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.
In Germany, there is a wide selection of alcohol free beers. I personally enjoy more alcohol free beer, when I am at home, I crave for a refreshing drink during a week day, when I am by myself or at lunch, don’t want a sweet soda, alcohol free beer is just perfect! I still enjoy regular beer in the weekend when I am with friends.
I like the taste of beer, but I don’t like getting drunk or even tipsy, and being still single, I am out often and it honestly gets tiring to drink everyday. I don’t really like drinking alcohol. I never had alc-free but next time I’ll try it.
It has gotten very good, it is more noticeable after a few of them to be honest but it is great.
I like beer and being able to drive so it is great.
Love NA beer, doubt I would still be sober today without it. Currently sipping on a Budweiser Zero and watching the Olympics. Love enjoying beer and being sober!
I think I might be the opposite end of the spectrum. I would love for there to be a zero calorie option that was in all other ways unchanged.
Non alcoholic is just soda water.
wish they would export more of this to the UK. we do now have a couple of decent very low alcohol beers here now though.
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I’ve never had one that tasted like regular beer. And I’ve tried a bunch. Usually they’re way too sweet.
Try Jever Fun
Tried it, didn’t taste like normal beer, unfortunately. Same issue, too sweet and too mild of a taste to pass for the real deal.
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
Hmmm i don’t believe you really tasted it
Lmao what
I’m saying you’re a liar and have never tasted it, probably never heard of it.
Lmao I’m sorry if you really like it, I just didn’t think it was very close to regular beer.
It’s OK Pinocchio 😂 I know you’re lying because you said it’s “sweet” 😘
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If you have any questions or comments about me, you can make a post to LW Support lemmy community.I dont get alcool free beer. Basically it has all the cons of a piss beer and none of the pros
It has almost none of the cons… But yes, none of the pros other than many of them taste pretty darn close to real beer. You should educate yourself on how detrimental alcohol consumption is AND how calorie dense it is. You may change your mind on ‘none of the pros’ 👍
The only real pro of alcohol is that it’s fun and helps you let loose and relax a bit. At least for most people, beer is an acquired taste but if it didn’t get you drunk it would quickly fall out of favor. And I say this as someone who loves beer and its cousins
Beer tastes great though. Non-alcoholic just tastes different, much sweeter.
My main counterpoint is for those of us who’ve acquired the taste, the rituals around beer (out at a nice place, away from your home/office, listening to decent tunes and drinking something cold, foamy, and a little bitter) are such that you can get that loose and relaxed feeling without the alcohol.
I’m not the biggest fan of getting drunk anymore, so I find myself grabbing a non-alc beer pretty frequently these days. Sometimes just that, other times once I’ve already had two normal beers but want another drink.
I could grab a soda, but I don’t like how sweet it is most of the time.
I drink it all the time and see it quite the other way round, taste has improved so much in the last ~4-5 years and while maybe not identical, I see it more like oat milk where you get used to a certain taste and then you dont miss cow milk at all. Now I get to drink a cold beer after sports which is just as refreshing, has lots of electrolytes and i dont have to worry about my liver or becoming an alcoholic…
id rather just not drink. I prefer liquor over beer but still, if I’m going to drink I’m going to drink.
“alcohol free” is not free of alcohol but can contain up to 0.5% alcohol.
This could be fatal for people having had an alcohol addition because that sets them right back into the circle of drug abuse.
There are beers that are at 0.0% and they are marketed like that for everybody trying to drink no alcohol at all.
Since apple juice can contain up to 0.5% of alcohol as well, somebody who wants to drink no alcohol at all has to be careful and knowledgeable about drinks and food in general.
The last time I read something about this, former alcoholics have different tolerances of trace amounts of alcohol. For some a drink that only tastes like an alcoholic beverage can already be difficult just due to the memories connected to it even if there is no alcohol in it.
