
Now Revealed: Minnesota’s Must-Have Beers For The Big Game
Whether you’re hosting a packed watch party or riding solo on the couch, one thing’s certain: Minnesotans take their Super Bowl beer seriously. So here are the brews fans across the state are most likely to crack open when the big game kicks off.
Would you be surprised to learn that football fans here in Minnesota and across the country like to crack open a tall, cold, fermented malt beverage during the Super Bowl? Yeah, me neither. Because it's true: We will down a lot of brewskis, on average, while watching the game again this year.
Huge Super Bowl Beer Consumption Stats for 2026
In fact, this Marca story notes that Super Bowl Sunday has become one of the biggest days for alcohol consumption in the United States. According to estimates, the story says, Americans drink more than 325 million gallons of beer during the Big Game.
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That adds up to roughly 50 million cases of beer Americans will drink this year, which makes Super Sunday second only to the 4th of July for beer consumption, Marca noted. Specifically, those figures mean that the average Super Bowl party-goer will crack open and drink between 4 and 6 beers while watching the NFL championship.
Huge Super Bowl Beer Consumption Stats for 2026
But just which beers are the most popular during Sunday's Big Game? For insight on that here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, we turned to the sports picks website Pickswise. They looked at Google search volumes of some of the most popular beers in the nation and have come up with the most popular beers we'll drink here in the Bold North while watching the Super Bowl. Here's what they found out:

The Most Popular Beers Minnesotans Will Drink During the Super Bowl:
Corona topped the list, coming in at #1 in Minnesota in 2026.
Ireland's own Guinness came in at #2 on the list in Minnesota in 2026.
Coor Light came in at #3 on the list in Minnesota in 2026.
Bud Light came at #4 on the list in Minnesota this year.
Modelo came in at #5 on the list in Minnesota this year.
Rounding out the rest of the most popular beers Minnesotans will drink during the Super Bowl in 2026 were:
- Heineken
- Stella Artois
- Yuengling
- Dos Equis
- Miller Lite
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Gallery Credit: Carly Ross
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