Road To Africa – France & Germany
May 20, 2010 - 2:30 pm
Posts Tagged ‘germany’
Germany Beer Sales Drop
January 31, 2010 - 9:57 am
(Straits Time Online) BERLIN – GERMANS may be famous for their beer, but domestic sales of the amber nectar slumped last year to their lowest level since 1989, according to official statistics published on Thursday.
Sales of German beer, which include the world-famous Becks, Warsteiner and Bitburger, dropped to just under 100 hectolitres (2.2 billion gallons) in 2009, a fall of 2.8 per cent on the previous year.
Germans have quaffed less beer every year since 2006, when the football World Cup, held in Germany that year, boosted consumption.
The statistics office gave no reason for the fall in sales but earlier in the year blamed poor weather, higher prices and a smoking ban in pubs and restaurants.
Official Oktoberfest Mug
September 5, 2009 - 8:58 am
The official Oktoberfest beer mug is pictured in Munich August 25, 2009. The 176th Oktoberfest, the world’s biggest beer festival, runs from September 19 until October 4 this year.
This is still one big event that I wish I able to attend. So if anyone are in Germany during this period of time, please do drop by the world famous beer festival. Cheers!
