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North Dakota consumes more beer than any other American state. Reuters/Brendan McDermid

There may be 99 bottles of beer on the wall, but there's probably way less on North Dakota's.

According to a study from Beer Marketer’s Insights, North Dakota consumed the most amount of beer in 2013: 43.6 gallons per drinking-age adult. Utah carried the low end with only 19.6 gallons per adult. Heavy drinking, which was defined as having more than one drink per day, was more common in the states that drank more overall, according to 24/7 Wall Street. In Montana, ranked third, and Wisconsin, ranked sixth, 7.7 percent and 7.8 percent of people respectively were classified as heavy drinkers.

Based on Gallup polling from last year, beer is still the alcoholic beverage of choice for a majority of drinkers. According to respondents, 41 percent drank beer more frequently, with 31 percent drinking wine and 23 percent most often consuming liquor.

Beer sales ticked upward in 2014 by 0.5 percent, according to the Brewer’s Association. Part of this growth has come from the proliferation of craft beer, which has experienced a 17.6 percent growth. Despite there being 3,418 craft breweries in the U.S., the craft beer market still remains a relatively small share of the market at roughly 11 percent.

Bud Light was still the best selling beer in the United States in 2014, followed by Coors Light. Budweiser, Miller Light and Corona Extra rounded out the top 5.

The states that drink the most beer are:

  1. North Dakota, 43.6 gallons per adult
  2. New Hampshire, 42.2 gallons per adult
  3. Montana, 40.5 gallons per adult
  4. South Dakota, 38.2 gallons per adult
  5. Vermont, 35.9 gallons per adult
  6. Wisconsin, 35.8 gallons per adult
  7. Nevada, 34.9 gallons per adult
  8. Maine, 34.8 gallons per adult
  9. Nebraska, 34.1 gallons per adult
  10. Mississippi, 33.2 gallons per adult
  11. Texas, 33.2 gallons per adult