Country #7 – Lithuania

Lithuania was actually the first of the former Soviet Republics to declare independence, which they did in March 1990, just 5 months after the fall of the Berlin Wall.  Today, the country is steadily growing their economy after a sharp decline during the financial crisis of 2008/2009 and with a beer consumption per capita of 86 litres, they pip Poland into 7th place on the list of top beer drinking countries in the world.