The data displays the beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverages sales of merchant wholesalers in the U.S. from 2002 to 2016. In 2016, the beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverages sales of U.S. merchant wholesalers amounted to about 161.23 billion USD.
Alcohol in the U.S.
During the recession, alcohol-related industries were some of the few seeing continued growth, proving alcohol to be a frequent purchase for many Americans. However, beer production in the U.S. has decreased since the 1990s. In 2016, the U.
