Benjamin Franklin said it best: "beer is living proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy." for sure, men love their alcohol: the average American guy drinks about 23 gallons of beer, 15 pints of wine and 10 pints of spirits every year. All in all, each year, about 200 million barrels (that's 6.2 billion gallons) of beer are produced, and we buy about $116 billion worth of alcoholic beverages.
