Changing consumption habits: Alcohol-free beer increasingly in demand
Among the remaining more than 1,300 respondents, meetings with friends or family, celebrations or parties, food, holidays or events are frequently mentioned
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Among the remaining more than 1,300 respondents are meetings with friends or family (55 percent), celebrations or parties (50 percent), food (50 percent), holidays (41 percent) or events (33 percent) commonly cited occasions to drink beer with alcohol. Across all respondents, the share was 16 percent. Younger people in particular value the brewed thirst quenchers without alcohol after physical activity: 21 percent of respondents from “Generation Z” (born 1997-2012) and 19 percent of Millennials (1981-1996) named active sport as a drinking occasion.
Furthermore, July 2026 2,119 people interviewed online. Of the men, 36 percent said they never drink beer. Among women, it was even a majority of 52 percent.
In addition, Although traditional beers continue to dominate consumption, the sales figures of breweries have been declining for years.
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Among the remaining more than 1,300 respondents are meetings with friends or family (55 percent), celebrations or parties (50 percent), food (50 percent), holidays (41 percent) or events (33 percent) commonly cited occasions to drink beer with alcohol.
reliability low1/2 sourcesAcross all respondents, the share was 16 percent.
reliability low1/2 sourcesYounger people in particular value the brewed thirst quenchers without alcohol after physical activity: 21 percent of respondents from “Generation Z” (born 1997-2012) and 19 percent of Millennials (1981-1996) named active sport as a drinking occasion.
reliability low1/2 sourcesJuly 2026 2,119 people interviewed online.
reliability low1/2 sourcesOf the men, 36 percent said they never drink beer.
reliability low1/2 sourcesIn the Yougov survey, 44 percent of respondents said they don’t drink beer at all.
reliability low1/2 sourcesAmong women, it was even a majority of 52 percent.
reliability low1/2 sourcesAlthough traditional beers continue to dominate consumption, the sales figures of breweries have been declining for years.
reliability low1/2 sources
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