Larko blogs about beer, too, amongst lots of other topics. A good read.
He picked up this story:
Germans drink less beer this year than they did last year, Reuters reports. The average consumption per capita this year is estimated as 112,5 liters which is 3,5 liters less than 2006. The decline has steadily continued since the top consumption of 156 liters in the 1980′ies.
2006 was the only year since 1998 when consumption increased. However, that must have been thanks to foreign guests at the football World Champ tournament. Germans are far behind Czech Republic and Ireland in drinking beer.
Thangs for mentioning. May you have a hoppy New Beer Yaer!