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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.

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[-] jagermo@feddit.org 39 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If you can find it, Augustiner Hell Alkohholfrei is the best alc free beer.

[-] iiGxC@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago
[-] idealotus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I like Monday or Kentucky 74 (from Spiritless). I believe both are dealcoholized. Both at 0.5% ABV.

[-] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Huh, I never would have thought of NA liquor. Is it as close as NA beer has gotten these days?

[-] idealotus@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Not as close as good NA beers, but good in cocktails. It's hard to get the mouth feel right without alcohol and most brands use capsaicin or something to emulate a burn.

These two are some of the better ones I've tried. I don't like most NA spirits for the reasons above.

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