A surge in domestic production has helped the country relegate the EU nation to sixth place Russia has overtaken Germany in beer production for the first time, pushing the EU country out of the top five global brewers, according to an industry report released on Tuesday. Russia’s beer output rose by around 9% in 2024, reaching nearly 9.1 billion liters, while production in Germany declined by 1% to 8.4 billion liters. As a result, Germany fell to sixth place, the report by leading global hop