Germany’s non-alcoholic beer production has enjoyed a boom in the last 10 years, according to a new report. Low-alcohol drinks like Radler are also seeing increased sales.
Germany’s Federal Statistical Office, Destatis, published a new report on Tuesday highlighting that drinkers across the country are increasingly turning to alcohol-free varieties for their after-work or weekend choice of beer.
In the last ten years, the production of non-alcoholic beer has more than doubled in Germany. In 2023, that amounted to some 556 million liters (147 million gallons) and €548 million ($593 million) in sales.
The new statistics were published to coincide with International Beer Day, which is August 2.
Destatis also noted that the production of low-alcohol drinks like Radler, a mixture of beer and lemonade, has also increased from 328 million liters in 2013 to 363 million liters in 2023.
“However,” the report said, “there is still much more beer with alcohol being produced” in Germany than non-alcoholic.
My dad couldn’t tell apart a Guinness and a Guinness zero try that out
Edit: to further clarify it’s not like they tasted different but he couldn’t tell which one was the NA, he said they tasted exactly the same.
This is pretty much the single one I’ve had that is legit.
Maybe a lot of people can’t tell but most NA still just doesn’t compare to the real deal. It’s pretty evident to a lot of us. If you’re fine with that great but seriously, a lot still are way off. Wish I could try these German ones people are talking about but i haven’t seen them in my market.
Ooh I have to check that one out