Beer styles in regular production in microbreweries 2016 statistic | Statista

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This statistic shows the styles of beer in regular production by independent brewers (who are a member of the Society of Independent Brewers Association) in the United Kingdom in 2016. Pale golden bitter / golden ale was the most popular style brewed with 87.6 percent of independent brewers regularly producing it. This was followed by stout / porter at 80.3 percent and strong bitter / IPA at 77.3 percent.

Beer styles in regular production with SIBA member brewers in the United Kingdom in 2016 (as percentage of members brewing)

Characteristic	Share of brewers regularly producing
Pale golden bitter / golden ale	87.6%
Stout / porter	80.2%
Strong bitter / IPA	77.3%
Traditional brown / copper / amber bitter	69.9%
Bottle-conditional beer	39.2%
Speciality-ingredient beer	38.1%
Special hop beer (eg. single variety, green)	36.6%
Craft keg beer	35.4%
Traditional mild	33.6%
Lager-style beer	28.3%
Strong mild / old ale	23.9%
Strong ale / barley wine	20.6%
Local ingredients beer	18.6%
Foreign-style ale	18.3%
Unfined cask beer	18%
Themed series of beers	18%
Wheat beer	17.4%
Super-premium bottled beer	14.2%
Gluten-free beer	4.4%
Low alcohol beer (below 2.8 percent)	2.9%

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Release date

March 2017

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

January to December 2016

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SIBA = Society of Independent Brewers
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