Europe Alcoholic Beverage Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2021 - 2026)

The market growth is primarily boosted by the greater number of millennials showing interest in craft beers, seeking for a fresh and new taste, along with the soothing ambiance provided by the microbreweries and brewpubs. Additionally, factors, such as increasing demand for beer variants, per-capita consumption, and the number of associations focused on disseminating information about different beers, are expected to drive the market’s growth. The key players such as Anheuser-Busch In Bev is repositioning their strategies and bringing forward craft beers as an essential part of their growth plans, in order to supplement the sales. In 2018, AB In Bev reported the revenue of its craft and specialty brands as high as 18.3%, as compared to that of the previous year. 

The alcoholic beverage market in Germany is driven by the long and hot summer and on the other, by various new product launches in trending categories. The healthy lifestyle megatrend has manifested itself in different ways, including rising demand for growth in natural wines and the increasing use of natural botanicals as gin ingredients. Supermarkets and internet retailing are preferred because of the extended product range, including a greater range of premium and craft alcoholic drinks and quality perception offered by supermarkets continued to persuade an increasing number of consumers to frequent this channel.