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What is the best selling beer in the world? The answer may surprise you!

The best selling beer in the world is...

The best-selling beer in the world is not Belgian, not Czech, not Mexican, not even American. In fact, only one from Europe was on the list of the ten best-selling beers, namely the Dutch brewery Heineken, the newly minted owner of Pivovarna Laško, in seventh place. You probably haven't even heard of the beer that ended up at the very top, let alone tasted it.

Latest data Data Monitor reveal that it is on the list ten best-selling beers in the world found four Chinese, three American, a couple of Brazilian and one European brewery, which is also the oldest (Heineken has been brewing beer for 142 years). There is a completely logical explanation behind these surprising data, although Westerners have never heard of the best-selling beer in the world. The Chinese drink about 110 billion units of beer, which is twice as many as Americans. And very American Bud Light were dethroned by the Chinese in 2011.

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China, the beer giant.
China, the beer giant.

And which Chinese beer has the honor of being the best-selling beer in the world? Snow beer of the CR Snow brewery, which can boast with a 5.4% market share in the world and tastes very similar to Budweiser (in the last ten years this Chinese brewer has increased sales by incredible 573 percent). Well, you won't find most of the other beers on the list in your local supermarket either.

Ranking of the best-selling beers in the world and market share in global sales:

1. Snow (China): 5.4 percent

Snow beer
Snow beer

2. Tsingtao (China): 2.8 percent

Tsingtao beer
Tsingtao beer

3. Bud Light, (US): 2.5 percent

Bud Light beer
Bud Light beer

4. Budweiser (USA): 2.3 percent

Budweiser beer
Budweiser beer

5. Skol Beer (Brazil): 2.2 percent

Skol beer
Skol beer

6. Yanjing (China): 1.9 percent

Yanjing beer
Yanjing beer

7. Heineken (Netherlands): 1.5 percent

Heineken beer
Heineken beer

8. Harbin (China): 1.5 percent

Harbin beer
Harbin beer

9. Brahma (Brazil): 1.5 percent

Brahma beer
Brahma beer

10. Coors Light (US): 1.3 percent

Coors Light beer
Coors Light beer

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