Alcohol consumption in Germany has been sliding then suddenly plunged. Out of approximately 1,500 breweries in Germany, more ...

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MUNICH — It looked like all the other beers in the sea of giant one-liter glasses at the Augustiner Brewery tent at Oktoberfest, but Peter Asen’s mug harbored a secret: His drink was nonalcoholic.

There’s a case to be made that Germans are the reigning champs of beer. Sure, you have some other countries that make fantastic beer, but really, they’re all just copying the greats that came before.

MUNICH — The keys to combating the climate change that’s wreaking havoc on Germany’s beer industry could lie inside a plant nursery — nicknamed “our kindergarten” — at the Society of Hop Research ...