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Spirits Gained at Expense of Beer

Dear Client:If you haven't heard it enough, here's more confirmation that spirits is the thing for beer to beat: Spirits share of beverage alcohol stood at 35.2% in revenue last year, up from 34.7%. More soberingly, it all came at the expense of beer, which now stands at 47.8%, down from 48.3% the prior year, per Distilled Spirits Council numbers reported in New York yesterday. (Wine share has been flat at 17% the last two years.)Stunted beer share has long

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