% over that time. Binge drinking may have contributed substantially to the state’s consumption totals. More than 20% of legal-age adults in South Dakota reported consuming at least four drinks in a sitting in 2012, among the highest binge drinking rates nationwide.