Beer brewers heavily impacted by ongoing pub closures

Beer consumption in Ireland was already falling prior to Covid-19

Beer consumption in Ireland fell by 2% last year, with per-capita beer consumption down by 2.9%.

Ireland’s beer sector has been heavily impacted by Covid-19 because of the continued pub closures, trade body Drinks Ireland has said.

Releasing its annual Beer Market Report which updates on the performance of the sector in 2019, just prior to the Covid crisis, the trade body said provisional Revenue data released last week shows that beer sales fell by 17.4% in April, May and June 2020 - compared to the same period last year.