The majority of the beer sold in the Netherlands in 2021 was lager, or pilsener, amounting to roughly 8.5 million hectoliters. Special beers or craft beers sales amounted to just over 1.3 million hectoliters.
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Annual beer sales volume in the Netherlands in 2021, by beer type
(in hectoliters)
The source notes the numbers are "based on monitoring of the Nederlandse Brouwers ('Dutch brewers') among members and non-members." Moreover, the source notes the figures comprise approximately 94 percent of the beer market.
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Nederlandse Brouwers. (January 13, 2022). Annual beer sales volume in the Netherlands in 2021, by beer type (in hectoliters) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/586114/volume-of-beer-sales-in-the-netherlands-by-beer-type/
Nederlandse Brouwers. "Annual beer sales volume in the Netherlands in 2021, by beer type (in hectoliters)." Chart. January 13, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/586114/volume-of-beer-sales-in-the-netherlands-by-beer-type/
Nederlandse Brouwers. (2022). Annual beer sales volume in the Netherlands in 2021, by beer type (in hectoliters). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/586114/volume-of-beer-sales-in-the-netherlands-by-beer-type/
Nederlandse Brouwers. "Annual Beer Sales Volume in The Netherlands in 2021, by Beer Type (in Hectoliters)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/586114/volume-of-beer-sales-in-the-netherlands-by-beer-type/
Nederlandse Brouwers, Annual beer sales volume in the Netherlands in 2021, by beer type (in hectoliters) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/586114/volume-of-beer-sales-in-the-netherlands-by-beer-type/ (last visited June 26, 2025)
Annual beer sales volume in the Netherlands in 2021, by beer type (in hectoliters) [Graph], Nederlandse Brouwers, January 13, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/586114/volume-of-beer-sales-in-the-netherlands-by-beer-type/
