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"Diablo":pc6oq3s6 wrote: Are you sure beers like Erdinger are classified as speciality ?[/quote:pc6oq3s6]

The full breakdown is:
Ales, stouts and bitters: 38.7
Premium lagers: 36.9
Standard lagers: 23.2
Specialty beers: 0.2
Low/no alcohol: 1

"Ale Man":2uo512jv wrote: there are not too many mainstream Ales and Bitters here[/quote:2uo512jv]This number will be made up almost entirely of stout. According to the Competition Authority, total ale sales in Ireland are very small -- somewhere under 5% of the market, IIRC.

"Ale Man":2uo512jv wrote: I dont think Speciality = Craft Beer[/quote:2uo512jv]I wasn't implying that one should.

"delzep":d008v5h5 wrote: no beer related prize for being closest?[/quote:d008v5h5]

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I guessed that 1 in 300 pints would be craft beer; sad that it's even less than that...

(I also previously read that microbrewed beer penetration in the UK was only at 2% of total marketshare so I KNEW it had to be much, much less than that.)

Uphill battle indeed.
Adam

&amp;quot;Biertourist&amp;quot;:22x2lq4w wrote: I guessed that 1 in 300 pints would be craft beer[/quote:22x2lq4w]I'd say if there's any draught element to the "specialty beer" figure, it's going to be pretty much just Erdinger and Paulaner. Irish craft beer is almost entirely in the ale/stout or lager categories.