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BEERY GOODNESS: Across the world, beer preferences clearly vary. People also, for the most part, tend to favour lighter, less alcoholic brews.

Travel the world, and you'll find there's quite a bit of disagreement about what the best or at least preferred beer looks like.

Sure, Americans love Bud Light (and a lot of other watery stuff). But just north of the border, in Canada, the beer of choice is Bud Light's heavier cousin Budweiser.

Down in Mexico, people choose Corona most often. In China, beer drinkers down a lager beer called Snow; in India, people like a pale lager called Kingfisher best; in Brazil, the most popular brew is a Pilsner called Skol; and across the ocean, in Australia, it's a beer called Victoria Bitter.

Beverage industry site Vinepair culled data from market research firm Euromonitor and corporate reports by beer companies around the world to come up with a list of the most popular beers, as measured by market share. Using that data, they created a map, which paints a surprisingly varied picture of beer preferences around the globe.

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In North and Central America, favourites range from the well-known brands listed above to lesser known brews like Gallo, which is Guatemala's favourite, and Imperial, which Costa Ricans buy most often.

In South America, some countries prefer their local brews, while others have gained an appreciation for ones made elsewhere (sometimes, even, by next door neighbours). Polar, Venezuela's favourite, is brewed domestically. And Quilmes Argentina's beer of choice was originally founded in the country, though it now operates out of Luxembourg and has plants all around the world. Paraguay, meanwhile, drinks Brahma beer, which is Brazilian, the most.

In Europe, beer preferences tend to stay true to each country's own brewing culture. The French prefer Kronenbourg 1664, which is owned by Denmark-based Carlsberg, but brewed in Strassbourg, France. In Ireland, the beer of choice is locally made Guinness. In the Netherlands, it's Heineken. In Italy, it's Birra Moretti. And in Spain it's Cruzcampo.

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How to travel the world and drink beer like a local