Did you read the article? > Historians say drinking was heaviest in the early 1800s, with estimates that in 1830 the average U.S. adult downed the equivalent o

Did you read the article? > Historians say drinking was heaviest in the early 1800s, with estimates that in 1830 the average U.S. adult downed the equivalent of 7 gallons a year. > These days it’s about 2.3 gallons, according to federal calculations. That works out to nearly 500 drinks, or about nine per week.