If you’re thinking it’s something brewed in the United States, you’re dead wrong. It’s China Snow Beer, the result of a joint venture between SABMiller and China Resources International.
In 2010, Snow Beer (a lager) sold 16.5 BILLION pints, more than doubling that of Bud Light. That’s 2 billion, 62 million gallons of Snow Beer consumed in a single year! Get this, China is it’s ONLY market. China Resources got started 15 years ago with just 3 breweries. Today, they own 80 of China’s 500 breweries. While Bud Light is second in sales to Snow Beer, BL is still America’s #1 selling beer with a 19.1% market share. [Time, Telegraph]
So is Bud Light #1 in America?
yep. Bud Light sells the most. Just not 16.5 billion pints.