Beer sales in Germany declined at their steepest annual rate last year since the data series began in 1993, further extending a long-term downward trend. Figures from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) show breweries and beer warehouses sold around 7.8 billion litres of beer in 2025, down 6% on a year earlier. Destatis highlighted the broader contraction in beer sales in Germany over the past decade. Last year, beer sales were 18.9% lower than in 2015, representing a reduction of 1.8 billion lit ...