What is the top selling beer in England?

Answer 1

Carling claims to be the best-selling beer in Britain, the claim is repeated on Wikipedia (without a source) but those claims may be outdated. According to an article from 2005, "Carling has been the nation's best-selling beer since the 1970s. Among UK lagers it has 22 per cent of the market, well ahead of Fosters (16 per cent) and Stella Artois (15 per cent)."

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/the-lager-that-swallowed-a-nation-516054.html

According to this About.com article from 2008, Stella Artois had been the best-selling lager in Britain for a few years, before being beaten by Carlsberg recently. (But, according to the article, even that has been debated)

http://beer.about.com/b/2008/04/09/which-is-britains-best-beer.htm

Yet another source I have claims that Newcastle is the winner, but with no stats I'm willing to dismiss that out of hand.

So, I suppose it's a highly debatable question, but I'm willing to give the crown to Carlsberg for the moment seeing as their reference was backed up and the most recent.

Answer 2

This question seems trickier than I thought it would be.

First, apologies if I can't break down for England specifically, but I'm finding several different leads for Britain as a whole.

Carling claims to be the best-selling beer in Britain, the claim is repeated on Wikipedia (without a source) but those claims may be outdated. According to an article from 2005, "Carling has been the nation's best-selling beer since the 1970s. Among UK lagers it has 22 per cent of the market, well ahead of Fosters (16 per cent) and Stella Artois (15 per cent)."

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/the-lager-that-swallowed-a-nation-516054.html

According to this About.com article from 2008, Stella Artois had been the best-selling lager in Britain for years, before being beaten by Carlsberg recently. (But, according to the article, even that has been debated)

http://beer.about.com/b/2008/04/09/which-is-britains-best-beer.htm

Yet another source I have claims that Newcastle is the winner, but with no stats I'm willing to dismiss that out of hand.

So, I suppose it's a highly debatable question, but I'm willing to give the crown to Carlsberg for the moment seeing as their reference was backed up and the most recent.

Answer 3

Stella Artois and Carlsberg are the most popular beers in England.

Answer 4

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