getty beer sales have soared in the second quarter of the year  top stories direct to your inbox subscribe invalid email sign up to receive our rundown of the day'sdirect to your inbox when you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. our privacy notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. you can unsubscribe at any time.  euro 2016 has partly been attributed as a cause for the rise, with england, wales and northern ireland fans packing pubs throughout the summer tournament to watch their teams in action. but the buoyant period also includes the period before and directly after the eu referendum - leaving brexit fans to link the two events. industry heads are now celebrating after sales of pints during the second quarter of the year saw a 1.5 per cent rise, after a long period of decline for british pubs.  in total, 31 million extra pints were enjoyed by drinkers across the uk in april, may and june compared with the same period last year - a feat many are attributing to this summer’s historic referendum result.  getty beer sales have increased by 31 million pints this last quarter  people seem to have been celebrating brexit in the traditional way: with a pint down the pub with their mates ukip mep bill etheridge  ukip mep bill etheridge said pubs had been transformed into “little parliaments” after the referendum, which saw britain vote to leave the 28-country eu bloc. the party leadership candidate and camra member said: “people seem to have been celebrating brexit in the traditional way: with a pint down the pub with their mates. pubs are like little parliaments where people go to talk about current affairs.”  getty while johnson and farage sunk pints during the run-up to the referendum, cameron favoured a cuppa  he said he hoped the upturn would help stop the rot that had taken hold on the industry and pushed for changes to help reverse the decline. mr etheridge said: “i think the demise of the pub has been terrible for our communities. that is why i want to slash 'sin taxes' and look at smoking booths in pubs so we can revive these great british institutions. prior to the referendum, the founder of jd wetherspoon pub chain had also promised brexit would lead to a stronger economy across the uk - especially in the drink industry.  getty boris johnson enjoying a pint during the brexit campaign  brexit aftershocks: who's next to leave the eu? wed, september 14, 2016 britain has voted to leave the eu. so who's next? we look at which european countries want to hold their own eu referendum. play slideshow express 1 of 10 frexit, nexit or auxit? who will be next to leave the eu
are we in a post-brexit pub boom? beer sales on the up over recent months