Who drinks the most bourbon in the world?

Countries That Drink The Most Bourbon
  • By Richard Thomas.
  • The United Kingdom ($113.8 million) American whiskeys have been making serious inroads into the home market of Scotch whisky. ...
  • Japan ($72.7 million) ...
  • Australia ($70.4 million) ...
  • Spain ($68.2 million) ...
  • France ($52 million) ...
  • Germany ($50.8 million) ...
  • Canada ($34.2 million)
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What is the number 1 selling bourbon in the world?

That title belongs to Jack Daniel's with 12.3 million cases sold. Surprisingly, JD's total was actually down from 13.4 million cases the preceding year. So, even though Jack Daniel's is technically bourbon, since it considers itself a Tennessee Whiskey, that leaves Jim Beam the worldwide leader in the bourbon category.
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What demographic drinks bourbon?

According to the research, 13.1% of Americans are bourbon drinkers. That means that the other 86.9% are liars or too young. 70% of bourbon drinkers are male while 30% are females but, these numbers continue to shift as more and more women have fallen in love with bourbon.
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Who drinks the most Whisky in the world?

The country that consumes the most whiskey in the world is India. Indians consumed 1.5 billion litres of whiskey in 2014, completely dwarfing the United States' 462 million litres, according to a research note from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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Where is bourbon popular?

In terms of export value, Japan is the biggest market, with more than $34 million in bourbon imports in the first six months of 2021 alone. Other key export markets for bourbon include Australia, Canada, Spain, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
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Who is the biggest bourbon producer?

Heaven Hill's humble beginning in Bardstown, Kentucky. As reported today throughout the Louisville media, Heaven Hill's Bernheim is now the World's Biggest Bourbon Distillery.
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Who is the largest consumer of whiskey?

NEW DELHI: Even though India is the largest consumer of whisky in the world, about three times higher than the US, which is the second largest consumer, only 16% of urban Indians have termed it as their favourite drink, according to the latest survey by YouGuv.
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Who drinks the most whiskey in the world per capita?

France is the number one country per capita, with 2.15 liters of whiskey drunk per person. Uruguay was next with 1.77 liters, followed by the United States (1.14 liters), Australia (1.3 liters) and Spain (1.29 liters).
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Which country buys most whisky?

1. USA. The US remains the biggest market for Scotch by value, but what was once a billion pound market has taken a battering this year.
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What state drinks the most bourbon?

Kentucky: 937k Cases

The Home of Bourbon is also the top market by far in per capita consumption of American whiskey with 286 cases consumed per 1,000 people.
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What started the bourbon boom?

The increase in bourbon consumption came from a few different events and factors combined, but the main culprit was export growth. In February 2002, the Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd. purchased the Four Roses brand trademark and named the new acquisition Four Roses Distillery LLC.
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Is bourbon popular in Australia?

Today, Bourbon is 60 per cent of all whisky drunk in Australia. On a per capita basis, Australians consume 2.5 times more than Americans.
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What is the fanciest bourbon?

Today, the price of one bottle of Old Rip Van Winkle 25 Year Old bourbon is a staggering $65,000, clearly making it No. 1 on our list of the most expensive bourbons ever.
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Who sells more Jim Beam or Jack Daniels?

In 2019, sales of the top whiskey brands had Jack Daniel's bringing in over $326 million. Jim Beam's popularity was also evident, with more than $228 million in sales that same year.
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What is the smoothest bourbon to drink straight?

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  • Knob Creek 12 Year Old Bourbon Whiskey.
  • Jefferson's Ocean Aged at Sea.
  • Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon Whiskey.
  • Old Forester Classic 86 Proof.
  • Russell's Reserve 10 Year Old Bourbon Whiskey.
  • Heaven's Door Straight Bourbon Whiskey.
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Who are the biggest drinkers in the world?

Australians have been named the heaviest drinkers in the world in a survey after spending more time drunk in 2020 than any other nation. The international survey found Australians drank to the point of drunkenness an average of 27 times a year, almost double the global average of 15.
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What is the most alcoholic country?

Belarus had the world's highest level of alcohol consumption, with 17.5 liters of alcohol consumed per capita. The country's high level of consumption has had serious health consequences on its residents.
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What country has the highest alcoholism rate?

Top 10 Countries with the Highest Rates of Alcohol Use Disorder/Alcoholism (males):
  • Russia - 36.9%
  • Hungary - 36.9%
  • Belarus - 33.9%
  • Latvia - 28.8%
  • Slovenia - 23.5%
  • Slovakia - 22.8%
  • Poland - 22.7%
  • Estonia - 22.2%
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How much bourbon do Americans drink?

Americans do, however, drink the lion's share of American-made whiskey, or roughly 230 million liters each year. However, in per capita terms, the Aussies just beat us out, drinking . 661 liters of bourbon and other American whiskey for every . 653 we drink.
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Do Scots drink a lot of whisky?

So the Scots are the largest consumers of spirits (most particularly Scotch whisky), Yorkshire drinkers' favourite tipple is beer and those in the West Country are channelling their inner Wurzels by necking cider at twice the rate that Londoners do.
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What state makes the most whiskey?

In searching for America's finest whiskey, all eyes naturally turn to Kentucky and Tennessee, the two states that are the birthplace of the American whiskey industry. According to most whiskey experts, Kentucky is the nation's leading whiskey-producing region, followed closely by Tennessee.
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Who is the largest distiller of bourbon?

Heaven Hill's Bernheim Distillery in downtown Louisville produces 1,300 barrels per day as the largest single-site Bourbon distillery in American Whiskey. All combined the distillery maintains over 1.8 million barrels aging in 63 warehouses throughout Nelson and Jefferson Counties.
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What is the best-selling whiskey in the world?

Bulleit Bourbon also continued its reign as the top-selling whiskey — and the second best-selling spirit overall, behind Tito's Vodka — in 2020.
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What is the largest distillery in the world?

It might be the second-largest bourbon home in the world, but Heaven Hill remains the largest toured distillery on the planet. Heaven Hill, located in Kentucky, is the world's largest tourable distillery.
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