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.

  • @Sam_Bass
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    24 months ago

    Non alcoholic is just soda water.

      • @Sunroc
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        34 months ago

        Oat soda

        • ditty
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          24 months ago

          Being an avid oat milk enthusiast, this actually makes me want it even more

    • @[email protected]
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      24 months ago

      In finland we often make what translates to home beer that is made with malts and sugar but only fermented for couple days so it is very low alcohol content