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Germans lose their thirst for beer
Published: 30 Jan 13 11:28 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20130130-47641.html
German beer consumption has hit the lowest point since 1990, according to official figures released on Wednesday.
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"This was the lowest amount since reunification," the office said in a statement.
A quarter of the country's beer was made in the densely populated state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Bavaria, home of the legendary beer festival Oktoberfest, only came second, accounting for 22.9 percent of all German beer.
Despite Teutonic beer's international reputation, nearly 84 percent of the amber nectar was consumed within Germany's borders.
Perhaps most disheartening for traditional German beer lovers, mixtures including cola and juice made up 4.5 percent of total beer volume.
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@Lykurgus - "German beer is good, but American Mirco-Brew is better!"
Have you tried German micro-breweries?
My wife use to always ask me when I got a beer out of the frig, How many is that?, I said would it be better to drink wine? and took her to the green container.-:)
@michael4096 - I have yet to try a German microbrew that was better than American microbrews - if you have some ideas, please share!!
To me German beer is good, but boring sure there are different kinds, but in reality they're not all that different from each other. Belgium has a much better selection of beer to choose from!
You obviously never suffered through a Becks.
Go here, for great beer.
http://www.brauhaus-felsenkeller.de/lauenau/
My favorites in my area are...
http://www.schlossbraeukeller.de/cms/
http://www.fliegerbraeu.de/