Consumption of alcoholic drinks in the UK
	Spirits(100% alcohol)	Wines	Beer - standard barrels	Beer - bulk barrels	Cider	Total alcohol
	per head (litres)	per head (litres)	per head (litres)	per head (litres)	per head (litres)	per head (litres)
1852	2.82	1.04	99.49			15.26
1862	2.12	1.5	103.13			14.3
1872	2.9	2.36	144.47			20.28
1882	2.69	1.82	125.39			17.87
1885	2.46	1.73	123.57			17.19
1890	2.64	1.77	136.29			18.83
1895	2.56	1.68	134.47			18.49
1900	3.06	1.91	146.28			20.63
1905	2.43	1.23	129.48			17.55
1910	1.5	1.14	118.57			14.74
1913	1.73	1.09	121.75			15.63
1914	1.84	1.14	124.93			16.06
1915	1.92	1	114.71			15.13
1916	0					14.21
1917	0					12.09
1918	0					5.9
1919	0					6.32
1920	1.37	1.91	85.41	129.93		10.61
1921	1.11	1.18	91.77	0		11.48
1922	0.96	1.09	79.05	0		9.91
1923	0.88	1.27	73.6	0		9.29
1924	0.88	1.41	75.41	0		9.51
1925	0.83	1.54	78.59	0		9.87
1926	0.98	1.59	75.87	0		9.52
1927	0.73	1.73	74.96	0		9.29
1930	0.7	1.82	74.05	93.59		0
1935	0.52	1.77	58.15	0		0
1938	0.57	2.09	64.96	0		0
1940	0.6	2.04	66.33	92.22		0
1941	0.54	1.77	64.51	0		0
1942	0.54	0.91	68.15	112.21		0
1943	0.52	0.5	64.06	0		0
1944	0.52	0.45	66.33	114.48		0
1945	0.44	0.41	69.05	118.12		0
1947	0.52	0.95	60.88	101.31		0
1948	0.52	1.23	61.33	102.67		0
1949	0.44	0.91	54.97	99.49		0
1950	0.52	1.04	53.15	87.68		0
1951	0.54	1.27	55.88	83.59		0
1952	0.49	1.32	56.79	83.59		0
1953	0.52	1.23	55.42	82.68		0
1954	0.54	1.32	54.97	81.77		0
1955	0.6	1.5	53.61	79.05		0
1956	0.62	1.59	54.52	80.87		0
1957	0.65	1.73	54.97	79.96		0
1958	0.65	1.77	54.97	79.96		0
1959	0.65	1.77	52.7	75.41		0
1960	0.7	2.04	54.06	81.77		0
1961	0.78	2.27	58.15	84.5		0
1962	0.75	2.41	60.42	88.6	1.6	0
1963	0.8	2.54	59.51	89	1.6	0
1964	0.85	2.86	60.88	92.6	1.6	0
1965	0.91	3.09	61.78	91.9	1.7	0
1966	0.83	3.09	62.69	93.7	1.8	0
1967	0.83	3.09	63.15	94.8	2.1	0
1968	0.83	3.68	63.15	96.6	2.1	0
1969	0.83	3.73	64.06	100.4	2.4	0
1970	0.9	3.7		103	2.6
1971	1	4.4		106.2	2.6
1972	1.1	5		107.6	2.6
1973	1.4	6.3		113.3	2.8
1974	1.5	6.7		116.1	2.8
1975	1.5	6.3		118.5	3.3
1976	1.6	6.5		120.7	3.8
1977	1.4	6.3		119.1	3.6
1978	1.7	7.5		121.3	3.7
1979	1.9	8.1		123.4	3.8
1980	1.8	8.2		118.9	4
1981	1.7	8.6		113	4.4
1982	1.6	8.7		109.8	5.2
1983	1.6	9.5		111.2	5.8
1984	1.6	10.4		110.6	5.8
1985	1.7	10.9		109.3	5.6
1986	1.7	11.3		109.3	5.7
1987	1.7	12		111.3	5.7
1988	1.8	12.4		114.2	5.5
1989	1.8	12.7		114.4	5.7
1990	1.7	12.5		113.9	6.4
1991	1.6	12.3		109.7	6.5
1992	1.5	12.6		105.9	7.6
1993	1.5	13.2		102.6	7.8
1994	1.6	13.6		104.8	8.3
1995	1.4	13.4		102.1	9.6
1996	1.4	14.1		103.2	9.7
1997	1.5	15.2		105.1	9.5
1998	1.4	15.7		100.9	9.5
1999	1.6	16.6		100.7	10.3
2000	1.6	17.3		97.2	10.2
2001	1.6	18.2		99	10
2002	1.7	19.6		100.6	10.1
Sources: Brewers' Almanck 1928 p. 117 and 129 Brewers' Almanck 1971 p. 73 and 74 Statistical Handbook of the British Beer & Pub Association 2003 p.35 Notes: for an explanation of a Standard Barrel and a Bulk Barrel look here. I can't be bothered to explain it again now.