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Current Performance of the Independent Microbrewery Sector
Note: Compiled by the author from survey data and other sources; based on 70 production microbreweries
2.5 Irish Microbrewery Market Share
The IBA reports that total beer production in Ireland amounted to 8,019, 000 hl
in 2017. The Irish independent microbrewery production of 157, 000 hl in 2017
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represents 1.9% of the production market.
The Revenue Commissioners estimate the consumption of beer in Ireland at 4,
479, 000 hl for 2017. Of the 157,400hl produced by independent microbreweries
in 2017, some 126,000 hl were sold in the domestic Irish market, indicating an
Irish independent microbrewery share of domestic beer consumption of 2.6%.
6 IBA, Beer Market Report, 2016, 2017.
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