74 % of respondents said that they sometimes drank beer, 26 % did not, and beer is significantly more often drunk by men (90 %) than by women (58 %). About one half of the Czech population drink on average a litre or more during one week, while 24 % described their consumption as being between 1 to 2.5 litres, 13 % fit the range of three to five, 10 % drink between five and a half to ten and 3 % of consumers more than ten litres.
22 % of respondents said that they drank a half a litre or less in a week on average. In our survey we were also finding out the opinions of those that drank beer on how Czech beer had changed after 1989 and how the situation would be developing in the future. It turned out that with the exception of price affordability, Czech beer drinkers valued the development relating to Czech beer relatively favourably and that they also viewed its future optimistically. According to almost two thirds (64 %) of respondents, who drink beer, price affordability of beer has got worse compared to the period before 1989, however from the point of view of beer flavour and quality, quality of its drawing and particularly the scope of the offered range, the current situation is mostly valued only as better or at least not worse than it was before 1989. Comparison of the overall situation of Czech beer now and before 1989 comes out relatively positively, when 47 % see the current situation as better, 21 % as unchanged and only 6 % as worse. Approximately, a quarter (26 %) expect that the situation will be improving in the future, 45 % anticipate maintaining the current situation and only 6 % envisage worsening.
