Germany’s statistical office announced that in the first half of 2025, six-month beer sales had fallen below 4bn litres for the first time since counting began in 1993.

In 2005 the median German quaffed 112 litres of the stuff, the figure is now less than 90.

Whereas Germans once downed more than anyone bar the insatiable Czechs, they are now eighth in the per-person league table.