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Green Beers: By the Numbers
- 5.9: The average percent of alcohol by volume of the world's beers, according to Beer Advocate ABV.
- 4: The number of solar powered breweries in the U.S.
- 25,000,000: Organic beer sales in U.S. dollars in 2007.
- 1978: The year home brewing beer was made legal by President Jimmy Carter.
- 400: The number of breweries that survived prohibition.
- 13: Rank of the U.S. in annual per capita beer consumption in the world—the States are topped by the Czech Republic (#1), Ireland (#2), and even Finland (#9).
- 85: Percent of all alcohol consumed by the gallon in the U.S. is beer.
- 95: Percentage of ingredients that need to be certified organic to earn the beer an organic certification by the USDA.
- 2: Number of organic beers made by Anheuser Busch, the biggest beer company in the U.S.
Sources: The Beer Advocate, Wikipedia, Bnet, MSNBC, Swivel, Progressive Grocer, USDA, Anheuser-Busch.
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