Beer sales 'lowest since 1930s' BBC, 28 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7528858.stm
"UK drinkers have increasingly drunk wine and cider as well as beer
Beer sales in pubs are "at their lowest level since the Great Depression", one of the country's leading pub representative groups has said. The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) said beer sales in pubs were down 10.6% compared with the same quarter last year. It said the data referred to more than 90% of the types of ale and lager sold in the UK, including foreign brands."