The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed From ‘crisis beer’ to crowdfunding: How German small brewers are getting creative during the pandemic Beer gardens are beginning to open up across Germany. Yet In order to make up for the losses they have faced over the past year, brewers have had to take matters into their own hands. https://www.thelocal.de/20210604/from-crisis-beer-to-crowdfunding-how-german-brewers-are-getting-creative-during-the-pandemic Fri, 04 Jun 2021 21:01:12 +0200 from-crisis-beer-to-crowdfunding-how-german-brewers-are-getting-creative-during-the-pandemic As Germany swelters, breweries run out of beer bottles Soaring temperatures in Germany's ongoing summer heatwave have seen so many drinkers reach for a cold beer that breweries are running out of bottles and crates. https://www.thelocal.de/20180724/as-germany-swelters-breweries-run-out-of-beer-bottles Tue, 24 Jul 2018 15:47:43 +0200 as-germany-swelters-breweries-run-out-of-beer-bottles Drinkers get thirstier as beer sales increase Germany’s love of beer shows no sign of abating with the country’s breweries celebrating booming sales over the summer months, figures released on Wednesday showed. https://www.thelocal.de/20131031/germans-drink-more-beer-than-last-year Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:16:00 +0100 germans-drink-more-beer-than-last-year Breweries 'fixing beer prices for decades' Germany's breweries have allegedly been conspiring to fix beer prices for the past 20 years in a scandal more widespread than initially thought, a report has revealed. They could now face hundreds of millions of euros in fines. https://www.thelocal.de/20130821/51505 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:25:00 +0200 51505 Brewers fear beer war Stiff market competition and dwindling consumption are pushing German breweries and shops to cut beer prices by up to half, it was reported on Friday. Industry experts are worried a price war could even affect quality of the amber brew. https://www.thelocal.de/20130419/49243 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:10:00 +0200 49243 Sunny weather puts a head on flat beer industry figures The brewing industry celebrated the ‘Day of German Beer’ on Saturday, while summery weather over the long Easter weekend filled beer gardens across the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20110423/34583 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:52:00 +0200 34583