Beer

In 2010-11 there were 77.1 million litres of pure alcohol available from beer, which is a decrease of 3.4% from 2009-10 (79.7 million litres). Full strength beer made up 82.5% of all beer available for consumption in 2010-11, followed by mid strength beer (13.2%) and low strength beer (4.3%).

Year ended 30 June	Low strength(a)	Mid strength(a)	Full strength(a)	Total
VOLUME OF PURE ALCOHOL ('000 litres)
2006	5 900	8 767	61 721	76 388
2007	5 381	9 366	63 131	77 849
2008	4 813	9 513	65 170	79 496
2009	4 247	9 862	67 040	81 148
2010	3 872	r10 143	r65 721	r79 736
2011	3 310	10 207	63 546	77 063
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF PURE ALCOHOL(b) (litres)
2006	0.36	0.53	3.74	4.63
2007	0.32	0.56	3.76	4.63
2008	0.28	0.55	3.80	4.63
2009	0.24	0.56	3.82	4.62
2010	0.22	0.57	r3.67	r4.45
2011	0.18	0.56	3.49	4.23
(a) See paragraph 16 of the Explanatory Notes for definitions of low, mid and full strength beer.
(b) Litres per person aged 15 years and over. r revised

The volume of beer available for consumption decreased 3.8%, from 1,856.1 million litres in 2009-10 to 1,786.2 million litres in 2010-11. The volume of full strength beer decreased 3.6%, while low strength beer decreased 14.5%. Mid strength beer increased slightly (up 0.6%).

Year ended 30 June	Low strength(a)	Mid strength(a)	Full strength(a)	Total
VOLUME ('000 litres)
2006	218 045	251 676	1 305 476	1 775 198
2007	199 581	268 017	1 337 286	1 804 884
2008	176 984	271 807	1 387 008	1 835 798
2009	156 906	281 793	1 434 112	1 872 810
2010	144 599	289 815	r1 421 697	r1 856 110
2011	123 602	291 579	1 371 049	1 786 230
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION(b) (litres)
2006	13.21	15.25	79.09	107.54
2007	11.87	15.95	79.56	107.38
2008	10.32	15.84	80.84	107.00
2009	8.93	16.04	81.62	106.59
2010	r8.07	r16.17	r79.31	r103.54
2011	6.79	16.01	75.28	98.08
(a) See paragraph 16 of the Explanatory Notes for definitions of low, mid and full strength beer.
(b) Litres per person aged 15 years and over.
r revised