Czech beer output seen up at 19.8 million hectolitres in 2006 - Prague Daily Monitor
Czech breweries are increasingly successful on foreign markets and the ratio of exports to total production grew to almost 18 percent in the first half of the year, against the global average of 6 percent.

Germany was still the largest market for Czech beer exporters, covering 40 percent of the total volume. Slovakia came second.

Vesely said output for the domestic market was likely to grow as well this year, mainly owing to a long, hot summer.

Czech consumption has been more or less flat around 16 million hectolitres for a long time.

Czech beer is obviously going from strength to strength (as it should) but it is that last number that gave me pause. Given that a hectoliter is 100 liters that is more about 160 litres of beer per person per year which translates into every single Czech (from babies to babičkas) drinking a glass (půlitr) of beer every day. Of course, that number will be slightly lower if we include the 20 million of thirsty tourists that march through Prague everyday but still...