1.   A decline in beer sales had left the industry with spare capacity .

2.   REGIONAL brewer Marston Thompson and Evershed yesterday bucked the national trend by announcing increased beer sales last year.

3.   Also, there will be no beer sales at Fenway Park that day.

4.   Although they barely existed six years ago, low-malt brews now account for over one-fifth of beer sales in Japan.

5.   Anheuser-Busch nearly popped its pop-tops because of an early threat to ban beer sales at the World Cup stadiums.

6.   Anheuser-Busch decided to subtract its Eagle Snacks division and the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team to concentrate on beer sales.

7.   As beer sales drop in mature markets and the industry consolidates, some major Western brewers are venturing into Asia, where alcohol consumption is booming.

8.   As far as the fan conduct, which has grown worse by the month on the PGA Tour, Love would favor another look at beer sales.

9.   A few months earlier, Symington had fired a Liquor Department director who had been probing beer sales at America West Arena.

10.   A price increase in March caused beer sales to fall in April and May.