A that time the sales amounted to 40% of all beer consumption in Lithuania.
This is especially interesting in light of the exploding growth of beer consumption within Russia.
The report said beer consumption per person fell to a record low in 1986 of 24.7 gallons.
Paradoxically, a shift to greater beer consumption here may be welcome on health grounds.
The nation's growing wealth and demographics also favor increased beer consumption.
In 2010 Croatia was the 14th country in the world by beer consumption per capita.
Heavy beer consumption was a feature of Larwood's fast bowling career.
But the effect of the restrictions - especially on beer consumption - are far from clear.
That would be rather like trying to reduce beer consumption among young people by starting with a fight against hops producers.
Swedish beer consumption may have been 40 times higher than in modern Sweden.