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The heat that affects Germany this summer has doubled beer consumption and caused a bottleneck in the activity of recyclers who provide packaging to the industry brewing. In other words, there is an unusual shortage of beer bottles.
It is normal that in the summer beer consumption increases, but due to unusually early and lasting summer temperatures, beer calculations were surpassed the industry cercevera, according to Niklas Other, editor of the magazine "Inside", quoted by the German press agency DPA.
The Association of German Brewers pointed out that this year there is a "particularly marked shortage" of beer bottles and boxes to carry them.
Germans usually return the boxes with bottles – beer, water and other beverages – bought in supermarkets and specialized areas paying a small slogan or deposit .Today, the sector is asking consumers to return the more than possible before going on vacation.
The Fiege Brewery in Bochum in the Ruhr area has appealed to its customers directly in red Facebook.
Despite these problems 2018 is heralded as a year of heavy beer consumption, after years of decline .
the months of August and September are not luviosos, 2018 promises to to be a good year ", says Other to DPA
The Germans drink an average of 101 liters of beer per capita last year, compared with about 140 liters in the 1980s.
Moreover, year consumers have not retreated despite a sharp rise in the price of beer, from 4.1% in a year, as reported by the Federal Office of Statistics on Monday.
It is not only the fact that brewers priced in winter and spring, because of higher production costs, but also the tendency to consume special or flavored beers, more expensive than common beers.
AFP
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