ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- While St. Louis
is considered by some to be the beer capital of the United Sates, a list
put together by the Daily Beast indicates it's one of the drunkest as
well.
In a list of the '25
Drunkest Cities of 2012, the Daily Beast ranked cities by the average
number of alcoholic beverages consumed by adults each month. It also based the
rankings on the percentage of people classified as "heavy drinkers" and "binge
drinkers."
St. Louis ranks
23rd on the list, with adults consuming an average of 13.4 alcoholic drinks
each month. According to the list, 18 percent of the St. Louis-area population
was deemed "binge drinkers," while 6.1 percent are classified as "heavy
drinkers."
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
and Chicago were among six
Mid-Western cities with St. Louis
to make the cut, ranking third and eighth, respectively.
The Daily Beast ranked Boston
as the top drinking city in the country, with about 20 percent of the
population classified as "binge drinkers."
St. Louis
actually dropped in the annual rankings compared to last year, when it was
ranked eighth.
