Poll: Slovaks prefer beer to wine

More than a third of Slovaks characterise themselves as beer aficionados, whereas only 26 percent are wine-lovers, according to a poll carried out on behalf of the Slovak Association of Beer and Malt Producers. Approximately 72 litres (or 144 large beers) per capita is consumed every year in Slovakia. The poll showed that Slovaks mostly choose classic alcoholic beer, with about three quarters of them drinking it at least once per week. Women more often (45 percent) go for 0.3 litres of draught beer in pubs, while more than three-quarters of men (84 percent) prefer half a litre.